English Dictionary: family Sciaenidae |
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DICT Development Group |
family Acanthaceae
n 1: widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes
placed in the order Scrophulariales [syn: {Acanthaceae},
{family Acanthaceae}, {acanthus family}]
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- family Acanthisittidae
- n
- alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand
wrens
Synonym(s): Xenicidae, family Xenicidae, Acanthisittidae, family Acanthisittidae
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- family Acanthuridae
- n
- surgeonfishes
Synonym(s): Acanthuridae, family Acanthuridae
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- family Acaridae
- n
- mites
Synonym(s): Acaridae, family Acaridae
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- family Accipitridae
- n
- hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles [syn:
Accipitridae, family Accipitridae]
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- family Aceraceae
- n
- a family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including
the maples
Synonym(s): Aceraceae, family Aceraceae, maple family
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- family Acipenseridae
- n
- sturgeons
Synonym(s): Acipenseridae, family Acipenseridae
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- family Acrididae
- n
- short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts [syn: Acrididae,
family Acrididae, Locustidae, family Locustidae]
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- family Actinidiaceae
- n
- tropical trees or shrubs or woody vines [syn:
Actinidiaceae, family Actinidiaceae]
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- family Actinomycetaceae
- n
- filamentous anaerobic bacteria [syn: Actinomycetaceae,
family Actinomycetaceae]
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- family Aegypiidae
- n
- in some classifications considered the family comprising
the Old World vultures which are more often included in the family Accipitridae
Synonym(s): Aegypiidae, family Aegypiidae
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- family Agamidae
- n
- an Old World reptile family of Sauria [syn: Agamidae,
family Agamidae]
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- family Agaricaceae
- n
- large family including many familiar mushrooms [syn:
Agaricaceae, family Agaricaceae]
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- family Agavaceae
- n
- chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes
Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae
Synonym(s): Agavaceae, family Agavaceae, agave family, sisal family
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- family Agonidae
- n
- poachers
Synonym(s): Agonidae, family Agonidae
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- family Aizoaceae
- n
- succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but
also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds
Synonym(s): Aizoaceae, family Aizoaceae, Tetragoniaceae, family Tetragoniaceae, carpetweed family
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- family Akeridae
- n
- bubble shells
Synonym(s): Akeridae, family Akeridae
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- family Aquifoliaceae
- n
- widely distributed shrubs and trees [syn: Aquifoliaceae,
family Aquifoliaceae, holly family]
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- family Ascaphidae
- n
- family of one species of frog: tailed frog [syn:
Ascaphidae, family Ascaphidae]
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- family Ascaridae
- n
- large roundworms parasitic in intestines of vertebrates
Synonym(s): Ascaridae, family Ascaridae
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- family Asclepiadaceae
- n
- widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order
Gentianales; most with milky juice
Synonym(s): Asclepiadaceae, family Asclepiadaceae, milkweed family
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- family Asilidae
- n
- robber flies
Synonym(s): Asilidae, family Asilidae
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- family Asparagaceae
- n
- one of many families or subfamilies into which some
classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae: includes genera Asparagus and sometimes Ruscus
Synonym(s): Asparagaceae, family Asparagaceae
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- family Aspergillaceae
- n
- family of fungi including some common molds [syn:
Aspergillaceae, family Aspergillaceae]
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- family Asphodelaceae
- n
- one of many subfamilies into which some classification
systems subdivide the Liliaceae
Synonym(s): Asphodelaceae, family Asphodelaceae
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- family Aspleniaceae
- n
- one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has
been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium, Pleurosorus, Schaffneria
Synonym(s): Aspleniaceae, family Aspleniaceae
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- family Astacidae
- n
- crayfish
Synonym(s): Astacidae, family Astacidae, Astacura
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- family Asteraceae
- n
- plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy;
dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia
Synonym(s): Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster family
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- family Azollaceae
- n
- used in some classifications for the genus Azolla [syn:
Azollaceae, family Azollaceae]
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- family Cactaceae
- n
- constituting the order Opuntiales [syn: Cactaceae,
family Cactaceae, cactus family]
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- family Caeciliadae
- n
- coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians
Synonym(s): Caeciliidae, family Caeciliidae, Caeciliadae, family Caeciliadae
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- family Caeciliidae
- n
- coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians
