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Terrier

An auger or borer.

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Bull terrier 76% connected

A breed of dogs obtained by crossing the bulldog and the terrier.

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Bullterrier 76% connected

a powerful short-haired terrier originated in England by crossing the bulldog with terriers

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Cairn 76% connected

A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.

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Ratter 76% connected

One who, or that which, rats, as one who deserts his party.

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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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Auger noun · 78% connection

A carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is turned with b…

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Bore verb · 78% connection

To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument; to make a round hole in or throug…

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Borer noun · 78% connection

One of the larvae of many species of insects, which penetrate trees, as the apple, peach, pine, etc. See Apple borer, under Apple.

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Function noun · 78% connection

what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"

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Hag noun · 78% connection

An eel-like marine marsipobranch (Myxine glutinosa), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial mouth, with labial appendages, and a si…

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Inclusa n. pl. · 78% connection

A tribe of bivalve mollusks, characterized by the closed state of the mantle which envelops the body. The ship borer (Teredo navalis)…

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Lip noun · 78% connection

The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.

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Longicornia n. pl. · 78% connection

A division of beetles, including a large number of species, in which the antennae are very long. Most of them, while in the larval sta…

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Miser noun · 78% connection

A kind of large earth auger.

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Nonagrian noun · 78% connection

Any moth of the genus Nonagria and allied genera, as the spindleworm and stalk borer.

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Purpose noun · 78% connection

what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"

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Role noun · 78% connection

what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"

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Tapper noun · 78% connection

The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper,…

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Terebra noun · 78% connection

A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also auger shell.

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Teredine noun · 78% connection

A borer; the teredo.

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Use noun · 78% connection

what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"

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Wimble noun · 78% connection

An auger used for boring in earth.

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