to subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe
calf
Noun
young of domestic cattle
calf
Noun
young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo
calf
Noun
the muscular back part of the shank
calf
Noun
fine leather from the skin of a calf
cirrus
Noun
a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects
cirrus
Noun
a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles)
cirrus
Noun
usually coiled
chine
Noun
backbone of an animal
chine
Noun
cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone
chine
Verb
to cut through the backbone of an animal
cuticula
Noun
the outer body wall of an insect
chaeta
Noun
a stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm
common roundworm
Noun
intestinal parasite of humans and pigs
chicken roundworm
Noun
intestinal parasite of domestic fowl
coelenteron
Noun
the saclike body cavity of a coelenterate
chaetognath
Noun
any worm of the Chaetognatha
choanocyte
Noun
any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of cytoplasm around the flagellum
collar cell
Noun
any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of cytoplasm around the flagellum
coelenterate family
Noun
a family of coelenterates
cercaria
Noun
tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm
coelenterate genus
Noun
a genus of coelenterates
coelenterate
Noun
radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures
cnidarian
Noun
radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures
ctenophore family
Noun
a family of ctenophores
ctenophore genus
Noun
a genus of ctenophores
ctene
Noun
a locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused
comb-plate
Noun
a locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused
ctenophore
Noun
biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb
comb jelly
Noun
biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb
cestode
Noun
ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates
conch
Noun
any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
crawler
Noun
terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil
crawler
Noun
a person who crawls or creeps along the ground
crawler
Noun
a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
cherrystone
Noun
a half-grown quahog
cherrystone
Noun
small quahog larger than a littleneck
cherrystone clam
Noun
a half-grown quahog
cherrystone clam
Noun
small quahog larger than a littleneck
cowrie
Noun
any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells
cowry
Noun
any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells
ceras
Noun
one of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike structures on the back of the nudibranch (and other related mollusks) that serve as gills
cockle
Noun
common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs
cockle
Noun
common edible European bivalve
cockle
Verb
to cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting
cockle
Verb
to stir up water so as to form ripples
chiton
Noun
primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates
chiton
Noun
a woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece
coat-of-mail shell
Noun
primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates