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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: land, crab, genus, gecarcinus, allied.
Cancer
noun · 78% connection
A genus of decapod Crustacea, including some of the most common shore crabs of Europe and North America, as the rock crab, Jonah crab,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, crab, genus, gecarcinus, allied.
Cancriform
adjective · 78% connection
Having the form of, or resembling, a crab; crab-shaped.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, crab, genus, gecarcinus, allied.
Drome
noun · 78% connection
The crab plover (Dromas ardeola), a peculiar North African bird, allied to the oyster catcher.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, crab, genus, gecarcinus, allied.
Fiddler
noun · 78% connection
A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, crab, genus, gecarcinus, allied.
Filefish
noun · 78% connection
Any plectognath fish of the genera Monacanthus, Alutera, balistes, and allied genera; -- so called on account of the roughly granulate…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, crab, genus, gecarcinus, allied.
Finback
noun · 78% connection
Any whale of the genera Sibbaldius, Balaenoptera, and allied genera, of the family Balaenopteridae, characterized by a prominent fin o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, crab, genus, gecarcinus, allied.
Gastrolith
noun · 78% connection
See Crab's eyes, under Crab.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, crab, genus, gecarcinus, allied.
Generalize
verb · 78% connection
To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in relation to a genus or to genera.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, crab, genus, gecarcinus, allied.
Globefish
noun · 78% connection
A plectognath fish of the genera Diodon, Tetrodon, and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, crab, genus, gecarcinus, allied.
Grunt
noun · 78% connection
Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus Haemulon, allied to the snappers, as, the black grunt (A. Plumieri),…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, crab, genus, gecarcinus, allied.
Hoopoo
noun · 78% connection
A European bird of the genus Upupa (U. epops), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. Called also hoop,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, crab, genus, gecarcinus, allied.
Horseman
noun · 78% connection
A land crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, crab, genus, gecarcinus, allied.
Jacamar
noun · 78% connection
Any one of numerous species of tropical American birds of the genus Galbula and allied genera. They are allied to the kingfishers, but…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, crab, genus, gecarcinus, allied.
Jay
noun · 78% connection
Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to Garrulus, Cyanocitta, and allied genera. They are allied to the crows, but are s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, crab, genus, gecarcinus, allied.
Lark
noun · 78% connection
Any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus Alauda and allied genera (family Alaudidae). They mostly belong to Europe, Asia…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, crab, genus, gecarcinus, allied.
Limulus
noun · 78% connection
The only existing genus of Merostomata. It includes only a few species from the East Indies, and one (Limulus polyphemus) from the Atl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, crab, genus, gecarcinus, allied.
Linnet
noun · 78% connection
Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species (L…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: land, crab, genus, gecarcinus, allied.
