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Plastron

A piece of leather stuffed or padded, worn by fencers to protect the breast.

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Aegis 76% connected

A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a protection.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Breastplate 76% connected

A plate of metal covering the breast as defensive armor.

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Exoskeleton 76% connected

The hardened parts of the external integument of an animal, including hair, feathers, nails, horns, scales, etc.,as well as the armor of armadillos a…

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Pad 76% connected

A footpath; a road.

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Bodice 70% connected

A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays.

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Turtle 70% connected

The turtledove.

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Monad noun · 85% connection

(biology) a single-celled microorganism (especially a flagellate protozoan)

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Amphidiploid noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent

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Bacteria noun · 85% connection

(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission;…

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Bacterium noun · 85% connection

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Carrier noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not appare…

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Cross noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding pla…

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Crossbreed noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding pla…

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Diploid noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell; i.e., two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number

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Haploid noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes

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Heteroploid noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that speci…

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Hybrid noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding pla…

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Polyploid noun · 85% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes

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Animal order noun · 85% connection

the order of animals

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Acton noun · 78% connection

A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail.

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Aparejo noun · 78% connection

A kind of pack saddle used in the American military service and among the Spanish Americans. It is made of leather stuffed with hay, m…

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Bandolier noun · 78% connection

A broad leather belt formerly worn by soldiers over the right shoulder and across the breast under the left arm. Originally it was use…

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Bib noun · 78% connection

A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes.

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Bombard noun · 78% connection

Padded breeches.

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Boot noun · 78% connection

An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.

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Bosom noun · 78% connection

The part of the dress worn upon the breast; an article, or a portion of an article, of dress to be worn upon the breast; as, the bosom…

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Breast noun · 78% connection

Anything resembling the human breast, or bosom; the front or forward part of anything; as, a chimney breast; a plow breast; the breast…

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Breast-deep adjective · 78% connection

Deep as from the breast to the feet; as high as the breast.

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Breasting noun · 78% connection

The curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of its circu…

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Brooch noun · 78% connection

An ornament, in various forms, with a tongue, pin, or loop for attaching it to a garment; now worn at the breast by women; a breastpin…

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