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Wisp

A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance.

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Bundle 76% connected

A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Flock 76% connected

A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and othe…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Package 76% connected

Act or process of packing.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Packet 76% connected

A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Parcel 76% connected

A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tuft 76% connected

A collection of small, flexible, or soft things in a knot or bunch; a waving or bending and spreading cluster; as, a tuft of flowers or feathers.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tussock 76% connected

A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially, a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Snipe 70% connected

Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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