English Dictionary: family Fregatidae |
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family Aepyornidae
n 1: coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes [syn:
{Aepyornidae}, {family Aepyornidae}]
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- family Aphididae
- n
- small soft-bodied plant lice [syn: Aphididae, {family
Aphididae}]
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- family Aphyllanthaceae
- n
- one of many families or subfamilies into which some
classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Aphyllanthes
Synonym(s): Aphyllanthaceae, family Aphyllanthaceae
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- family Apiaceae
- n
- plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise;
caraway; celery; dill
Synonym(s): Umbelliferae, family Umbelliferae, Apiaceae, family Apiaceae, carrot family
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- family Apidae
- n
- honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees [syn: Apidae,
family Apidae]
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- family Aplodontiidae
- n
- mountain beavers [syn: Aplodontiidae, {family
Aplodontiidae}]
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- family Aplysiidae
- n
- sea hares [syn: Aplysiidae, family Aplysiidae,
Tethyidae, family Tethyidae]
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- family Apocynaceae
- n
- chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky
juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs
Synonym(s): Apocynaceae, family Apocynaceae, dogbane family
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- family Apodidae
- n
- swifts; in former classifications included in the order
Coraciiformes
Synonym(s): Apodidae, family Apodidae
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- family Apogonidae
- n
- bright-colored marine fishes that incubate eggs in the
mouth
Synonym(s): Apogonidae, family Apogonidae
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- family Apterygidae
- n
- coextensive with the order Apterygiformes [syn:
Apterygidae, family Apterygidae]
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- family Avicenniaceae
- n
- used in some classifications: coextensive with the genus
Avicennia
Synonym(s): Avicenniaceae, family Avicenniaceae
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- family Babesiidae
- n
- piroplasms and cattle pathogens [syn: Babesiidae, {family
Babesiidae}]
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- family Bacillaceae
- n
- typically rod-shaped usually Gram-positive bacteria that
produce endospores
Synonym(s): Bacillaceae, family Bacillaceae
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- family Bacteroidaceae
- n
- family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal
or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals; sometimes associated with acute infective processes
Synonym(s): Bacteroidaceae, family Bacteroidaceae
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- family Balaenicipitidae
- n
- shoebills [syn: Balaenicipitidae, {family
Balaenicipitidae}]
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- family Balaenidae
- n
- right whales
Synonym(s): Balaenidae, family Balaenidae
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- family Balaenopteridae
- n
- rorquals; blue whales [syn: Balaenopteridae, {family
Balaenopteridae}]
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- family Balanidae
- n
- stalkless barnacles
Synonym(s): Balanidae, family Balanidae
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- family Balistidae
- n
- triggerfishes
Synonym(s): Balistidae, family Balistidae
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- family Balsaminaceae
- n
- distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular
flowers
Synonym(s): Balsaminaceae, family Balsaminaceae, balsam family
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- family Bangiaceae
- n
- a family of protoctist [syn: Bangiaceae, {family
Bangiaceae}]
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- family Bathyergidae
- n
- mole rats; sand rats [syn: Bathyergidae, {family
Bathyergidae}]
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- family Batidaceae
- n
- family coextensive with genus Batis: saltworts [syn:
Batidaceae, family Batidaceae, saltwort family]
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- family Batrachoididae
- n
- toadfishes; related to anglers and batfishes [syn:
Batrachoididae, family Batrachoididae]
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- family Begoniaceae
- n
- monoecious succulent herbs or shrubs of tropical and warm
regions especially America
Synonym(s): Begoniaceae, family Begoniaceae, begonia family
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- family Belemnitidae
- n
- family of extinct Mesozoic cephalopods [syn:
Belemnitidae, family Belemnitidae]
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- family Belonidae
- n
- ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated
to the freshwater gars
Synonym(s): Belonidae, family Belonidae
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- family Belostomatidae
- n
- water bugs
Synonym(s): Belostomatidae, family Belostomatidae
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- family Bennettitaceae
- n
- a family of fossil gymnospermous plants of the
Carboniferous
Synonym(s): Bennettitaceae, family Bennettitaceae
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- family Berberidaceae
- n
- shrubs or herbs [syn: Berberidaceae, {family
Berberidaceae}, barberry family]
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- family Betulaceae
- n
- monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula
and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis)
Synonym(s): Betulaceae, family Betulaceae, birch family
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- family Bible
- n
- a large Bible with pages to record marriages and births
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- family Bignoniaceae
- n
- trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit
resembling gourds or capsules; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
Synonym(s): Bignoniaceae, family Bignoniaceae
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- family Bittacidae
- n
- a family of predacious tropical insects of the order
Mecoptera
Synonym(s): Bittacidae, family Bittacidae
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- family Blastodiaceae
- n
- a family of saprobic fungi of order Blastocladiales [syn:
Blastodiaceae, family Blastodiaceae]
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- family Blattidae
- n
- domestic cockroaches
Synonym(s): Blattidae, family Blattidae
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- family Blechnaceae
- n
- one of a number of families into which the family
Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Blechnum, Doodia, Sadleria, Stenochlaena, and Woodwardia
Synonym(s): Blechnaceae, family Blechnaceae
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- family Blenniidae
- n
- a family of fish including: combtooth blennies [syn:
Blenniidae, family Blenniidae]
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- family Boidae
- n
- boas and pythons
Synonym(s): Boidae, family Boidae
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- family Boletaceae
- n
- family of fleshy fungi having the germ pores easily
separating from the cup and often from each other
