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Abdominales
n. pl. · 78% connection
A group including the greater part of fresh-water fishes, and many marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behind the p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, chelonians, comprises, many, species.
Acyl
noun · 78% connection
any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, chelonians, comprises, many, species.
Acyl group
noun · 78% connection
any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, chelonians, comprises, many, species.
Amniota
n. pl. · 78% connection
That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, chelonians, comprises, many, species.
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: group, chelonians, comprises, many, species.
Anas
noun · 78% connection
A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain species of fresh-water ducks.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, chelonians, comprises, many, species.
Bullhead
noun · 78% connection
A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus Uranidea, esp. U. gobio of Europe, and U. Richardsoni of the United States; -- called…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, chelonians, comprises, many, species.
Caribe
noun · 78% connection
A south American fresh water fish of the genus Serrasalmo of many species, remarkable for its voracity. When numerous they attack man…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, chelonians, comprises, many, species.
Chelonia
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, peculiar in having a part of the vertebrae, ribs, and sternum united with t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, chelonians, comprises, many, species.
Chub
noun · 78% connection
A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidae or Carp family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven. In Amer…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, chelonians, comprises, many, species.
Curculio
noun · 78% connection
One of a large group of beetles (Rhynchophora) of many genera; -- called also weevils, snout beetles, billbeetles, and billbugs. Many…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, chelonians, comprises, many, species.
Darter
noun · 78% connection
A small fresh-water etheostomoid fish. The group includes numerous genera and species, all of them American. See Etheostomoid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, chelonians, comprises, many, species.
Dayfly
noun · 78% connection
A neuropterous insect of the genus Ephemera and related genera, of many species, and inhabiting fresh water in the larval state; the e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, chelonians, comprises, many, species.
Egg
noun · 78% connection
The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the "…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, chelonians, comprises, many, species.
Elodian
noun · 78% connection
One of a tribe of tortoises, including the terrapins, etc., in which the head and neck can be withdrawn.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, chelonians, comprises, many, species.
Fresh
superl · 78% connection
Lately produced, gathered, or prepared for market; not stale; not dried or preserved; not wilted, faded, or tainted; in good condition…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, chelonians, comprises, many, species.
Fresh-water
adjective · 78% connection
Of, pertaining to, or living in, water not salt; as, fresh-water geological deposits; a fresh-water fish; fresh-water mussels.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, chelonians, comprises, many, species.
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: group, chelonians, comprises, many, species.
