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myxobacter |
Noun
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bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime |
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malaria parasite |
Noun
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parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans |
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mastigophoran |
Noun
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a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages |
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mastigophore |
Noun
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a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages |
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microsporidian |
Noun
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parasite of arthropods and fishes that invade and destroy host cells |
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myxosporidian |
Noun
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mostly parasitic in fishes and including various serious pathogens |
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malacopterygian |
Noun
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any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii |
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merozoite |
Noun
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a cell that arises from the asexual division of a parent sporozoan during its life cycle |
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mirror carp |
Noun
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domestic carp with some large shining scales |
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mesoderm |
Noun
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the middle germ layer that develops into muscle and bone and cartilage and blood and connective tissue |
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mesoblast |
Noun
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the middle germ layer that develops into muscle and bone and cartilage and blood and connective tissue |
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mesenchyme |
Noun
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mesodermal tissue that forms connective tissue and blood and smooth muscles |
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mosquitofish |
Noun
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silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies |
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minnow |
Noun
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very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams |
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mollie |
Noun
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popular aquarium fish |
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molly |
Noun
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popular aquarium fish |
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monster |
Noun
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(medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus |
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monster |
Noun
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an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts |
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monster |
Noun
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a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed |
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monster |
Noun
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someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful |
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monster |
Noun
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a cruel wicked and inhuman person |
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mummichog |
Noun
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silver-and-black killifish of saltwater marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States |
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mayfish |
Noun
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black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States |
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may fish |
Noun
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black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States |
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morula |
Noun
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a solid mass of blastomeres that forms when the zygote splits |
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monkfish |
Noun
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sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do |
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monkfish |
Noun
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fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey |
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monkfish |
Noun
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flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of the Atlantic waters of North America |
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mackerel shark |
Noun
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fierce pelagic and oceanic sharks |
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mako |
Noun
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powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific |
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mako shark |
Noun
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powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific |
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man-eater |
Noun
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large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas |
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man-eater |
Noun
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a person who eats human flesh |
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man-eating shark |
Noun
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large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas |
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manta |
Noun
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extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes |
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manta |
Noun
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a blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl |
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manta ray |
Noun
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extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes |
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moa |
Noun
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extinct flightless bird of New Zealand |
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meadow pipit |
Noun
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a common pipit that is brown above and white below |
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missel thrush |
Noun
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large European thrush that feeds on mistletoe berries |
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mistle thrush |
Noun
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large European thrush that feeds on mistletoe berries |
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mistletoe thrush |
Noun
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large European thrush that feeds on mistletoe berries |
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mavis |
Noun
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common Old World thrush noted for its song |
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merl |
Noun
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common black European thrush |
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merle |
Noun
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common black European thrush |
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manakin |
Noun
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any of numerous small bright-colored birds of Central America and South America having short bills and elaborate courtship behavior |
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manakin |
Noun
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a life-size dummy used to display clothes |
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manakin |
Noun
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a woman who wears clothes to display fashions |
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mamo |
Noun
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black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail |
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myna |
Noun
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tropical Asian starlings |