Synonym(s): Boletaceae, family Boletaceae
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- family Bombacaceae
- n
- tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing
usually woolly seeds
Synonym(s): Bombacaceae, family Bombacaceae
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- family Bombycidae
- n
- Chinese silkworm moth [syn: Bombycidae, {family
Bombycidae}]
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- family Bombycillidae
- n
- a family of birds of the suborder Oscines [syn:
Bombycillidae, family Bombycillidae]
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- family Bombyliidae
- n
- bee flies
Synonym(s): Bombyliidae, family Bombyliidae
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- family Boraginaceae
- n
- a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by
circinate flowers and nutlike fruit
Synonym(s): Boraginaceae, family Boraginaceae, borage family
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- family Bothidae
- n
- a family of fish of the order Heterosomata [syn:
Bothidae, family Bothidae]
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- family Bovidae
- n
- true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats [syn: Bovidae,
family Bovidae]
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- family Bradypodidae
- n
- a family of edentates comprising the true sloths [syn:
Bradypodidae, family Bradypodidae]
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- family Bramidae
- n
- deep-bodied percoid fishes of the open seas [syn:
Bramidae, family Bramidae]
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- family Branchiobdellidae
- n
- small annelid worms with the posterior end modified into an
adhesive sucker; especially formerly regarded as modified leeches
Synonym(s): Branchiobdellidae, family Branchiobdellidae
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- family Branchiostegidae
- n
- small family of marine fishes having covered gills [syn:
Branchiostegidae, family Branchiostegidae]
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- family Branchiostomidae
- n
- lancelets [syn: Amphioxidae, family Amphioxidae,
Branchiostomidae, family Branchiostomidae]
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- family Brassicaceae
- n
- a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers;
includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives
Synonym(s): Cruciferae, family Cruciferae, Brassicaceae, family Brassicaceae, mustard family
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- family Brevicipitidae
- n
- narrow-mouthed toads and sheep frogs; some burrow and some
are arboreal; found worldwide
Synonym(s): Microhylidae, family Microhylidae, Brevicipitidae, family Brevicipitidae
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- family Bromeliaceae
- n
- a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales
including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance
Synonym(s): Bromeliaceae, family Bromeliaceae, pineapple family
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- family Brotulidae
- n
- chiefly deep-sea fishes related to the Ophidiidae [syn:
Brotulidae, family Brotulidae]
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- family Bruchidae
- n
- seed beetles
Synonym(s): Bruchidae, family Bruchidae
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- family Bryaceae
- n
- a family of acrocarpous mosses [syn: Bryaceae, {family
Bryaceae}]
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- family Buccinidae
- n
- whelks
Synonym(s): Buccinidae, family Buccinidae
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- family Bucconidae
- n
- puffbirds
Synonym(s): Bucconidae, family Bucconidae
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- family Bucerotidae
- n
- hornbills
Synonym(s): Bucerotidae, family Bucerotidae
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- family Bufonidae
- n
- true toads
Synonym(s): Bufonidae, family Bufonidae
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- family Burhinidae
- n
- large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews
Synonym(s): Burhinidae, family Burhinidae
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- family Burmanniaceae
- n
- family of chiefly tropical herbs with basal leaves like
bracts and small flowers
Synonym(s): Burmanniaceae, family Burmanniaceae
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- family Burseraceae
- n
- resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees [syn:
Burseraceae, family Burseraceae, torchwood family]
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- family business
- n
- a corporation that is entirely owned by the members of a
single family
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- family Buxaceae
- n
- widely distributed evergreen shrubs and trees [syn:
Buxaceae, family Buxaceae, box family]
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- family Ebenaceae
- n
- fruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions
including ebony and persimmon
Synonym(s): Ebenaceae, family Ebenaceae, ebony family
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- family Epacridaceae
- n
- Australasian shrubs or small trees [syn: Epacridaceae,
family Epacridaceae, epacris family]
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- family Ephedraceae
- n
- ephedras: in some classifications included in the Gnetaceae
Synonym(s): Ephedraceae, family Ephedraceae
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- family Ephemeridae
- n
- mayflies
Synonym(s): Ephemeridae, family Ephemeridae
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- family Ephippidae
- n
- small family comprising the spadefishes [syn: Ephippidae,
family Ephippidae]
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- family Euphorbiaceae
- n
- a family of plants of order Geraniales [syn:
Euphorbiaceae, family Euphorbiaceae, spurge family]
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- family Fabaceae
- n
- a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing
bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae
Synonym(s): Leguminosae, family Leguminosae, Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, legume family, pea family
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- family Fagaceae
- n
- chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts;
oaks; genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus
Synonym(s): Fagaceae, family Fagaceae, beech family
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- family Falconidae
- n
- a family of birds of the order Falconiformes [syn:
Falconidae, family Falconidae]
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- family Fasciolidae
- n
- a family of Trematoda [syn: Fasciolidae, {family
Fasciolidae}]
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- family Felidae
- n
- cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed
tigers
Synonym(s): Felidae, family Felidae
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- family Filariidae
- n
- threadlike roundworms [syn: Filariidae, {family
Filariidae}]
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- family Fissurellidae
- n
- marine limpets [syn: Fissurellidae, {family
Fissurellidae}]
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- family Fistulariidae
- n
- cornetfishes
Synonym(s): Fistulariidae, family Fistulariidae
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- family Fistulinaceae
