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mouthpart |
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any part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especially one adapted to a specific way of feeding |
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mamba |
Noun
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arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal |
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massasauga |
Noun
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pygmy rattlesnake found in moist areas from the Great Lakes to Mexico |
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massasauga |
Noun
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small pygmy rattlesnake |
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massasauga rattler |
Noun
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pygmy rattlesnake found in moist areas from the Great Lakes to Mexico |
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myriapod |
Noun
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general term for any terrestrial arthropod having an elongated body composed of many similar segments: e.g. centipedes and millipedes |
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mother hen |
Noun
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a hen with chicks |
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mother hen |
Noun
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a person who cares for the needs of others (especially in an overprotective or interfering way) |
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millipede |
Noun
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any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs |
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millepede |
Noun
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any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs |
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milliped |
Noun
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any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs |
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mite |
Noun
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any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods |
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mite |
Noun
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a slight but appreciable amount |
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moorfowl |
Noun
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reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain |
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moorbird |
Noun
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reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain |
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moor-bird |
Noun
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reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain |
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moorgame |
Noun
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reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain |
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moorhen |
Noun
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female red grouse |
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moorhen |
Noun
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black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes |
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moorcock |
Noun
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male red grouse |
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macaw |
Noun
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long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America |
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migratory quail |
Noun
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the typical Old World quail |
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monal |
Noun
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brilliantly colored pheasant of southern Asia |
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monaul |
Noun
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brilliantly colored pheasant of southern Asia |
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mourning dove |
Noun
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wild dove of the United States having a mournful call |
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megapode |
Noun
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large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia |
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mound bird |
Noun
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large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia |
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mound-bird |
Noun
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large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia |
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mound builder |
Noun
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large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia |
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mallee fowl |
Noun
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Australian mound bird |
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mallee hen |
Noun
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adult female mallee fowl |
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mountain quail |
Noun
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California partridge |
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mountain partridge |
Noun
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California partridge |
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maleo |
Noun
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Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches |
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momot |
Noun
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tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage |
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mallard |
Noun
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wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended |
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mosquito hawk |
Noun
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mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker |
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mosquito hawk |
Noun
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slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest |
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mandarin duck |
Noun
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showy crested Asiatic duck |
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muscovy duck |
Noun
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large crested wild duck of Central America and South America |
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motmot |
Noun
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tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage |
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mute swan |
Noun
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soundless Eurasian swan |
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merganser |
Noun
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large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges |
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marsupial mouse |
Noun
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any of numerous small sharp-nosed insectivorous marsupials superficially resembling mice or rats |
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marsupial rat |
Noun
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any of numerous small sharp-nosed insectivorous marsupials superficially resembling mice or rats |
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mammal |
Noun
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any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair |
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mammal genus |
Noun
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a genus of mammals |
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monotreme |
Noun
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the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria |
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musk kangaroo |
Noun
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small kangaroo of northeastern Australia |
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metatherian |
Noun
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primitive pouched mammals found mainly in Australia and the Americas |