Synonym(s): Caeciliidae, family Caeciliidae, Caeciliadae, family Caeciliadae
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- family Caenolestidae
- n
- small marsupials of southern South America [syn:
Caenolestidae, family Caenolestidae]
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- family Caesalpiniaceae
- n
- spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the
genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia; commonly included in the family Leguminosae
Synonym(s): Caesalpiniaceae, family Caesalpiniaceae
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- family Callionymidae
- n
- dragonets
Synonym(s): Callionymidae, family Callionymidae
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- family Calliphoridae
- n
- blowflies
Synonym(s): Calliphoridae, family Calliphoridae
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- family Callithricidae
- n
- marmosets
Synonym(s): Callithricidae, family Callithricidae
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- family Callitrichaceae
- n
- dicot aquatic herbs [syn: Callitrichaceae, {family
Callitrichaceae}]
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- family Calostomataceae
- n
- a family of fungi belonging to the order Tulostomatales
Synonym(s): Calostomataceae, family Calostomataceae
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- family Calycanthaceae
- n
- shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern
United States and eastern Asia
Synonym(s): Calycanthaceae, family Calycanthaceae, calycanthus family, strawberry- shrub family
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- family Camelidae
- n
- camels and llamas and vicunas [syn: Camelidae, {family
Camelidae}]
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- family Campanulaceae
- n
- family of plants of the order Campanulales; in some
classifications includes Lobeliaceae
Synonym(s): Campanulaceae, family Campanulaceae, bellflower family
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- family Cancridae
- n
- many of the best known edible crabs [syn: Cancridae,
family Cancridae]
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- family Canellaceae
- n
- one genus: aromatic tropical trees of eastern Africa and
Florida to West Indies
Synonym(s): Canellaceae, family Canellaceae, canella family
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- family Canidae
- n
- dogs; wolves; jackals; foxes [syn: Canidae, {family
Canidae}]
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- family Cannabidaceae
- n
- two genera of erect or twining herbs that are pollinated by
the wind, including the genera Cannabis and Humulus; term not used in all classifications; in some the genus Cannabis is placed in the family Moraceae and the genus Humulus in the family Urticaceae
Synonym(s): Cannabidaceae, family Cannabidaceae, hemp family
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- family Cannaceae
- n
- coextensive with the genus Canna [syn: Cannaceae, {family
Cannaceae}]
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- family Capitonidae
- n
- barbets
Synonym(s): Capitonidae, family Capitonidae
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- family Capparidaceae
- n
- a dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that
includes: genera Capparis, Cleome, Crateva, and Polanisia
Synonym(s): Capparidaceae, family Capparidaceae, caper family
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- family Caprifoliaceae
- n
- shrubs and small trees and woody vines [syn:
Caprifoliaceae, family Caprifoliaceae, honeysuckle family]
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- family Caprimulgidae
- n
- goatsuckers
Synonym(s): Caprimulgidae, family Caprimulgidae
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- family Caproidae
- n
- boarfishes
Synonym(s): Caproidae, family Caproidae
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- family Capromyidae
- n
- coypus
Synonym(s): Capromyidae, family Capromyidae
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- family Capsidae
- n
- leaf bugs [syn: Miridae, family Miridae, Capsidae,
family Capsidae]
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- family Carabidae
- n
- ground beetles
Synonym(s): Carabidae, family Carabidae
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- family Carangidae
- n
- large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with
widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas
Synonym(s): Carangidae, family Carangidae
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- family Carapidae
- n
- pearlfishes: related to the Brotulidae [syn: Carapidae,
family Carapidae]
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- family Carcharhinidae
- n
- largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially
in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks
Synonym(s): Carcharhinidae, family Carcharhinidae
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- family Carchariidae
- n
- sand sharks; in some classifications coextensive with
family Carcharhinidae
Synonym(s): Carchariidae, family Carchariidae, Odontaspididae, family Odontaspididae
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- family Cardiidae
- n
- somewhat heart-shaped sand-burrowing bivalve mollusks [syn:
Cardiidae, family Cardiidae]
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- family Cariamidae
- n
- crane-like South American wading birds [syn: Cariamidae,
family Cariamidae]
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- family Caricaceae
- n
- trees native to tropical America and Africa with milky
juice and large palmately lobed leaves
Synonym(s): Caricaceae, family Caricaceae, papaya family
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- family Carpinaceae
- n
- used in some classification systems for the genera
Carpinus, Ostryopsis, and Ostryopsis
Synonym(s): Carpinaceae, subfamily Carpinaceae, family Carpinaceae
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- family Caryocaraceae
- n
- small genus of tropical South American trees [syn:
Caryocaraceae, family Caryocaraceae]
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- family Caryophyllaceae