- n
- a family of fungi closely related to the family
Polyporaceae except that the tubes on the undersurface of the cap are separate from each other
Synonym(s): Fistulinaceae, family Fistulinaceae
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- family Flacourtiaceae
- n
- chiefly tropical trees and shrubs [syn: Flacourtiaceae,
family Flacourtiaceae, flacourtia family]
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- family Forficulidae
- n
- typical earwigs [syn: Forficulidae, {family
Forficulidae}]
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- family Formicariidae
- n
- antbirds
Synonym(s): Formicariidae, family Formicariidae
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- family Formicidae
- n
- ants
Synonym(s): Formicidae, family Formicidae
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- family Fouquieriaceae
- n
- small family of spiny shrubs or trees of southwestern
United States
Synonym(s): Fouquieriaceae, family Fouquieriaceae
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- family Fregatidae
- n
- frigate birds
Synonym(s): Fregatidae, family Fregatidae
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- family Fringillidae
- n
- finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins;
canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings
Synonym(s): Fringillidae, family Fringillidae
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- family Fucaceae
- n
- small family of brown algae: gulfweeds; rockweeds [syn:
Fucaceae, family Fucaceae]
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- family Fulgoridae
- n
- plant hoppers: lantern flies [syn: Fulgoridae, {family
Fulgoridae}]
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- family Fumariaceae
- n
- erect or climbing herbs of the northern hemisphere and
southern Africa: bleeding heart; Dutchman's breeches; fumitory; squirrel corn
Synonym(s): Fumariaceae, family Fumariaceae, fumitory family
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- family Funkaceae
- n
- one of many families or subfamilies into which some
classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hosta
Synonym(s): Hostaceae, family Hostaceae, Funkaceae, family Funkaceae
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- family Furnariidae
- n
- e.g. ovenbirds
Synonym(s): Furnariidae, family Furnariidae
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- family Hippoboscidae
- n
- winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies [syn:
Hippoboscidae, family Hippoboscidae]
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- family Hippocastanaceae
- n
- trees having showy flowers and inedible nutlike seeds in a
leathery capsule
Synonym(s): Hippocastanaceae, family Hippocastanaceae, horse-chestnut family
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- family Hippopotamidae
- n
- hippopotami [syn: Hippopotamidae, {family
Hippopotamidae}]
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- family Hipposideridae
- n
- Old World leafnose bats [syn: Hipposideridae, {family
Hipposideridae}]
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- family Hypericaceae
- n
- used in some classification systems for plants usually
included among the Guttiferae
Synonym(s): Hypericaceae, family Hypericaceae
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- family Hyperodontidae
- n
- beaked whales; in some especially former classifications
included in the family Physeteridae
Synonym(s): Ziphiidae, family Ziphiidae, Hyperodontidae, family Hyperodontidae
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- family Hypocreaceae
- n
- family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or
membranous ascocarps; sometimes placed in its own order Hypocreales
Synonym(s): Hypocreaceae, family Hypocreaceae
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- family Hypodermatidae
- n
- warble flies [syn: Oestridae, family Oestridae,
Hypodermatidae, family Hypodermatidae]
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- family Hypoxidaceae
- n
- in some classification systems included in the
Amaryllidaceae
Synonym(s): Hypoxidaceae, family Hypoxidaceae
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- family Ibidiidae
- n
- ibises [syn: Threskiornithidae, {family
Threskiornithidae}, family Ibidiidae]
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- family Ipidae
- n
- large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked
beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees
Synonym(s): Scolytidae, family Scolytidae, Ipidae, family Ipidae
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- family Ophidiidae
- n
- eellike marine fishes [syn: Ophidiidae, {family
Ophidiidae}]
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- family Ophiodontidae
- n
- fishes closely related to greenlings [syn: Ophiodontidae,
family Ophiodontidae]
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- family Ophioglossaceae
- n
- a family of succulent ferns of order Ophioglossales;
cosmopolitan in distribution
Synonym(s): Ophioglossaceae, family Ophioglossaceae
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- family Opisthocomidae
- n
- comprising the hoatzins [syn: Opisthocomidae, {family
Opisthocomidae}]
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- family Opisthognathidae
- n
- jawfishes [syn: Opisthognathidae, {family
Opisthognathidae}]
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- family Paeoniaceae
- n
- perennial rhizomatous herbs and shrubs; of temperate Europe
and North America
Synonym(s): Paeoniaceae, family Paeoniaceae, peony family
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- family Paguridae
- n
- hermit crabs
Synonym(s): Paguridae, family Paguridae
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- family Palaemonidae
- n
- prawns
Synonym(s): Palaemonidae, family Palaemonidae
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- family Palinuridae
- n
- spiny lobsters
Synonym(s): Palinuridae, family Palinuridae
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- family Palmaceae
- n
- chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having
a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales
Synonym(s): Palmae, family Palmae, Palmaceae, family Palmaceae, Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, palm family
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- family Palmae
- n
- chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having
a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales
Synonym(s): Palmae, family Palmae, Palmaceae, family Palmaceae, Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, palm family
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- family Pandanaceae
- n
- family of woody plants of the order Pandanales including
pandanus
Synonym(s): Pandanaceae, family Pandanaceae, screw- pine family
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- family Pandionidae
- n
- ospreys
Synonym(s): Pandionidae, family Pandionidae
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- family Panorpidae
- n
- a family of insects of the order Mecoptera [syn:
Panorpidae, family Panorpidae]
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- family Papaveraceae
- n
- herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and
capsular fruits
Synonym(s): Papaveraceae, family Papaveraceae, poppy family
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- family Papilionacea
- n
- leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped
corollas; commonly included in the family Leguminosae
Synonym(s): Papilionaceae, family Papilionacea
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- family Paradisaeidae
- n
- birds of paradise [syn: Paradisaeidae, {family
Paradisaeidae}]
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- family Paridae
- n
- titmice and chickadees
Synonym(s): Paridae, family Paridae
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- family Parkeriaceae
- n
- coextensive with the genus Ceratopteris; sometimes included
in family Polypodiaceae
Synonym(s): Parkeriaceae, family Parkeriaceae
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- family Parmeliaceae
- n
- a family of lichens [syn: Parmeliaceae, {family
Parmeliaceae}]
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- family Parulidae
- n
- New World warblers
Synonym(s): Parulidae, family Parulidae
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- family Passeridae
- n
- true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered
weaverbirds
Synonym(s): Passeridae, family Passeridae
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- family Passifloraceae
- n
- tropical woody tendril-climbing vines [syn:
Passifloraceae, family Passifloraceae, passionflower family]
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- family Patellidae
- n
- marine limpets
Synonym(s): Patellidae, family Patellidae
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- family Pectinidae
- n
- scallops
Synonym(s): Pectinidae, family Pectinidae
|
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- family Pedaliaceae
- n
- the family of plants of order Polemoniales [syn:
Pedaliaceae, family Pedaliaceae, sesame family]
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- family Pediculidae
- n
- true lice: human lice and related forms [syn:
Pediculidae, family Pediculidae]
|
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- family Pelecanidae
- n
- pelicans
Synonym(s): Pelecanidae, family Pelecanidae
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- family Pelecanoididae
- n
- diving petrels [syn: Pelecanoididae, {family
Pelecanoididae}]
|
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- family Pelobatidae
- n
- the amphibian family of spadefoot toads [syn:
Pelobatidae, family Pelobatidae]
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- family Pempheridae
- n
- sweepers
Synonym(s): Pempheridae, family Pempheridae
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- family Peneidae
- n
- tropical prawns
Synonym(s): Peneidae, family Peneidae
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- family Pennatulidae
- n
- sea pens
Synonym(s): Pennatulidae, family Pennatulidae
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- family Peramelidae
- n
- bandicoots
Synonym(s): Peramelidae, family Peramelidae
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- family Percidae
- n
- active freshwater fishes; true perches and pike perches
Synonym(s): Percidae, family Percidae
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- family Percophidae
- n
- percoid flatheads [syn: Percophidae, {family
Percophidae}]
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- family Peridiniidae
- n
- marine and freshwater dinoflagellates [syn: Peridiniidae,
family Peridiniidae]
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- family Peripatidae
- n
- a family of Onychophora [syn: Peripatidae, {family
Peripatidae}]
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- family Peripatopsidae
- n
- a family of Onychophora [syn: Peripatopsidae, {family
Peripatopsidae}]
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- family Peronosporaceae
- n
- parasitic fungi: downy mildews [syn: Peronosporaceae,
family Peronosporaceae]
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- family Pertusariaceae
- n
- a fungus family of division Lichenes [syn:
Pertusariaceae, family Pertusariaceae]
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- family Petromyzontidae
- n
- lampreys
Synonym(s): Petromyzontidae, family Petromyzontidae
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- family Pezizaceae
- n
- large family comprising many typical cup fungi [syn:
Pezizaceae, family Pezizaceae]
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- family Phaethontidae
- n
- tropicbirds
Synonym(s): Phaethontidae, family Phaethontidae
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- family Phalacrocoracidae
- n
- cormorants [syn: Phalacrocoracidae, {family
Phalacrocoracidae}]
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- family Phalangeridae
- n
- phalangers; koalas [syn: Phalangeridae, {family
Phalangeridae}]
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- family Phalangiidae
- n
- a family of Phalangida [syn: Phalangiidae, {family
Phalangiidae}]
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- family Phalaropidae
- n
- phalaropes
Synonym(s): Phalaropidae, family Phalaropidae
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- family Phallaceae
- n
- a family of fungi belonging to the order Phallales and
comprising the true stinkhorns
Synonym(s): Phallaceae, family Phallaceae
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- family Phasianidae
- n
- pheasants; quails; partridges [syn: Phasianidae, {family
Phasianidae}]
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- family Phasmatidae
- n
- stick insects [syn: Phasmidae, family Phasmidae,
Phasmatidae, family Phasmatidae]
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- family Phasmidae
- n
- stick insects [syn: Phasmidae, family Phasmidae,
Phasmatidae, family Phasmatidae]
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- family Phillidae
- n
- leaf insects [syn: Phyllidae, family Phyllidae,
Phillidae, family Phillidae]
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- family Phocidae
- n
- earless seals
Synonym(s): Phocidae, family Phocidae
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- family Phoenicopteridae
- n
- flamingos [syn: Phoenicopteridae, {family
Phoenicopteridae}]
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- family Phoeniculidae
- n
- wood hoopoes
Synonym(s): Phoeniculidae, family Phoeniculidae
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- family Pholadidae
- n
- a family of Bivalvia [syn: Pholadidae, {family
Pholadidae}]
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- family Pholidae
- n
- a family of fish of suborder Blennioidea [syn: Pholidae,
family Pholidae, family Pholididae]
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- family Pholididae
- n
- a family of fish of suborder Blennioidea [syn: Pholidae,
family Pholidae, family Pholididae]
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- family Phthiriidae
- n
- crab lice
Synonym(s): Phthiriidae, family Phthiriidae
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- family Phyllidae
- n
- leaf insects [syn: Phyllidae, family Phyllidae,
Phillidae, family Phillidae]
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- family Phyllocladaceae
- n
- a family of Phyllocladaceae [syn: Phyllocladaceae,
family Phyllocladaceae]
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- family Phyllostomatidae
- n
- New World leaf-nosed bats [syn: Phyllostomidae, {family
Phyllostomidae}, Phyllostomatidae, family Phyllostomatidae]
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- family Phyllostomidae
- n
- New World leaf-nosed bats [syn: Phyllostomidae, {family
