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Chela

The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.

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Appendage 76% connected

Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Extremity 76% connected

The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hindoo 76% connected

Alt. of Hindu

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hindu 76% connected

A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to follow…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Member 76% connected

To remember; to cause to remember; to mention.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Claw 74% connected

A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Claw 74% connected

A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Containing whole 1

Crustacean 70% connected

Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Claw 92% connected

A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nipper 92% connected

One who, or that which, nips.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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