- n
- large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems
swollen at the nodes)
Synonym(s): Caryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, carnation family, pink family
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- family Castoridae
- n
- beavers
Synonym(s): Castoridae, family Castoridae
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- family Casuaridae
- n
- a family of large ostrich-like birds including cassowaries
Synonym(s): Casuaridae, family Casuaridae
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- family Casuarinaceae
- n
- one genus: genus Casuarina [syn: Casuarinaceae, {family
Casuarinaceae}]
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- family Cathartidae
- n
- condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures [syn:
Cathartidae, family Cathartidae]
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- family Catostomidae
- n
- suckers; closely related to the family Cyprinidae [syn:
Catostomidae, family Catostomidae]
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- family Caviidae
- n
- a family of Hystricomorpha [syn: Caviidae, {family
Caviidae}]
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- family Cebidae
- n
- all the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins
Synonym(s): Cebidae, family Cebidae
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- family Cecidomyidae
- n
- gall midges
Synonym(s): Cecidomyidae, family Cecidomyidae
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- family Cecropiaceae
- n
- in some classifications included in family Moraceae [syn:
Cecropiaceae, family Cecropiaceae]
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- family Celastraceae
- n
- trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-
colored fruits
Synonym(s): Celastraceae, family Celastraceae, spindle-tree family, staff-tree family
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- family Centrarchidae
- n
- sunfish family [syn: Centrarchidae, {family
Centrarchidae}]
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- family Centriscidae
- n
- shrimpfishes
Synonym(s): Centriscidae, family Centriscidae
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- family Centropomidae
- n
- a family of fish or the order Perciformes including robalos
Synonym(s): Centropomidae, family Centropomidae
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- family Cephalobidae
- n
- a family of Nematoda [syn: Cephalobidae, {family
Cephalobidae}]
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- family Cephalotaceae
- n
- a family of plants of order Rosales; coextensive with the
genus Cephalotus
Synonym(s): Cephalotaceae, family Cephalotaceae
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- family Cephalotaxaceae
- n
- a family of Cephalotaxaceae [syn: Cephalotaxaceae,
family Cephalotaxaceae, plum-yew family]
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- family Cerambycidae
- n
- long-horned beetles [syn: Cerambycidae, {family
Cerambycidae}]
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- family Ceratodontidae
- n
- lungfishes having hornlike ridges on the teeth [syn:
Ceratodontidae, family Ceratodontidae]
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- family Ceratophyllaceae
- n
- coextensive with the genus Ceratophyllum: hornworts [syn:
Ceratophyllaceae, family Ceratophyllaceae]
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- family Ceratopogonidae
- n
- biting midges; sand flies [syn: Ceratopogonidae, {family
Ceratopogonidae}]
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- family Ceratopsidae
- n
- American ceratopsian dinosaurs [syn: Ceratopsidae,
family Ceratopsidae]
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- family Ceratostomataceae
- n
- fungi having carbonous perithecia with long necks [syn:
Ceratostomataceae, family Ceratostomataceae]
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- family Cercidiphyllaceae
- n
- one genus [syn: Cercidiphyllaceae, {family
Cercidiphyllaceae}]
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- family Cercopidae
- n
- froghoppers or spittlebugs [syn: Cercopidae, {family
Cercopidae}]
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- family Cercopithecidae
- n
- Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur;
macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey
Synonym(s): Cercopithecidae, family Cercopithecidae
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- family Certhiidae
- n
- creepers
Synonym(s): Certhiidae, family Certhiidae
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- family Cervidae
- n
- deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer [syn:
Cervidae, family Cervidae]
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- family Cestidae
- n
- coextensive with the order Cestida; ctenophores having a
greatly flattened and elongated body
Synonym(s): Cestidae, family Cestidae
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- family Cetorhinidae
- n
- in some older classifications considered the family of the
basking sharks
Synonym(s): Cetorhinidae, family Cetorhinidae
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- family Chaetodontidae
- n
- butterfly fishes [syn: Chaetodontidae, {family
Chaetodontidae}]
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- family Chalcidae
- n
- an arthropod family including: chalcidflies [syn:
Chalcididae, family Chalcididae, Chalcidae, family Chalcidae]
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- family Chalcididae
- n
- an arthropod family including: chalcidflies [syn:
Chalcididae, family Chalcididae, Chalcidae, family Chalcidae]
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- family Chamaeleonidae
- n
- Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are
considered a superfamily of Sauria
Synonym(s): Chamaeleontidae, family Chamaeleontidae, Chamaeleonidae, family Chamaeleonidae, Rhiptoglossa, family Rhiptoglossa
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- family Chamaeleontidae
- n
- Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are
considered a superfamily of Sauria