Phyllostomidae}, Phyllostomatidae, family Phyllostomatidae]
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- family Phylloxeridae
- n
- plant lice
Synonym(s): Phylloxeridae, family Phylloxeridae
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- family Physeteridae
- n
- sperm whales
Synonym(s): Physeteridae, family Physeteridae
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- family Physidae
- n
- freshwater snails
Synonym(s): Physidae, family Physidae
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- family Phytolaccaceae
- n
- chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and
trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca, Agdestis, Ercilla, Rivina, Trichostigma
Synonym(s): Phytolaccaceae, family Phytolaccaceae, pokeweed family
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- family Picidae
- n
- woodpeckers
Synonym(s): Picidae, family Picidae
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- family Pieridae
- n
- arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur
butterflies
Synonym(s): Pieridae, family Pieridae
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- family Pinaceae
- n
- a family of Pinaceae [syn: Pinaceae, family Pinaceae,
pine family]
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- family Pinnotheridae
- n
- tiny soft-bodied crabs [syn: Pinnotheridae, {family
Pinnotheridae}]
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- family Piperaceae
- n
- tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having aromatic
herbage and minute flowers in spikelets
Synonym(s): Piperaceae, family Piperaceae, pepper family
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- family Pipidae
- n
- tongueless frogs
Synonym(s): Pipidae, family Pipidae
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- family Pipridae
- n
- manakins
Synonym(s): Pipridae, family Pipridae
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- family Pittidae
- n
- pittas
Synonym(s): Pittidae, family Pittidae
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- family planning
- n
- limiting the number of children born [syn: birth control,
birth prevention, family planning]
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- family Plantaginaceae
- n
- cosmopolitan family of small herbs and a few shrubs; most
are troublesome weeds
Synonym(s): Plantaginaceae, family Plantaginaceae, plantain family
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- family Plasmodiidae
- n
- malaria parasites [syn: Plasmodiidae, {family
Plasmodiidae}]
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- family Plasmodiophoraceae
- n
- family of fungi often causing hypertrophy in seed plants
Synonym(s): Plasmodiophoraceae, family Plasmodiophoraceae
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- family Plataleidae
- n
- spoonbills
Synonym(s): Plataleidae, family Plataleidae
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- family Platanaceae
- n
- coextensive with the genus Platanus: plane trees [syn:
Platanaceae, family Platanaceae, plane-tree family]
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- family Platanistidae
- n
- river dolphins [syn: Platanistidae, {family
Platanistidae}]
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- family Platycephalidae
- n
- scorpaenoid flatheads [syn: Platycephalidae, {family
Platycephalidae}]
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- family Plethodontidae
- n
- small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having
neither lungs nor gills as adults
Synonym(s): Plethodontidae, family Plethodontidae
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- family Pleurobrachiidae
- n
- sea gooseberries [syn: Pleurobrachiidae, {family
Pleurobrachiidae}]
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- family Pleuronectidae
- n
- righteye flounders [syn: Pleuronectidae, {family
Pleuronectidae}]
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- family Ploceidae
- n
- weaverbirds
Synonym(s): Ploceidae, family Ploceidae
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- family Plumbaginaceae
- n
- perennial herbs and shrubs and lianas; cosmopolitan
especially in saltwater areas
Synonym(s): Plumbaginaceae, family Plumbaginaceae, leadwort family, sea-lavender family
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- family Pluteaceae
- n
- a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales [syn:
Pluteaceae, family Pluteaceae]
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- family Poaceae
- n
- the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants
including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
Synonym(s): Gramineae, family Gramineae, Graminaceae, family Graminaceae, Poaceae, family Poaceae, grass family
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- family Podargidae
- n
- frogmouths
Synonym(s): Podargidae, family Podargidae
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- family Podicipedidae
- n
- coextensive with the order Podicipitiformes [syn:
Podicipedidae, family Podicipedidae]
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- family Podocarpaceae
- n
- gymnosperms with simple persistent needlelike or scalelike
leaves
Synonym(s): Podocarpaceae, family Podocarpaceae, podocarpus family
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- family Poeciliidae
- n
- topminnows
Synonym(s): Poeciliidae, family Poeciliidae
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- family Polemoniaceae
- n
- a widely distributed family of chiefly herbaceous plants of
the order Polemoniales; often have showy flowers
Synonym(s): Polemoniaceae, family Polemoniaceae, phlox family
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- family Polyangiaceae
- n
- bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung [syn:
Polyangiaceae, family Polyangiaceae, Myxobacteriaceae, family Myxobacteriaceae]
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- family Polygalaceae
- n
- trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both
hemispheres
Synonym(s): Polygalaceae, family Polygalaceae, milkwort family
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- family Polygonaceae
- n
- a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the
north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats
Synonym(s): Polygonaceae, family Polygonaceae, buckwheat family
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- family Polynemidae
- n
- threadfins
Synonym(s): Polynemidae, family Polynemidae
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- family Polyodontidae
- n
- paddlefishes
Synonym(s): Polyodontidae, family Polyodontidae
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- family Polypedatidae
- n
- Old World tree frogs [syn: Polypedatidae, {family
Polypedatidae}]
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- family Polypodiaceae
- n
- ferns: a large family that in some classification systems
has been subdivided into several families (including Aspleniaceae and Blechnaceae and Davalliaceae and Dennstaedtiaceae and Dryopteridaceae and Oleandraceae and Pteridaceae)
Synonym(s): Polypodiaceae, family Polypodiaceae
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- family Polyporaceae
- n
- fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming
shelflike growths on trees
Synonym(s): Polyporaceae, family Polyporaceae
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- family Pomacentridae
- n
- damselfishes
Synonym(s): Pomacentridae, family Pomacentridae
