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Skipjack

An upstart.

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Bonito 76% connected

A large tropical fish (Orcynus pelamys) allied to the tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four brown stripes on the sides. It is som…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Elater 76% connected

One who, or that which, elates.

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Scombroid 76% connected

Like or pertaining to the Mackerel family.

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Click beetle 92% connected

See Elater.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Amphidiploid noun · 78% connection

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

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Bird family noun · 78% connection

a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

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Bird genus noun · 78% connection

a genus of birds

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Blastocele noun · 78% connection

the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula

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Blastocoel noun · 78% connection

the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula

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Chlorophyta noun · 78% connection

large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls…

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Chordate genus noun · 78% connection

any genus in the phylum Chordata

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Chrysophyta noun · 78% connection

mostly freshwater eukaryotic algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment; yellow-green and golden-brown algae and d…

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Cleavage cavity noun · 78% connection

the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula

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Cockhorse adjective · 78% connection

Lofty in feeling; exultant; proud; upstart.

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Mushroom noun · 78% connection

One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart.

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Neocracy noun · 78% connection

Government by new or inexperienced hands; upstart rule; raw or untried officials.

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Parvenu noun · 78% connection

An upstart; a man newly risen into notice.

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Snob noun · 78% connection

A vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable, than he really is; a vulgar upstart; one who apes his superiors.

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Start-up noun · 78% connection

One who comes suddenly into notice; an upstart.

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Upskip noun · 78% connection

An upstart.

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Upspring noun · 78% connection

An upstart.

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Upsterte unknown · 78% connection

imp. & p. p. of Upstart.

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Upstart verb · 72% connection

To start or spring up suddenly.

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