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Alewife
noun · 78% connection
A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is locally…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, wild, goose, branta, bernicla.
Allspice
noun · 78% connection
The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jama…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, wild, goose, branta, bernicla.
Analogue
noun · 78% connection
A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such speci…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, wild, goose, branta, bernicla.
Anserine
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, wild, goose, branta, bernicla.
Appellative
noun · 78% connection
A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, wild, goose, branta, bernicla.
Army worm
unknown · 78% connection
A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, wild, goose, branta, bernicla.
Barnacle
noun · 78% connection
Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, wild, goose, branta, bernicla.
Booby
noun · 78% connection
A swimming bird (Sula fiber or S. sula) related to the common gannet, and found in the West Indies, nesting on the bare rocks. It is s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, wild, goose, branta, bernicla.
Braize
noun · 78% connection
A European marine fish (Pagrus vulgaris) allied to the American scup; the becker. The name is sometimes applied to the related species.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, wild, goose, branta, bernicla.
Brand goose
unknown · 78% connection
A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in America brant. See Brant.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, wild, goose, branta, bernicla.
Broom rape
unknown · 78% connection
A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spik…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, wild, goose, branta, bernicla.
Cabrilla
noun · 78% connection
A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the genus Serranus, and related genera, inhabiting the Meditarranean, the coast…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, wild, goose, branta, bernicla.
Cat
noun · 78% connection
An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, wild, goose, branta, bernicla.
Cisco
noun · 78% connection
The Lake herring (Coregonus Artedi), valuable food fish of the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to C. Hoyi, a re…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, wild, goose, branta, bernicla.
Claik
noun · 78% connection
The bernicle goose; -- called also clack goose.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, wild, goose, branta, bernicla.
Colin
noun · 78% connection
The American quail or bobwhite. The name is also applied to other related species. See Bobwhite.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, wild, goose, branta, bernicla.
Crocodile
noun · 78% connection
A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the larg…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, wild, goose, branta, bernicla.
Ferae naturae
unknown · 78% connection
Of a wild nature; -- applied to animals, as foxes, wild ducks, etc., in which no one can claim property.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, wild, goose, branta, bernicla.
