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Basking shark
unknown · 78% connection
One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or bone sh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, shark, lamna, cornubica, eight.
Blacksnake
noun · 78% connection
A snake of a black color, of which two species are common in the United States, the Bascanium constrictor, or racer, sometimes six fee…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, shark, lamna, cornubica, eight.
Cestraciont
noun · 78% connection
A shark of the genus Cestracion, and of related genera. The posterior teeth form a pavement of bony plates for crushing shellfish. Mos…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, shark, lamna, cornubica, eight.
Civet
noun · 78% connection
A substance, of the consistence of butter or honey, taken from glands in the anal pouch of the civet (Viverra civetta). It is of clear…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, shark, lamna, cornubica, eight.
Cord
noun · 78% connection
A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, shark, lamna, cornubica, eight.
Crescent
noun · 78% connection
The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the ol…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, shark, lamna, cornubica, eight.
Crescentwise
adverb · 78% connection
In the form of a crescent; like a crescent.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, shark, lamna, cornubica, eight.
Cusp
noun · 78% connection
A triangular protection from the intrados of an arch, or from an inner curve of tracery.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, shark, lamna, cornubica, eight.
Fox
noun · 78% connection
A carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family Canidae, of many species. The European fox (V. vulgaris or V. vulpes), the American r…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, shark, lamna, cornubica, eight.
Foxfish
noun · 78% connection
The fox shark; -- called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, shark, lamna, cornubica, eight.
Glass-snake
noun · 78% connection
A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States; -- so called from its fragility, the tail easily break…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, shark, lamna, cornubica, eight.
Hairtail
noun · 78% connection
Any species of marine fishes of the genus Trichiurus; esp., T. lepterus of Europe and America. They are long and like a band, with a s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, shark, lamna, cornubica, eight.
Hoemother
noun · 78% connection
The basking or liver shark; -- called also homer. See Liver shark, under Liver.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, shark, lamna, cornubica, eight.
Horn
noun · 78% connection
A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, shark, lamna, cornubica, eight.
Kangaroo
noun · 78% connection
Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidae. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, shark, lamna, cornubica, eight.
Kitchen middens
unknown · 78% connection
Relics of neolithic man found on the coast of Denmark, consisting of shell mounds, some of which are ten feet high, one thousand feet…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, shark, lamna, cornubica, eight.
Knot
noun · 78% connection
A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, shark, lamna, cornubica, eight.
Koodoo
noun · 78% connection
A large South African antelope (Strepsiceros kudu). The males have graceful spiral horns, sometimes four feet long. The general color…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, shark, lamna, cornubica, eight.
