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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: small, cetacean, genus, phocaena, communis.
Avoset
noun · 78% connection
A grallatorial bird, of the genus Recurvirostra; the scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip. The American species is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, cetacean, genus, phocaena, communis.
Badger
noun · 78% connection
A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, cetacean, genus, phocaena, communis.
Beluga
noun · 78% connection
A cetacean allied to the dolphins.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, cetacean, genus, phocaena, communis.
Bottle-nose
noun · 78% connection
A cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as Delphinus Tursio and Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus, of Europe.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, cetacean, genus, phocaena, communis.
Bottlehead
noun · 78% connection
A cetacean allied to the grampus; -- called also bottle-nosed whale.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, cetacean, genus, phocaena, communis.
Brooklime
noun · 78% connection
A plant (Veronica Beccabunga), with flowers, usually blue, in axillary racemes. The American species is V. Americana.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, cetacean, genus, phocaena, communis.
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: small, cetacean, genus, phocaena, communis.
Creeper
noun · 78% connection
A small bird of the genus Certhia, allied to the wrens. The brown or common European creeper is C. familiaris, a variety of which (var…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, cetacean, genus, phocaena, communis.
Egret
noun · 78% connection
The name of several species of herons which bear plumes on the back. They are generally white. Among the best known species are the Am…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, cetacean, genus, phocaena, communis.
Eider
noun · 78% connection
Any species of sea duck of the genus Somateria, esp. Somateria mollissima, which breeds in the northern parts of Europe and America, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, cetacean, genus, phocaena, communis.
Elk
noun · 78% connection
A large deer, of several species. The European elk (Alces machlis or Cervus alces) is closely allied to the American moose. The Americ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, cetacean, genus, phocaena, communis.
Elm
noun · 78% connection
A tree of the genus Ulmus, of several species, much used as a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is Ulmus campestris…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, cetacean, genus, phocaena, communis.
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: small, cetacean, genus, phocaena, communis.
Golden-eye
noun · 78% connection
A duck (Glaucionetta clangula), found in Northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is larger. Called w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, cetacean, genus, phocaena, communis.
Grampus
noun · 78% connection
A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, cetacean, genus, phocaena, communis.
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: small, cetacean, genus, phocaena, communis.
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: small, cetacean, genus, phocaena, communis.
