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Breeze fly
noun · 78% connection
A fly of various species, of the family Tabanidae, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; -- cal…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, cassowary, casuarius, bennetti, found.
Brevipennate
adjective · 78% connection
Short-winged; -- applied to birds which can not fly, owing to their short wings, as the ostrich, cassowary, and emu.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, cassowary, casuarius, bennetti, found.
Briticism
noun · 78% connection
A word, phrase, or idiom peculiar to Great Britain; any manner of using a word or words that is peculiar to Great Britain.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, cassowary, casuarius, bennetti, found.
Cassowaries
pl. · 78% connection
of Cassowary
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, cassowary, casuarius, bennetti, found.
Cassowary
noun · 78% connection
A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a k…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, cassowary, casuarius, bennetti, found.
Chamois
noun · 78% connection
A small species of antelope (Rupicapra tragus), living on the loftiest mountain ridges of Europe, as the Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It posse…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, cassowary, casuarius, bennetti, found.
Cicada
noun · 78% connection
Any species of the genus Cicada. They are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male makes a shrill sound by p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, cassowary, casuarius, bennetti, found.
Corn
noun · 78% connection
(Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region — wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, cassowary, casuarius, bennetti, found.
Crayfish
noun · 78% connection
Any crustacean of the family Astacidae, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, cassowary, casuarius, bennetti, found.
Emu
noun · 78% connection
A large Australian bird, of two species (Dromaius Novae-Hollandiae and D. irroratus), related to the cassowary and the ostrich. The em…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, cassowary, casuarius, bennetti, found.
Esparcet
noun · 78% connection
Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous so…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, cassowary, casuarius, bennetti, found.
Flail
noun · 78% connection
An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stout…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, cassowary, casuarius, bennetti, found.
Goshawk
noun · 78% connection
Any large hawk of the genus Astur, of which many species and varieties are known. The European (Astur palumbarius) and the American (A…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, cassowary, casuarius, bennetti, found.
Grasshopper
noun · 78% connection
Any jumping, orthopterous insect, of the families Acrididae and Locustidae. The species and genera are very numerous. The former famil…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, cassowary, casuarius, bennetti, found.
Gymnastical
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to athletic exercises intended for health, defense, or diversion; -- said of games or exercises, as running, leaping, wrest…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, cassowary, casuarius, bennetti, found.
Horseman
noun · 78% connection
A land crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, cassowary, casuarius, bennetti, found.
Ichneumon
noun · 78% connection
Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes, and family Viverridae. Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa. The Egyptian spec…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, cassowary, casuarius, bennetti, found.
Kanchil
noun · 78% connection
A small chevrotain of the genus Tragulus, esp. T. pygmaeus, or T. kanchil, inhabiting Java, Sumatra, and adjacent islands; a deerlet.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, cassowary, casuarius, bennetti, found.