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alligator |
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either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts |
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alligator |
Noun
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leather made from alligator's hide |
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alligator |
Verb
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to crack and acquire the appearance of alligator hide, as from weathering or improper application |
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armored dinosaur |
Noun
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dinosaurs having bony armour |
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agamid |
Noun
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a lizard of the family Agamidae |
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ankylosaur |
Noun
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having the back covered with thick bony plates |
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agamid lizard |
Noun
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a lizard of the family Agamidae |
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ankylosaurus |
Noun
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having the back covered with thick bony plates |
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agama |
Noun
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small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World |
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archosaur |
Noun
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extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs |
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allosaur |
Noun
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late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur |
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allosaurus |
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late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur |
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anatotitan |
Noun
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one of the largest and most famous duck-billed dinosaurs |
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apatosaur |
Noun
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huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic |
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apatosaurus |
Noun
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huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic |
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argentinosaur |
Noun
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huge herbivorous dinosaur of Cretaceous found in Argentina |
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adder |
Noun
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small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia |
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adder |
Noun
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a machine that adds numbers |
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adder |
Noun
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a person who adds numbers |
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arthropod family |
Noun
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any of the arthropods |
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asp viper |
Noun
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of southern Europe |
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arthropod genus |
Noun
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a genus of arthropods |
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arthropod |
Noun
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invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin |
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arachnid |
Noun
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air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs |
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asp |
Noun
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cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death |
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asp |
Noun
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of southern Europe |
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anaconda |
Noun
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large arboreal boa of tropical South America |
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amethystine python |
Noun
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a python having the color of amethyst |
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acarine |
Noun
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mite or tick |
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argasid |
Noun
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tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head |
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acarid |
Noun
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very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants |
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acarus |
Noun
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any of several mites of the order Acarina |
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argus |
Noun
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large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant |
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argus pheasant |
Noun
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large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant |
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amazon |
Noun
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mainly green tropical American parrots |
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amazon |
Noun
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a large strong and aggressive woman |
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ani |
Noun
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black tropical American cuckoo |
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afropavo |
Noun
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both sexes are brightly colored |
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apodiform bird |
Noun
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nonpasserine bird having long wings and weak feet |
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aquatic bird |
Noun
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wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water |
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anseriform bird |
Noun
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chiefly web-footed swimming birds |
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anteater |
Noun
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a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites |
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anteater |
Noun
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a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites |
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anteater |
Noun
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small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites |
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anteater |
Noun
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nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites |
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anteater |
Noun
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any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites |
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anteater |
Noun
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toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites |
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aftershaft |
Noun
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a supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of the base of the shaft of some feathers in some birds |
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alula |
Noun
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tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing |
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alula |
Noun
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scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly |