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Sac

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Narrower term 19

Acinus 76% connected

One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.

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Air bladder 76% connected

An air sac, sometimes double or variously lobed, in the visceral cavity of many fishes. It originates in the same way as the lungs of air-breathing v…

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Air cell 76% connected

A cavity in the cellular tissue of plants, containing air only.

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Air sac 76% connected

One of the spaces in different parts of the bodies of birds, which are filled with air and connected with the air passages of the lungs; an air cell.

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Alveolus 76% connected

A cell in a honeycomb.

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Amnion 76% connected

A thin membrane surrounding the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles.

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Amnios 76% connected

Same as Amnion.

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Bladder 76% connected

A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinar…

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Bursa 76% connected

Any sac or saclike cavity; especially, one of the synovial sacs, or small spaces, often lined with synovial membrane, interposed between tendons and…

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Chorion 76% connected

The outer membrane which invests the fetus in the womb; also, the similar membrane investing many ova at certain stages of development.

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Cistern 76% connected

An artificial reservoir or tank for holding water, beer, or other liquids.

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Cyst 76% connected

A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which is accidentally developed in one of the natural cavities or in…

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Float 76% connected

Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, somet…

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Pocket 76% connected

A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth.

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Pouch 76% connected

A small bag; usually, a leathern bag; as, a pouch for money; a shot pouch; a mail pouch, etc.

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Saccule 76% connected

A little sac; specifically, the sacculus of the ear.

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Sacculus 76% connected

A little sac; esp., a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear.

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Vesica 76% connected

A bladder.

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Vesicle 76% connected

A bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell.

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Broader term 4

Algonquin 76% connected

Alt. of Algonkin

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Cavity 76% connected

Hollowness.

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Covering 76% connected

of Cover

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Synonym 4

Pocket 92% connected

A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pouch 92% connected

A small bag; usually, a leathern bag; as, a pouch for money; a shot pouch; a mail pouch, etc.

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Sack 92% connected

A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

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Theca 92% connected

A sheath; a case; as, the theca, or cell, of an anther; the theca, or spore case, of a fungus; the theca of the spinal cord.

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