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Exoskeleton

The hardened parts of the external integument of an animal, including hair, feathers, nails, horns, scales, etc.,as well as the armor of armadillos and many reptiles, and the shells or hardened integument of numerous invertebrates; external skeleton; dermoskeleton.

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Frame 76% connected

To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts o…

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Skeleton 76% connected

The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal.

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Plastron 76% connected

A piece of leather stuffed or padded, worn by fencers to protect the breast.

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the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine

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the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal

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'Snails interj. · 78% connection

God's nails, or His nails, that is, the nails with which the Savior was fastened to the cross; -- an ancient form of oath, correspondi…

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Artichoke noun · 78% connection

The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The head (to which the…

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Claw noun · 78% connection

The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc.

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Cut verb · 78% connection

To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails.

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Dehorn verb · 78% connection

To deprive of horns; to prevent the growth of the horns of (cattle) by burning their ends soon after they start. See Dishorn.

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Derm verb · 78% connection

The integument of animal; the skin.

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Endoderm noun · 78% connection

The inner layer of the skin or integument of an animal.

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Endysis noun · 78% connection

The act of developing a new coat of hair, a new set of feathers, scales, etc.; -- opposed to ecdysis.

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Exfoliate verb · 78% connection

To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition.

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Frizette noun · 78% connection

A curl of hair or silk; a pad of frizzed hair or silk worn by women under the hair to stuff it out.

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Ganoidei n. pl. · 78% connection

One of the subclasses of fishes. They have an arterial cone and bulb, spiral intestinal valve, and the optic nerves united by a chiasm…

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Habit noun · 78% connection

(psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repet…

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Hair noun · 78% connection

Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions.

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Hairy adjective · 78% connection

Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute.

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Keratin noun · 78% connection

a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves

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