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Elver

A young eel; a young conger or sea eel; -- called also elvene.

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Eel 76% connected

An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical eel is a species of…

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Amphidiploid noun · 78% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent

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\d8Gregarin\91 n. pl. · 78% connection

An order of Protozoa, allied to the Rhizopoda, and parasitic in other animals, as in the earthworm, lobster, etc. When adult, they hav…

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Aulic noun · 78% connection

The ceremony observed in conferring the degree of doctor of divinity in some European universities. It begins by a harangue of the cha…

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Bird noun · 78% connection

Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).

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Blowfly noun · 78% connection

Any species of fly of the genus Musca that deposits its eggs or young larvae (called flyblows and maggots) upon meat or other animal p…

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Brood verb · 78% connection

The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the…

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Calf noun · 78% connection

The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of quadrupeds. Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hi…

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Chicken noun · 78% connection

A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.

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Child noun · 78% connection

A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a very young person,…

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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…

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Conger noun · 78% connection

The conger eel; -- called also congeree.

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Cub noun · 78% connection

A young animal, esp. the young of the bear.

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Eelpout noun · 78% connection

A European fish (Zoarces viviparus), remarkable for producing living young; -- called also greenbone, guffer, bard, and Maroona eel. A…

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Eristalis noun · 78% connection

A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailed larvae) are remarkable for their long tapering tail, which spiracles at th…

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Fontanel noun · 78% connection

One of the membranous intervals between the incompleted angles of the parietal and neighboring bones of a fetal or young skull; -- so…

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Grisette noun · 78% connection

A French girl or young married woman of the lower class; more frequently, a young working woman who is fond of gallantry.

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Hatch verb · 78% connection

To produce, as young, from an egg or eggs by incubation, or by artificial heat; to produce young from (eggs); as, the young when hatch…

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Jade noun · 78% connection

A young woman; -- generally so called in irony or slight contempt.

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Koala noun · 78% connection

A tailless marsupial (Phascolarctos cinereus), found in Australia. The female carries her young on the back of her neck. Called also A…

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