Synonym(s): Chamaeleontidae, family Chamaeleontidae, Chamaeleonidae, family Chamaeleonidae, Rhiptoglossa, family Rhiptoglossa
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- family Characeae
- n
- green algae superficially resembling horsetail ferns:
stoneworts
Synonym(s): Characeae, family Characeae
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- family Characidae
- n
- tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and
Central America
Synonym(s): Characidae, family Characidae
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- family Characinidae
- n
- former name of the Characidae [syn: Characinidae, {family
Characinidae}]
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- family Charadriidae
- n
- plover family
Synonym(s): Charadriidae, family Charadriidae
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- family Chelonidae
- n
- green turtles; hawksbills [syn: Cheloniidae, {family
Cheloniidae}, Chelonidae, family Chelonidae]
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- family Cheloniidae
- n
- green turtles; hawksbills [syn: Cheloniidae, {family
Cheloniidae}, Chelonidae, family Chelonidae]
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- family Chelydridae
- n
- snapping turtles
Synonym(s): Chelydridae, family Chelydridae
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- family Chenopodiaceae
- n
- includes spinach and beets [syn: Chenopodiaceae, {family
Chenopodiaceae}, goosefoot family]
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- family Chermidae
- n
- jumping plant lice [syn: Psyllidae, family Psyllidae,
Chermidae, family Chermidae]
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- family Chimaeridae
- n
- a family of Holocephali [syn: Chimaeridae, {family
Chimaeridae}]
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- family Chinchillidae
- n
- small bushy-tailed South American burrowing rodents [syn:
Chinchillidae, family Chinchillidae]
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- family Chironomidae
- n
- midges
Synonym(s): Chironomidae, family Chironomidae
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- family Chlamydiaceae
- n
- Gram-negative parasites in warm-blooded vertebrates [syn:
Chlamydiaceae, family Chlamydiaceae]
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- family Chlamydomonadaceae
- n
- green algae some of which are colored red by hematochrome
Synonym(s): Chlamydomonadaceae, family Chlamydomonadaceae
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- family Chloranthaceae
- n
- small family of tropical herbs and shrubs and trees [syn:
Chloranthaceae, family Chloranthaceae]
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- family Chlorophthalmidae
- n
- small family of soft-finned bottom-dwellers with large
eyes; relatives of lizardfishes
Synonym(s): Chlorophthalmidae, family Chlorophthalmidae
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- family Chrysochloridae
- n
- golden moles [syn: Chrysochloridae, {family
Chrysochloridae}]
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- family Chrysomelidae
- n
- leaf beetles
Synonym(s): Chrysomelidae, family Chrysomelidae
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- family Chrysopidae
- n
- green lacewings
Synonym(s): Chrysopidae, family Chrysopidae
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- family Chytridiaceae
- n
- a family of aquatic fungi of order Chytridiales [syn:
Chytridiaceae, family Chytridiaceae]
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- family Cicadellidae
- n
- leafhoppers
Synonym(s): Cicadellidae, family Cicadellidae
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- family Cicadidae
- n
- cicadas
Synonym(s): Cicadidae, family Cicadidae
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- family Cichlidae
- n
- cichlids
Synonym(s): Cichlidae, family Cichlidae
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- family Cicindelidae
- n
- tiger beetles
Synonym(s): Cicindelidae, family Cicindelidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Ciconiidae
- n
- storks
Synonym(s): Ciconiidae, family Ciconiidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Cimicidae
- n
- wingless flat-bodied bloodsucking insects [syn:
Cimicidae, family Cimicidae]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Cinclidae
- n
- water ouzels
Synonym(s): Cinclidae, family Cinclidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family circle
- n
- rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the
least expensive seats
Synonym(s): second balcony, family circle, upper balcony, peanut gallery
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Cistaceae
- n
- shrubs or woody herbs of temperate regions especially
Mediterranean
Synonym(s): Cistaceae, family Cistaceae, rockrose family
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Cladoniaceae
- n
- a family of lichens [syn: Cladoniaceae, {family
Cladoniaceae}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Clathraceae
- n
- family of fleshy fungi resembling stinkhorns [syn:
Clathraceae, family Clathraceae]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Clavariaceae
- n
- fleshy fungi: coral fungi [syn: Clavariaceae, {family
Clavariaceae}]
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Cleridae
- n
- beetles that prey on other insects [syn: Cleridae,
family Cleridae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Clethraceae
- n
- coextensive with the genus Clethra [syn: Clethraceae,
family Clethraceae, white-alder family]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Clinidae
- n
- viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas [syn:
Clinidae, family Clinidae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Clupeidae
- n
- herrings; shad; sardines; etc. [syn: Clupeidae, {family
Clupeidae}]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Clusiaceae
- n
- widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and
shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber
Synonym(s): Guttiferae, family Guttiferae, Clusiaceae, family Clusiaceae, St John's wort family
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Cobitidae
