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Bow net
unknown · 78% connection
A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel-shaped entrance at one end.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cast, skins, shells, coverings, animals.
Buff
noun · 78% connection
A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other ani…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cast, skins, shells, coverings, animals.
Carcinology
noun · 78% connection
The department of zoology which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); -- called also malacostracology and crustaceology.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cast, skins, shells, coverings, animals.
Cast
verb · 78% connection
To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cast, skins, shells, coverings, animals.
Coleoptera
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of insects having the anterior pair of wings (elytra) hard and horny, and serving as coverings for the posterior pair, which…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cast, skins, shells, coverings, animals.
Cote
noun · 78% connection
A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals, as for sheep or doves.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cast, skins, shells, coverings, animals.
Crawfish
noun · 78% connection
large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cast, skins, shells, coverings, animals.
Crayfish
noun · 78% connection
large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cast, skins, shells, coverings, animals.
Crust
noun · 78% connection
The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cast, skins, shells, coverings, animals.
Crustacea
n. pl. · 78% connection
One of the classes of the arthropods, including lobsters and crabs; -- so called from the crustlike shell with which they are covered.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cast, skins, shells, coverings, animals.
Decapoda
n. pl. · 78% connection
The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cast, skins, shells, coverings, animals.
Deciduous
adjective · 78% connection
Falling off, or subject to fall or be shed, at a certain season, or a certain stage or interval of growth, as leaves (except of evergr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cast, skins, shells, coverings, animals.
Ecdysis
noun · 78% connection
The act of shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular layer, as in the case of serpents, lobsters, etc.; a coming out; as, the ecdys…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cast, skins, shells, coverings, animals.
Endometrium
noun · 78% connection
(pregnancy) the mucous membrane that lines the uterus; thickens under hormonal control and (if pregnancy does not occur) is shed in me…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cast, skins, shells, coverings, animals.
Exuviation
noun · 78% connection
The rejecting or casting off of some part, more particularly, the outer cuticular layer, as the shells of crustaceans, skins of snakes…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cast, skins, shells, coverings, animals.
Fur
noun · 78% connection
The skins of certain wild animals with the fur; peltry; as, a cargo of furs.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cast, skins, shells, coverings, animals.
Glue
noun · 78% connection
A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated with water, it…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cast, skins, shells, coverings, animals.
Harpa
noun · 78% connection
A genus of marine univalve shells; the harp shells; -- so called from the form of the shells, and their ornamental ribs.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cast, skins, shells, coverings, animals.
