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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: name, several, different, species, genus.
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: name, several, different, species, genus.
Basil
noun · 78% connection
The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family, but chiefly to the common or sweet basil (Ocymum basilicum), and the bush…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, several, different, species, genus.
Buchu
noun · 78% connection
A South African shrub (Barosma) with small leaves that are dotted with oil glands; also, the leaves themselves, which are used in medi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, several, different, species, genus.
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: name, several, different, species, genus.
Digitiform
adjective · 78% connection
Formed like a finger or fingers; finger-shaped; as, a digitiform root.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, several, different, species, genus.
Fillip
verb · 78% connection
To strike with the nail of the finger, first placed against the ball of the thumb, and forced from that position with a sudden spring;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, several, different, species, genus.
Finger
noun · 78% connection
The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domesti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, several, different, species, genus.
Fist
noun · 78% connection
The hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; the closed hand, especially as clinched tightly for the purpose of striking a blow.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, several, different, species, genus.
Fret
noun · 78% connection
A short piece of wire, or other material fixed across the finger board of a guitar or a similar instrument, to indicate where the fing…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, several, different, species, genus.
Garfish
noun · 78% connection
One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, several, different, species, genus.
Genus
noun · 78% connection
An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they…
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Glove
noun · 78% connection
A cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a separate sheath for each finger. The latter characteristic distinguishes the g…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, several, different, species, genus.
Group
noun · 78% connection
A variously limited assemblage of animals or plants, having some resemblance, or common characteristics in form or structure. The term…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, several, different, species, genus.
Hardhack
noun · 78% connection
A very astringent shrub (Spiraea tomentosa), common in pastures. The Potentilla fruticosa in also called by this name.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, several, different, species, genus.
Hippocampus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of lophobranch fishes of several species in which the head and neck have some resemblance to those of a horse; -- called also…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, several, different, species, genus.
Homomorphy
noun · 78% connection
Similarity of form; resemblance in external characters, while widely different in fundamental structure; resemblance in geometric grou…
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Index
noun · 78% connection
That which guides, points out, informs, or directs; a pointer or a hand that directs to anything, as the hand of a watch, a movable fi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, several, different, species, genus.