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- family Pomatomidae
- n
- food and game fishes related to pompanos [syn:
Pomatomidae, family Pomatomidae]
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- family Pongidae
- n
- usually considered as comprising orangutans; gorillas;
chimpanzees; and sometimes gibbons
Synonym(s): Pongidae, family Pongidae
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- family Pontederiaceae
- n
- aquatic or bog plants [syn: Pontederiaceae, {family
Pontederiaceae}, pickerelweed family]
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- family Porcellionidae
- n
- sow bugs
Synonym(s): Porcellionidae, family Porcellionidae
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- family Portulacaceae
- n
- family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in
distribution especially in Americas
Synonym(s): Portulacaceae, family Portulacaceae, purslane family
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- family Portunidae
- n
- swimming crabs
Synonym(s): Portunidae, family Portunidae
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- family Potamogalidae
- n
- otter shrews
Synonym(s): Potamogalidae, family Potamogalidae
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- family Potamogetonaceae
- n
- plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes
includes family Zosteraceae
Synonym(s): Potamogetonaceae, family Potamogetonaceae, pondweed family
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- family practice
- n
- medical practice that provides health care regardless of
age or sex while placing emphasis on the family unit
Synonym(s): family practice, family medicine
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- family Priacanthidae
- n
- small carnivorous percoid fishes found worldwide in
tropical seas
Synonym(s): Priacanthidae, family Priacanthidae
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- family Primulaceae
- n
- a dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a
regular flower; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
Synonym(s): Primulaceae, family Primulaceae, primrose family
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- family Pristidae
- n
- large primitive rays with elongated snouts [syn:
Pristidae, family Pristidae]
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- family Procaviidae
- n
- includes all recent members of the order Hyracoidea [syn:
Procaviidae, family Procaviidae]
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- family Procellariidae
- n
- petrels; fulmars; shearwaters; [syn: Procellariidae,
family Procellariidae]
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- family Procyonidae
- n
- raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes
pandas
Synonym(s): Procyonidae, family Procyonidae
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- family Proteaceae
- n
- large family of Australian and South African shrubs and
trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales
Synonym(s): Proteaceae, family Proteaceae, protea family
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- family Proteidae
- n
- mud puppies
Synonym(s): Proteidae, family Proteidae
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- family Prunellidae
- n
- hedge sparrow
Synonym(s): Prunellidae, family Prunellidae
|
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- family Pseudococcidae
- n
- scalelike insects: mealybugs [syn: Pseudococcidae,
family Pseudococcidae]
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- family Pseudomonodaceae
- n
- rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; include important plant
and animal pathogens
Synonym(s): Pseudomonodaceae, family Pseudomonodaceae
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- family Psilophytaceae
- n
- Paleozoic plants [syn: Psilophytaceae, {family
Psilophytaceae}]
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- family Psilotaceae
- n
- small family of lower ferns having nearly naked stems and
minute scalelike leaves
Synonym(s): Psilotaceae, family Psilotaceae
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- family Psittacidae
- n
- coextensive with the order Psittaciformes [syn:
Psittacidae, family Psittacidae]
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- family Psocidae
- n
- a family of small soft-bodied insects that feed on decaying
vegetation; related to booklice
Synonym(s): Psocidae, family Psocidae
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- family Psophiidae
- n
- trumpeters
Synonym(s): Psophiidae, family Psophiidae
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- family Psychodidae
- n
- very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop
in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies
Synonym(s): Psychodidae, family Psychodidae
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- family Psyllidae
- n
- jumping plant lice [syn: Psyllidae, family Psyllidae,
Chermidae, family Chermidae]
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- family Pteridaceae
- n
- one of a number of families into which the family
Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes further subdivided
Synonym(s): Pteridaceae, family Pteridaceae
|
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- family Pteriidae
- n
- pearl oysters
Synonym(s): Pteriidae, family Pteriidae
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- family Pteroclididae
- n
- sandgrouses
Synonym(s): Pteroclididae, family Pteroclididae
|
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- family Pterodactylidae
- n
- a reptile family in the order Pterosauria [syn:
Pterodactylidae, family Pterodactylidae]
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- family Ptilonorhynchidae
- n
- bowerbirds [syn: Ptilonorhynchidae, {family
Ptilonorhynchidae}]
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- family Pucciniaceae
- n
- large important family of rust fungi [syn: Pucciniaceae,
family Pucciniaceae]
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- family Pulicidae
- n
- many common fleas attacking humans and domestic animals
Synonym(s): Pulicidae, family Pulicidae
|
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- family Punicaceae
- n
- one species: pomegranates [syn: Punicaceae, {family
Punicaceae}]
|
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- family Pygopodidae
- n
- Australian and Tasmanian lizards [syn: Pygopodidae,
family Pygopodidae]
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- family Pyralidae
- n
- bee moths; corn borers; flour moths [syn: Pyralidae,
family Pyralidae, Pyralididae, family Pyralididae]
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- family Pyralididae
- n
- bee moths; corn borers; flour moths [syn: Pyralidae,
family Pyralidae, Pyralididae, family Pyralididae]
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- family Pyrolaceae
- n
- evergreen herbs of temperate regions: genera Pyrola,
Chimaphila, Moneses, Orthilia
Synonym(s): Pyrolaceae, family Pyrolaceae, wintergreen family
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- family Pyrrhocoridae
- n
- firebugs
Synonym(s): Pyrrhocoridae, family Pyrrhocoridae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Pythiaceae
- n
- fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and
singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores
Synonym(s): Pythiaceae, family Pythiaceae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Pythonidae
