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Glochidium

The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent's gills.

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Pricker 76% connected

One who, or that which, pricks; a pointed instrument; a sharp point; a prickle.

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Prickle 76% connected

A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine.

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Spine 76% connected

A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.

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Sticker 76% connected

One who, or that which, sticks; as, a bill sticker.

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Thorn 76% connected

A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.

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Attention noun · 78% connection

The act or state of attending or heeding; the application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought; notice; excl…

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Beard noun · 78% connection

tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface

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Breed verb · 78% connection

To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, as young before birth.

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Byssus noun · 78% connection

tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface

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Caducibranchiate adjective · 78% connection

With temporary gills: -- applied to those Amphibia in which the gills do not remain in adult life.

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Discursion noun · 78% connection

The act of discoursing or reasoning; range, as from thought to thought.

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Epigram noun · 78% connection

A short poem treating concisely and pointedly of a single thought or event. The modern epigram is so contrived as to surprise the read…

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Harbor noun · 78% connection

To afford lodging to; to enter as guest; to receive; to give a refuge to; indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp. an ill though…

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Hatch verb · 78% connection

To produce, as young, from an egg or eggs by incubation, or by artificial heat; to produce young from (eggs); as, the young when hatch…

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Idea noun · 78% connection

Hence: Any object apprehended, conceived, or thought of, by the mind; a notion, conception, or thought; the real object that is concei…

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Leptus noun · 78% connection

The six-legged young, or larva, of certain mites; -- sometimes used as a generic name. See Harvest mite, under Harvest.

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Muscle noun · 78% connection

See Mussel.

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Mussel noun · 78% connection

Any one of many species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Mytilus, and related genera, of the family Mytidae. The common mussel (M…

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Mytilotoxine noun · 78% connection

A poisonous base (leucomaine) found in the common mussel. It either causes paralysis of the muscles, or gives rise to convulsions, inc…

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Mytilus noun · 78% connection

A genus of marine bivalve shells, including the common mussel. See Illust. under Byssus.

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Naiad noun · 78% connection

Any species of a tribe (Naiades) of freshwater bivalves, including Unio, Anodonta, and numerous allied genera; a river mussel.

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Nestle verb · 78% connection

To move about in one's place, like a bird when shaping the interior of her nest or a young bird getting close to the parent; as, a chi…

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Nudibranchiata n. pl. · 78% connection

A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks, having no shell except while very young. The gills are naked and situated upon the back or s…

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