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Acephalocyst
noun · 78% connection
A larval entozoon in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: order, tunicata, including, appendicularia, allied.
Appendicularia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larvae of other Tunica…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: order, tunicata, including, appendicularia, allied.
Azoic
adjective · 78% connection
Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was…
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Bond
noun · 78% connection
A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: order, tunicata, including, appendicularia, allied.
Caterpillar
noun · 78% connection
The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the s…
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Chaetopoda
n. pl. · 78% connection
A very extensive order of Annelida, characterized by the presence of lateral setae, or spines, on most or all of the segments. They ar…
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Chordata
n. pl. · 78% connection
A comprehensive division of animals including all Vertebrata together with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal nervous cord.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: order, tunicata, including, appendicularia, allied.
Dayfly
noun · 78% connection
A neuropterous insect of the genus Ephemera and related genera, of many species, and inhabiting fresh water in the larval state; the e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: order, tunicata, including, appendicularia, allied.
Disfeature
verb · 78% connection
To deprive of features; to mar the features of.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: order, tunicata, including, appendicularia, allied.
Featured
adjective · 78% connection
Having features; formed into features.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: order, tunicata, including, appendicularia, 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: order, tunicata, including, appendicularia, 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…
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Forester
noun · 78% connection
A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester (A. octomaculata), which in the larval st…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: order, tunicata, including, appendicularia, allied.
Glass-crab
noun · 78% connection
The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and trans…
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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…
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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),…
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Haggard
adjective · 78% connection
Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted, or anxious in appearan…
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Life
noun · 78% connection
A certain way or manner of living with respect to conditions, circumstances, character, conduct, occupation, etc.; hence, human affair…
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