- n
- in some classifications a family separate from Boidae
comprising Old World boas
Synonym(s): Pythonidae, family Pythonidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Upupidae
- n
- hoopoes
Synonym(s): Upupidae, family Upupidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Valerianaceae
- n
- genus of mostly herbs having a characteristic fetid odor
Synonym(s): Valerianaceae, family Valerianaceae, valerian family
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Varanidae
- n
- monitor lizards
Synonym(s): Varanidae, family Varanidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Veneridae
- n
- hard-shell clams
Synonym(s): Veneridae, family Veneridae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Verbenaceae
- n
- family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and
shrubs and trees
Synonym(s): Verbenaceae, family Verbenaceae, verbena family, vervain family
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Vespertilionidae
- n
- the majority of common bats of temperate regions of the
world
Synonym(s): Vespertilionidae, family Vespertilionidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Vespidae
- n
- an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including:
yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps
Synonym(s): Vespidae, family Vespidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Violaceae
- n
- a family of order Parietales including the genera Viola,
Hybanthus, Hymenanthera, Melicytus
Synonym(s): Violaceae, family Violaceae, violet family
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Viperidae
- n
- Old World vipers
Synonym(s): Viperidae, family Viperidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Vireonidae
- n
- small insectivorous American songbirds [syn: Vireonidae,
family Vireonidae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Viscaceae
- n
- in some classifications considered a subfamily of
Loranthaceae
Synonym(s): Viscaceae, family Viscaceae, mistletoe family
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Vitaceae
- n
- a family of vines belonging to order Rhamnales [syn:
Vitaceae, family Vitaceae, Vitidaceae, grapevine family]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Vittariaceae
- n
- one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has
been subdivided in some classification systems: genus Vittaria
Synonym(s): Vittariaceae, family Vittariaceae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Viverridae
- n
- genets; civets; mongooses [syn: Viverridae, {family
Viverridae}, Viverrinae, family Viverrinae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Viverrinae
- n
- genets; civets; mongooses [syn: Viverridae, {family
Viverridae}, Viverrinae, family Viverrinae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Volvariaceae
- n
- a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales [syn:
Volvariaceae, family Volvariaceae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Volvocaceae
- n
- unicellular or colonial biflagellate free-swimming
flagellates
Synonym(s): Volvocaceae, family Volvocaceae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Vombatidae
- n
- wombats
Synonym(s): Vombatidae, family Vombatidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- fan-leafed
- adj
- having fan-shaped leaves [syn: fan-leaved, {fan-
leafed}]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- fan-leaved
- adj
- having fan-shaped leaves [syn: fan-leaved, {fan-
leafed}]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- female body
- n
- the body of a female human being
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- female bonding
- n
- the formation of a close personal relationship between
women
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- female offspring
- n
- a child who is female
Antonym(s): male offspring, man-child
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- female parent
- n
- a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term
of address to your mother); "the mother of three children"
Synonym(s): mother, female parent Antonym(s): begetter, father, male parent
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- female person
- n
- a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies [syn:
female, female person]
Antonym(s): male, male person
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- fennel flower
- n
- nigella of Spain and southern France [syn: fennel flower,
Nigella hispanica]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- final payment
- n
- the final payment of a debt [syn: payoff, {final
payment}]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- final period
- n
- the final division into which the play of a game is divided
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- fine-leafed
- adj
- having fine leaves
Synonym(s): fine-leaved, fine-leafed
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- fine-leaved
- adj
- having fine leaves
Synonym(s): fine-leaved, fine-leafed
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- fine-leaved heath
- n
- common low European shrub with purple-red flowers [syn:
bell heather, heather bell, fine-leaved heath, Erica cinerea]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- funnel web
- n
- a funnel-shaped spider web; the funnel-web spider perches
in the center of the web
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Family \Fam"i*ly\, n.; pl. {Families}. [L. familia, fr. famulus
servant; akin to Oscan famel servant, cf. faamat he dwells,
Skr. dh[be]man house, fr. dh[be]to set, make, do: cf. F.
famille. Cf. {Do}, v. t., {Doom}, {Fact}, {Feat}.]
1. The collective body of persons who live in one house, and
under one head or manager; a household, including parents,
children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers
or boarders.
2. The group comprising a husband and wife and their
dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the
organization of society.
The welfare of the family underlies the welfare of
society. --H. Spencer.
3. Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe,
clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the
family of Abraham; the father of a family.
Go ! and pretend your family is young. --Pope.
4. Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.
5. Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man
of family.
6. A group of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a
family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine
family.
7. (Biol.) A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable,
related by certain points of resemblance in structure or
development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it
is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of
likeness. In zo[94]logy a family is less comprehesive than
an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing
as an order.
{Family circle}. See under {Circle}.
{Family man}.
(a) A man who has a family; esp., one who has a wife and
children living with him andd dependent upon him.
(b) A man of domestic habits. [bd]The Jews are generally,
when married, most exemplary family men.[b8] --Mayhew.
{Family of} {curves [or] surfaces} (Geom.), a group of curves
or surfaces derived from a single equation.
{In a family way}, like one belonging to the family. [bd]Why
don't we ask him and his ladies to come over in a family
way, and dine with some other plain country
gentlefolks?[b8] --Thackeray.
{In the family way}, pregnant. [Colloq.]
