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Acacia
noun · 78% connection
A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, genus, sharks, conical, compressed.
Angelfish
noun · 78% connection
sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, genus, sharks, conical, compressed.
Anoplotherium
noun · 78% connection
A genus of extinct quadrupeds of the order Ungulata, whose were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized by the sh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, genus, sharks, conical, compressed.
Belemnite
noun · 78% connection
A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is ordinaril…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, genus, sharks, conical, compressed.
Bite
verb · 78% connection
To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, genus, sharks, conical, compressed.
Bream
noun · 78% connection
A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, genus, sharks, conical, compressed.
Cestraciont
noun · 78% connection
A shark of the genus Cestracion, and of related genera. The posterior teeth form a pavement of bony plates for crushing shellfish. Mos…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, genus, sharks, conical, compressed.
Chameleon
noun · 78% connection
A lizardlike reptile of the genus Chamaeleo, of several species, found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The skin is covered with fine gran…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, genus, sharks, conical, compressed.
Conical
adjective · 78% connection
Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, genus, sharks, conical, compressed.
Cop
noun · 78% connection
The top of a thing; the head; a crest.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, genus, sharks, conical, compressed.
Diprotodon
noun · 78% connection
An extinct Quaternary marsupial from Australia, about as large as the hippopotamus; -- so named because of its two large front teeth.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, genus, sharks, conical, compressed.
Enchodus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of extinct Cretaceous fishes; -- so named from their spear-shaped teeth. They were allied to the pike (Esox).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, genus, sharks, conical, compressed.
Extinct
adjective · 78% connection
Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, genus, sharks, conical, compressed.
Glyptodon
noun · 78% connection
An extinct South American quaternary mammal, allied to the armadillos. It was as large as an ox, was covered with tessellated scales,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, genus, sharks, conical, compressed.
Gyrodus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of extinct oolitic fishes, having rounded teeth in several rows adapted for crushing.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, genus, sharks, conical, compressed.
Hesperornis
noun · 78% connection
A genus of large, extinct, wingless birds from the Cretaceous deposits of Kansas, belonging to the Odontornithes. They had teeth, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, genus, sharks, conical, compressed.
Horse
noun · 78% connection
A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the domestic horse (E. caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a ver…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, genus, sharks, conical, compressed.
Hybodont
adjective · 78% connection
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an extinct genus of sharks (Hybodus), especially in the form of the teeth, which consist of a princi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, genus, sharks, conical, compressed.
