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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: crinoid, genus, antedon, allied, genera.
Bear
noun · 78% connection
Any species of the genus Ursus, and of the closely allied genera. Bears are plantigrade Carnivora, but they live largely on fruit and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: crinoid, genus, antedon, allied, genera.
Bird of paradise
unknown · 78% connection
The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands. The…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: crinoid, genus, antedon, allied, genera.
Comatula
noun · 78% connection
A crinoid of the genus Antedon and related genera. When young they are fixed by a stem. When adult they become detached and cling to s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: crinoid, genus, antedon, allied, genera.
Encrinite
noun · 78% connection
A fossil crinoid, esp. one belonging to, or resembling, the genus Encrinus. Sometimes used in a general sense for any crinoid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: crinoid, genus, antedon, allied, genera.
Entrochite
noun · 78% connection
A fossil joint of a crinoid stem.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: crinoid, genus, antedon, allied, genera.
Filefish
noun · 78% connection
Any plectognath fish of the genera Monacanthus, Alutera, balistes, and allied genera; -- so called on account of the roughly granulate…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: crinoid, genus, antedon, allied, genera.
Finback
noun · 78% connection
Any whale of the genera Sibbaldius, Balaenoptera, and allied genera, of the family Balaenopteridae, characterized by a prominent fin o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: crinoid, genus, antedon, allied, genera.
Generalize
verb · 78% connection
To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in relation to a genus or to genera.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: crinoid, genus, antedon, allied, genera.
Globefish
noun · 78% connection
A plectognath fish of the genera Diodon, Tetrodon, and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: crinoid, genus, antedon, allied, genera.
Grunt
noun · 78% connection
Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus Haemulon, allied to the snappers, as, the black grunt (A. Plumieri),…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: crinoid, genus, antedon, allied, genera.
Hoopoo
noun · 78% connection
A European bird of the genus Upupa (U. epops), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. Called also hoop,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: crinoid, genus, antedon, allied, genera.
Indicator
noun · 78% connection
Any bird of the genus Indicator and allied genera. See Honey guide, under Honey.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: crinoid, genus, antedon, allied, genera.
Jacamar
noun · 78% connection
Any one of numerous species of tropical American birds of the genus Galbula and allied genera. They are allied to the kingfishers, but…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: crinoid, genus, antedon, allied, genera.
Jay
noun · 78% connection
Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to Garrulus, Cyanocitta, and allied genera. They are allied to the crows, but are s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: crinoid, genus, antedon, allied, genera.
Lark
noun · 78% connection
Any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus Alauda and allied genera (family Alaudidae). They mostly belong to Europe, Asia…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: crinoid, genus, antedon, allied, genera.
Linnet
noun · 78% connection
Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species (L…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: crinoid, genus, antedon, allied, genera.
Loach
noun · 78% connection
Any one of several small, fresh-water, cyprinoid fishes of the genera Cobitis, Nemachilus, and allied genera, having six or more barbu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: crinoid, genus, antedon, allied, genera.