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Female fern \Female fern\ (Bot.),
a common species of fern with large decompound fronds
({Asplenium Filixf[91]mina}), growing in many countries; lady
fern.
Note: The names male fern and female fern were anciently
given to two common ferns; but it is now understood
that neither has any sexual character.
Syn: {Female}, {Feminine}.
Usage: We apply female to the sex or individual, as opposed
to male; also, to the distinctive belongings of women;
as, female dress, female form, female character, etc.;
feminine, to things appropriate to, or affected by,
women; as, feminine studies, employments,
accomplishments, etc. [bd]Female applies to sex rather
than gender, and is a physiological rather than a
grammatical term. Feminine applies to gender rather
than sex, and is grammatical rather than
physiological.[b8] --Latham.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Fennel \Fen"nel\ (f[ecr]n"n[ecr]l), n. [AS. fenol, finol, from
L. feniculum, faeniculum, dim. of fenum, faenum, hay: cf. F.
fenouil. Cf. {Fenugreek}. {Finochio}.] (Bot.)
A perennial plant of the genus {F[91]niculum} ({F. vulgare}),
having very finely divided leaves. It is cultivated in
gardens for the agreeable aromatic flavor of its seeds.
Smell of sweetest fennel. --Milton.
A sprig of fennel was in fact the theological smelling
bottle of the tender sex. --S. G.
Goodrich.
{Azorean, [or] Sweet}, {fennel}, ({F[91]niculum dulce}). It
is a smaller and stouter plant than the common fennel, and
is used as a pot herb.
{Dog's fennel} ({Anthemis Cotula}), a foul-smelling European
weed; -- called also {mayweed}.
{Fennel flower} (Bot.), an herb ({Nigella}) of the Buttercup
family, having leaves finely divided, like those of the
fennel. {N. Damascena} is common in gardens. {N. sativa}
furnishes the fennel seed, used as a condiment, etc., in
India. These seeds are the [bd]fitches[b8] mentioned in
Isaiah (xxviii. 25).
{Fennel water} (Med.), the distilled water of fennel seed. It
is stimulant and carminative.
{Giant fennel} ({Ferula communis}), has stems full of pith,
which, it is said, were used to carry fire, first, by
Prometheus.
{Hog's fennel}, a European plant ({Peucedanum officinale})
looking something like fennel.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
2. A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive
act or transaction; continuous operation; normal or actual
course or procedure; regular proceeding; as, the process
of vegetation or decomposition; a chemical process;
processes of nature.
Tell her the process of Antonio's end. --Shak.
3. A statement of events; a narrative. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
4. (Anat. & Zo[94]l.) Any marked prominence or projecting
part, especially of a bone; anapophysis.
5. (Law) The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or
personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end
of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the
defendant into court to answer to the action; -- a generic
term for writs of the class called judicial.
{Deacon's process} [from H. Deacon, who introduced it]
(Chem.), a method of obtaining chlorine gas by passing
hydrochloric acid gas over heated slag which has been
previously saturated with a solution of some metallic
salt, as sulphate of copper.
{Final process} (Practice), a writ of execution in an action
at law. --Burrill.
{In process}, in the condition of advance, accomplishment,
transaction, or the like; begun, and not completed.
{Jury process} (Law), the process by which a jury is summoned
in a cause, and by which their attendance is enforced.
--Burrill.
{Leblanc's process} (Chem.), the process of manufacturing
soda by treating salt with sulphuric acid, reducing the
sodium sulphate so formed to sodium sulphide by roasting
with charcoal, and converting the sodium sulphide to
sodium carbonate by roasting with lime.
{Mesne process}. See under {Mesne}.
{Process milling}, the process of high milling for grinding
flour. See under {Milling}.
{Reversible process} (Thermodynamics), any process consisting
of a cycle of operations such that the different
operations of the cycle can be performed in reverse order
with a reversal of their effects.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Funiliform \Fu*nil"i*form\, a. [L. funis rope + -form.] (Bot.)
Resembling a cord in toughness and flexibility, as the roots
of some endogenous trees.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Funnel \Fun"nel\, n. [OE. funel, fonel, prob. through OF. fr, L.
fundibulum, infundibulum, funnel, fr. infundere to pour in;
in in + fundere to pour; cf. Armor. founil funnel, W. ffynel
air hole, chimney. See {Fuse}, v. t.]
1. A vessel of the shape of an inverted hollow cone,
terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying
liquids into a close vessel; a tunnel.
2. A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance;
specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the iron chimney of a
steamship or the like.
{Funnel box} (Mining), an apparatus for collecting finely
crushed ore from water. --Knight.
{Funnel stay} (Naut.), one of the ropes or rods steadying a
steamer's funnel.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Funnelform \Fun"nel*form`\, a. (Bot.)
Having the form of a funnel, or tunnel; that is, expanding
gradually from the bottom upward, as the corolla of some
flowers; infundibuliform.
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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: |
Finley Point, MT (CDP, FIPS 26226)
Location: 47.73819 N, 114.06241 W
Population (1990): 395 (540 housing units)
Area: 10.9 sq km (land), 18.4 sq km (water)
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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: |
Finleyville, PA (borough, FIPS 25944)
Location: 40.25291 N, 80.00218 W
Population (1990): 446 (237 housing units)
Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 15332
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: |
FunnelWeb
A {literate-programming} tool by Ross Williams
. It emphasises simplicity and
reliability. It provides a {macro} facility and assists in
the production of typeset {documentation}. It is independent
of the input programming language.
Posted to comp.sources.unix volume 26 under {CopyLeft}. Runs
on {Sun}, {Vax}, {Macintosh} and {IBM PC}.
(1993-04-11)
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