sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
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False scorpion
small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion
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primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles
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Tailless.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, nonvenomous, arachnid, resembling, tailless.The principal star in Scorpio: -- called also the Scorpion's Heart.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, nonvenomous, arachnid, resembling, tailless.The Altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of the Scorpion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, nonvenomous, arachnid, resembling, tailless.any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, nonvenomous, arachnid, resembling, tailless.pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodent
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, nonvenomous, arachnid, resembling, tailless.pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodent
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, nonvenomous, arachnid, resembling, tailless.either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, nonvenomous, arachnid, resembling, tailless.See Book scorpion, under Book.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, nonvenomous, arachnid, resembling, tailless.The end of the vertebral column beyond the sacrum in man and tailless monkeys. It is composed of several vertebrae more or less consol…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, nonvenomous, arachnid, resembling, tailless.any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, nonvenomous, arachnid, resembling, tailless.spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, nonvenomous, arachnid, resembling, tailless.Tailless.
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