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Analogue
noun · 78% connection
A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such speci…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, species, marine, bivalve, shells.
Bass
noun · 78% connection
An edible, spiny-finned fish, esp. of the genera Roccus, Labrax, and related genera. There are many species.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, species, marine, bivalve, shells.
Byssus
noun · 78% connection
A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusk…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, species, marine, bivalve, shells.
Chub
noun · 78% connection
A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidae or Carp family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven. In Amer…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, species, marine, bivalve, shells.
Clam
verb · 78% connection
A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, species, marine, bivalve, shells.
Cockle
noun · 78% connection
A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus Cardium, especially C. edule, used in Europe for food; -- sometimes applied to si…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, species, marine, bivalve, shells.
Crocodile
noun · 78% connection
A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the larg…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, species, marine, bivalve, shells.
Deer
n. sing. & pl. · 78% connection
A ruminant of the genus Cervus, of many species, and of related genera of the family Cervidae. The males, and in some species the fema…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, species, marine, bivalve, shells.
Frog
noun · 78% connection
An amphibious animal of the genus Rana and related genera, of many species. Frogs swim rapidly, and take long leaps on land. Many of t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, species, marine, bivalve, shells.
Garfish
noun · 78% connection
One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, species, marine, bivalve, shells.
Genus
noun · 78% connection
An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, species, marine, bivalve, shells.
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: many, species, marine, bivalve, shells.
Haliotis
noun · 78% connection
A genus of marine shells; the ear-shells. See Abalone.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, species, marine, bivalve, shells.
Harpa
noun · 78% connection
A genus of marine univalve shells; the harp shells; -- so called from the form of the shells, and their ornamental ribs.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, species, marine, bivalve, shells.
Hydractinian
noun · 78% connection
Any species or marine hydroids, of the genus Hydractinia and allied genera. These hydroids form, by their rootstalks, a firm, chitinou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, species, marine, bivalve, shells.
Lingula
noun · 78% connection
Any one of numerous species of brachiopod shells belonging to the genus Lingula, and related genera. See Brachiopoda, and Illustration…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, species, marine, bivalve, shells.
Lithodomus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of elongated bivalve shells, allied to the mussels, and remarkable for their ability to bore holes for shelter, in solid limes…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, species, marine, bivalve, shells.
Lunule
noun · 78% connection
A special area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells. It sometimes has the shape of a double crescent, but is oftener heart-shap…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, species, marine, bivalve, shells.
