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Anaconda
noun · 78% connection
A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: larva, grub, large, south, american.
Assart
noun · 78% connection
The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: larva, grub, large, south, american.
Beetle
verb · 78% connection
A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: larva, grub, large, south, american.
Bookworm
noun · 78% connection
Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books. Many species are known.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: larva, grub, large, south, american.
Cantharis
noun · 78% connection
A beetle (Lytta, / Cantharis, vesicatoria), havin1g an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: larva, grub, large, south, american.
Clock
noun · 78% connection
A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate. Its works are moved by…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: larva, grub, large, south, american.
Colorado beetle
unknown · 78% connection
A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: larva, grub, large, south, american.
Cycas
noun · 78% connection
A genus of trees, intermediate in character between the palms and the pines. The pith of the trunk of some species furnishes a valuabl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: larva, grub, large, south, american.
Doryphora
noun · 78% connection
A genus of plant-eating beetles, including the potato beetle. See Potato beetle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: larva, grub, large, south, american.
Elater
noun · 78% connection
One who, or that which, elates.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: larva, grub, large, south, american.
Endogenous
adjective · 78% connection
Increasing by internal growth and elongation at the summit, instead of externally, and having no distinction of pith, wood, and bark,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: larva, grub, large, south, american.
Flea-beetle
noun · 78% connection
A small beetle of the family Halticidae, of many species. They have strong posterior legs and leap like fleas. The turnip flea-beetle…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: larva, grub, large, south, american.
Glowworm
noun · 78% connection
A coleopterous insect of the genus Lampyris; esp., the wingless females and larvae of the two European species (L. noctiluca, and L. s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: larva, grub, large, south, american.
Gomuti
noun · 78% connection
A black, fibrous substance resembling horsehair, obtained from the leafstalks of two kinds of palms, Metroxylon Sagu, and Arenga sacch…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: larva, grub, large, south, american.
Grison
noun · 78% connection
A South American animal of the family Mustelidae (Galictis vittata). It is about two feet long, exclusive of the tail. Its under parts…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: larva, grub, large, south, american.
Grub
verb · 78% connection
To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: larva, grub, large, south, american.
Grubber
noun · 78% connection
One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool of the nature of a grub ax, grub hook, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: larva, grub, large, south, american.
Heteroscian
noun · 78% connection
One who lives either north or south of the tropics, as contrasted with one who lives on the other side of them; -- so called because a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: larva, grub, large, south, american.
