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dobson fly |
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large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male |
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dayfly |
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slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days |
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danaid |
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large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste |
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danaid butterfly |
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large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste |
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dragonfly |
Noun
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slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest |
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darning needle |
Noun
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slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest |
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darning needle |
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a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread |
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devil's darning needle |
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slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest |
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devil's darning needle |
Noun
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common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers |
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damselfly |
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slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest |
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death's-head moth |
Noun
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European hawkmoth with markings on the back resembling a human skull |
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domestic silkworm moth |
Noun
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stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care |
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domesticated silkworm moth |
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stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care |
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desert rat |
Noun
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any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico |
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deer mouse |
Noun
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brownish New World mouse |
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dormouse |
Noun
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small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather |
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dusky-footed wood rat |
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a wood rat with dusky feet |
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dusky-footed woodrat |
Noun
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host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California |
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dug |
Noun
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an udder or breast or teat |
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dinocerate |
Noun
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an extinct ungulate |
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dinoceras |
Noun
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a variety of dinocerate |
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dassie |
Noun
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any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes |
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das |
Noun
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any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes |
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dawn horse |
Noun
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earliest horse |
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dziggetai |
Noun
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Mongolian wild ass |
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dairy cattle |
Noun
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cattle that are reared for their milk |
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dairy cow |
Noun
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cattle that are reared for their milk |
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dark horse |
Noun
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a racehorse about which little is known |
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dark horse |
Noun
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a political candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly |
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draft horse |
Noun
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horse adapted for drawing heavy loads |
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draught horse |
Noun
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horse adapted for drawing heavy loads |
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dray horse |
Noun
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horse adapted for drawing heavy loads |
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drayhorse |
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draft horse kept for pulling carts |
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dobbin |
Noun
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a quiet plodding workhorse |
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dogie |
Noun
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motherless calf in a range herd of cattle |
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dogy |
Noun
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motherless calf in a range herd of cattle |
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domestic ass |
Noun
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domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass |
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donkey |
Noun
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domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass |
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donkey |
Noun
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the symbol of the Democratic Party |
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domestic sheep |
Noun
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any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin |
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dik-dik |
Noun
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any of several small antelopes of eastern Africa of the genus Madoqua |
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deer |
Noun
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distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers |
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domestic goat |
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any of various breeds of goat raised for milk or meat or wool |
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dromedary |
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one-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia |
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domestic llama |
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used in the Andes as a beast of burden and source of wool |
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dorsal fin |
Noun
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unpaired median fin on the backs of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates that help to maintain balance |
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dryopithecine |
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considered a possible ancestor to both anthropoid apes and humans |
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digitigrade mammal |
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an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses |
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douroucouli |
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nocturnal monkey of Central America and South America with large eyes and thick fur |
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dealfish |
Noun
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deep-sea ribbonfish |