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aculea |
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small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects |
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aculeus |
Noun
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a sharp-pointed process especially a sting of a hymenopterous insect |
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aculeus |
Noun
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a stiff sharp-pointed plant process |
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armor |
Noun
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tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant |
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armor |
Noun
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protective covering made of metal and used in combat |
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armor |
Noun
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a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles |
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armor |
Verb
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to equip with armor |
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armour |
Noun
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tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant |
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armour |
Noun
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protective covering made of metal and used in combat |
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armour |
Noun
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a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles |
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armour |
Verb
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to equip with armor |
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annelid worm |
Noun
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worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally |
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apolemia |
Noun
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large siphonophore of up to 50 ft long |
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anthozoan |
Noun
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sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps |
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actinozoan |
Noun
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sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps |
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anemone |
Noun
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marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles |
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anemone |
Noun
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any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves |
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actinia |
Noun
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any sea anemone or related animal |
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actinian |
Noun
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any sea anemone or related animal |
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apodeme |
Noun
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ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for muscles |
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actiniarian |
Noun
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any sea anemone or related animal |
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acanthocephalan |
Noun
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any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines |
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arrowworm |
Noun
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any worm of the Chaetognatha |
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archiannelid |
Noun
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small primitive marine worm lacking external segmentation and resembling polychaete larvae |
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angleworm |
Noun
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terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil |
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aplacophoran |
Noun
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deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle |
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abalone |
Noun
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any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior |
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architeuthis |
Noun
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largest mollusk known about but never seen (to 60 feet long) |
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ark shell |
Noun
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marine bivalve mollusk having a heavy toothed shell with a deep boat-like inner surface |
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adjutant bird |
Noun
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large Indian stork with a military gait |
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adjutant |
Noun
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large Indian stork with a military gait |
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adjutant |
Noun
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an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer |
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adjutant stork |
Noun
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large Indian stork with a military gait |
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acorn barnacle |
Noun
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barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones |
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amphipod |
Noun
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a kind of malacostracan crustacean |
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avocet |
Noun
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long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill |
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arctic skua |
Noun
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a variety of jaeger |
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auk |
Noun
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black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas |
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auklet |
Noun
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any of several small auks of the northern Pacific coasts |
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albatross |
Noun
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large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings |
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albatross |
Noun
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something that hinders or handicaps |
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anhinga |
Noun
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fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill |
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aardvark |
Noun
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nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites |
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ant bear |
Noun
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nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites |
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ant bear |
Noun
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large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws |
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aardwolf |
Noun
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striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects |
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attack dog |
Noun
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a watchdog trained to attack on command |
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alsatian |
Noun
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breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind |
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alley cat |
Noun
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a homeless cat |
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affenpinscher |
Noun
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European breed of small dog resembling a terrier with dark wiry hair and a tufted muzzle |