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Alewife
noun · 78% connection
A woman who keeps an alehouse.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: young, several, species, herrings, common.
Anchovy
noun · 78% connection
A small fish, about three inches in length, of the Herring family (Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in the Mediterrane…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: young, several, species, herrings, common.
Bloater
noun · 78% connection
The common herring, esp. when of large size, smoked, and half dried; -- called also bloat herring.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: young, several, species, herrings, common.
Botfly
noun · 78% connection
A dipterous insect of the family (Estridae, of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: young, several, species, herrings, common.
Britt
noun · 78% connection
The young of the common herring; also, a small species of herring; the sprat.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: young, several, species, herrings, common.
Calipash
noun · 78% connection
A part of a turtle which is next to the upper shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a dull greenish tinge, much estee…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: young, several, species, herrings, common.
Calipee
noun · 78% connection
A part of a turtle which is attached to the lower shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a light yellowish color, much…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: young, several, species, herrings, common.
Canvasback
noun · 78% connection
A Species of duck (Aythya vallisneria), esteemed for the delicacy of its flesh. It visits the United States in autumn; particularly Ch…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: young, several, species, herrings, common.
Cisco
noun · 78% connection
The Lake herring (Coregonus Artedi), valuable food fish of the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to C. Hoyi, a re…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: young, several, species, herrings, common.
Cob
noun · 78% connection
The top or head of anything.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: young, several, species, herrings, common.
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: young, several, species, herrings, common.
Crocodile
noun · 78% connection
A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the larg…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: young, several, species, herrings, common.
Delicacy
adjective · 78% connection
The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the like.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: young, several, species, herrings, common.
Effeminacy
noun · 78% connection
Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicac…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: young, several, species, herrings, common.
Fumitory
noun · 78% connection
The common uame of several species of the genus Fumaria, annual herbs of the Old World, with finely dissected leaves and small flowers…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: young, several, species, herrings, common.
Garfish
noun · 78% connection
A European marine fish (Belone vulgaris); -- called also gar, gerrick, greenback, greenbone, gorebill, hornfish, longnose, mackerel gu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: young, several, species, herrings, common.
Genus
noun · 78% connection
A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly di…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: young, several, species, herrings, common.
Grugru worm
unknown · 78% connection
The larva or grub of a large South American beetle (Calandra palmarum), which lives in the pith of palm trees and sugar cane. It is ea…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: young, several, species, herrings, common.
