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Acyl
noun · 78% connection
any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, maioid, crabs, remarkable, length.
Acyl group
noun · 78% connection
any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, maioid, crabs, remarkable, length.
Amphipoda
n. pl. · 78% connection
A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, maioid, crabs, remarkable, length.
Ballooning spider
unknown · 78% connection
A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads of s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, maioid, crabs, remarkable, length.
Brachyura
n. pl. · 78% connection
A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs, characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up beneath the lar…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, maioid, crabs, remarkable, length.
Cancer
noun · 78% connection
A genus of decapod Crustacea, including some of the most common shore crabs of Europe and North America, as the rock crab, Jonah crab,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, maioid, crabs, remarkable, length.
Cancriform
adjective · 78% connection
Having the form of, or resembling, a crab; crab-shaped.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, maioid, crabs, remarkable, length.
Cancroid
adjective · 78% connection
Resembling a crab; pertaining to the Cancroidea, one of the families of crabs, including the genus Cancer.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, maioid, crabs, remarkable, length.
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, maioid, crabs, remarkable, length.
Chilopoda
n. pl. · 78% connection
One of the orders of myriapods, including the centipeds. They have a single pair of elongated legs attached laterally to each segment;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, maioid, crabs, remarkable, length.
Curvet
noun · 78% connection
A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legs at once, equally advanced, and, as his fore legs are falling, raises h…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, maioid, crabs, remarkable, length.
Decapod
noun · 78% connection
A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of the Decapoda. Also used adjectively.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, maioid, crabs, remarkable, length.
Dimension
noun · 78% connection
Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, maioid, crabs, remarkable, length.
Epeira
noun · 78% connection
A genus of spiders, including the common garden spider (E. diadema). They spin geometrical webs. See Garden spider.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, maioid, crabs, remarkable, length.
Fiddler
noun · 78% connection
A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, maioid, crabs, remarkable, length.
Gastrolith
noun · 78% connection
See Crab's eyes, under Crab.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, maioid, crabs, remarkable, length.
Hunter
noun · 78% connection
A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, maioid, crabs, remarkable, length.
Inch
noun · 78% connection
A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechani…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, maioid, crabs, remarkable, length.
