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Badger
noun · 78% connection
A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on…
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Bubble shell
unknown · 78% connection
A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata.
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Bunting
noun · 78% connection
A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillidae).
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Cognate
noun · 78% connection
One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; as, certain letters are cognates.
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Confederate
adjective · 78% connection
United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied.
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Corroval
noun · 78% connection
A dark brown substance of vegetable origin, allied to curare, and used by the natives of New Granada as an arrow poison.
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Cosmology
noun · 78% connection
the metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe
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Cypris
noun · 78% connection
A genus of small, bivalve, fresh-water Crustacea, belonging to the Ostracoda; also, a member of this genus.
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Diodont
noun · 78% connection
A fish of the genus Diodon, or an allied genus.
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Eggplant
noun · 78% connection
A plant (Solanum Melongena), of East Indian origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, smooth, edible fruit, shaped somewhat l…
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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),…
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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,…
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Inoceramus
noun · 78% connection
An extinct genus of large, fossil, bivalve shells,allied to the mussels. The genus is characteristic of the Cretaceous period.
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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…
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Jacana
noun · 78% connection
Any of several wading birds belonging to the genus Jacana and several allied genera, all of which have spurs on the wings. They are ab…
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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…
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Kaleege
noun · 78% connection
One of several species of large, crested, Asiatic pheasants, belonging to the genus Euplocamus, and allied to the firebacks.
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Kangaroo
noun · 78% connection
Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidae. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands…
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