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Grindle

The bowfin; -- called also Johnny Grindle.

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Ganoid 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Ganoidei. -- n. One of the Ganoidei.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bowfin 92% connected

A voracious ganoid fish (Amia calva) found in the fresh waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also Johnny Grindle, and dogfish.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dogfish 92% connected

A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Acalephae n. pl. · 78% connection

A group of Coelenterata, including the Medusae or jellyfishes, and hydroids; -- so called from the stinging power they possess. Someti…

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Aisle noun · 78% connection

A lateral division of a building, separated from the middle part, called the nave, by a row of columns or piers, which support the roo…

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Amia noun · 78% connection

A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, an…

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Amioidei n. pl. · 78% connection

An order of ganoid fishes of which Amia is the type. See Bowfin and Ganoidei.

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Angola pea unknown · 78% connection

A tropical plant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; -- so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called also pigeo…

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Argas noun · 78% connection

A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. The famous Persian Argas, also called Miana bug, is A. Persicus; that of Centr…

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Arriere-ban noun · 78% connection

A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take th…

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Avignon berry unknown · 78% connection

The fruit of the Rhamnus infectorius, eand of other species of the same genus; -- so called from the city of Avignon, in France. It is…

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Backgammon noun · 78% connection

A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fif…

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Benne noun · 78% connection

The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. indicum), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is ex…

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Blackcoat noun · 78% connection

A clergyman; -- familiarly so called, as a soldier is sometimes called a redcoat or a bluecoat.

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Blackcock noun · 78% connection

The male of the European black grouse (Tetrao tetrix, Linn.); -- so called by sportsmen. The female is called gray hen. See Heath grou…

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Boat bug unknown · 78% connection

An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta; -- so called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a littl…

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Bond noun · 78% connection

The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways…

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Brass noun · 78% connection

A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generall…

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Bumkin noun · 78% connection

A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One…

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Butternut noun · 78% connection

An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut family, and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil contained in the latter. Some…

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Cammock noun · 78% connection

A plant having long hard, crooked roots, the Ononis spinosa; -- called also rest-harrow. The Scandix Pecten-Veneris is also called cam…

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