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Collembola
n. pl. · 78% connection
The division of Thysanura which includes Podura, and allied forms.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, siphonophora, includes, physalia, allied.
Dactylozooid
noun · 78% connection
A kind of zooid of Siphonophora which has an elongated or even vermiform body, with one tentacle, but no mouth. See Siphonophora.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, siphonophora, includes, physalia, allied.
Dichotomy
noun · 78% connection
Division or distribution of genera into two species; division into two subordinate parts.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, siphonophora, includes, physalia, 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: division, siphonophora, includes, physalia, 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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, siphonophora, includes, physalia, allied.
Fission
noun · 78% connection
A method of asexual reproduction among the lowest (unicellular) organisms by means of a process of self-division, consisting of gradua…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, siphonophora, includes, physalia, allied.
Glass-sponge
noun · 78% connection
A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- called also vitre…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, siphonophora, includes, physalia, allied.
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, siphonophora, includes, physalia, allied.
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),…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, siphonophora, includes, physalia, allied.
Jacamar
noun · 78% connection
Any one of numerous species of tropical American birds of the genus Galbula and allied genera. They are allied to the kingfishers, but…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, siphonophora, includes, physalia, allied.
Jay
noun · 78% connection
Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to Garrulus, Cyanocitta, and allied genera. They are allied to the crows, but are s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, siphonophora, includes, physalia, allied.
Karyostenosis
noun · 78% connection
Direct cell division (in which there is first a simple division of the nucleus, without any changes in its structure, followed by divi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, siphonophora, includes, physalia, allied.
Linnet
noun · 78% connection
Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species (L…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, siphonophora, includes, physalia, allied.
Loach
noun · 78% connection
Any one of several small, fresh-water, cyprinoid fishes of the genera Cobitis, Nemachilus, and allied genera, having six or more barbu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, siphonophora, includes, physalia, allied.
lucernarida
n. pl. · 78% connection
A division of acalephs, including Lucernaria and allied genera; -- called also Calycozoa.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, siphonophora, includes, physalia, allied.
Merganser
noun · 78% connection
Any bird of the genus Merganser, and allied genera. They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, siphonophora, includes, physalia, allied.
Myna
noun · 78% connection
Any one of numerous species of Asiatic starlings of the genera Acridotheres, Sturnopastor, Sturnia, Gracula, and allied genera. In hab…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, siphonophora, includes, physalia, allied.
Nassa
noun · 78% connection
Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera Nassa, Tritia, and other allied genera of the family Nassidae; a dog whelk. See Illust…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, siphonophora, includes, physalia, allied.