- n
- loaches
Synonym(s): Cobitidae, family Cobitidae
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Coccidae
- n
- scale insects
Synonym(s): Coccidae, family Coccidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Coccinellidae
- n
- the ladybugs
Synonym(s): Coccinellidae, family Coccinellidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Coerebidae
- n
- the honeycreepers [syn: Coerebidae, family Coerebidae,
Dacninae, family Dacninae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Colchicaceae
- n
- one of many subfamilies into which some classification
systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: genera Colchicum and Gloriosa
Synonym(s): Colchicaceae, family Colchicaceae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Colubridae
- n
- nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species
Synonym(s): Colubridae, family Colubridae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Columbidae
- n
- doves and pigeons
Synonym(s): Columbidae, family Columbidae
|
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Comatulidae
- n
- former usage synonymous with Antedonidae [syn:
Comatulidae, family Comatulidae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Combretaceae
- n
- a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales
Synonym(s): Combretaceae, family Combretaceae, combretum family
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Commelinaceae
- n
- large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs
or climbers: spiderworts
Synonym(s): Commelinaceae, family Commelinaceae, spiderwort family
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Compositae
- n
- plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy;
dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia
Synonym(s): Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster family
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Congridae
- n
- marine eels
Synonym(s): Congridae, family Congridae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Connaraceae
- n
- mostly tropical climbing shrubs or small trees; closely
related to Leguminosae
Synonym(s): Connaraceae, family Connaraceae, zebrawood family
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Convallariaceae
- n
- one of many subfamilies into which some classification
systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
Synonym(s): Convallariaceae, family Convallariaceae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Convolvulaceae
- n
- morning glory; bindweed; sweet potato; plants having
trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit
Synonym(s): Convolvulaceae, family Convolvulaceae, morning- glory family
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Coprinaceae
- n
- used in some classifications for the genus Coprinus [syn:
Coprinaceae, family Coprinaceae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Coraciidae
- n
- rollers
Synonym(s): Coraciidae, family Coraciidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Cordaitaceae
- n
- chiefly Paleozoic plants; Cordaites is the chief and
typical genus
Synonym(s): Cordaitaceae, family Cordaitaceae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Cordylidae
- n
- small family of spiny ovoviviparous African lizards [syn:
Cordylidae, family Cordylidae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Coregonidae
- n
- soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes;
formerly included in the family Salmonidae
Synonym(s): Coregonidae, family Coregonidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Coreidae
- n
- squash bugs and leaf-footed bugs [syn: Coreidae, {family
Coreidae}]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Corixidae
- n
- water bugs
Synonym(s): Corixidae, family Corixidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Cornaceae
- n
- a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including:
genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia
Synonym(s): Cornaceae, family Cornaceae, dogwood family
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Cortinariaceae
- n
- a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales [syn:
Cortinariaceae, family Cortinariaceae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Corvidae
- n
- crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay [syn:
Corvidae, family Corvidae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Corydalidae
- n
- dobsons
Synonym(s): Corydalidae, family Corydalidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Corylaceae
- n
- used in some classification systems for the genus Corylus
Synonym(s): Corylaceae, subfamily Corylaceae, family Corylaceae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Corynebacteriaceae
- n
- a large family of mostly Gram-positive and aerobic and
nonmotile rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales
Synonym(s): Corynebacteriaceae, family Corynebacteriaceae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Coryphaenidae
- n
- large active pelagic percoid fish [syn: Coryphaenidae,
family Coryphaenidae]
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- family Cotingidae
- n
- cotingas; umbrella birds [syn: Cotingidae, {family
Cotingidae}]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Cottidae
- n
- sculpins
Synonym(s): Cottidae, family Cottidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family court
- n
- a court in some states in the United States that has
jurisdiction over family disputes (especially those involving children)
Synonym(s): family court, domestic relations court, court of domestic relations
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Cracidae
- n
- curassows; guans; chachalacas [syn: Cracidae, {family
Cracidae}]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Cracticidae
- n
- Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae
Synonym(s): Cracticidae, family Cracticidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Crangonidae
- n
- shrimps
Synonym(s): Crangonidae, family Crangonidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Crassulaceae
- n
- succulent shrubs and herbs [syn: Crassulaceae, {family
Crassulaceae}, stonecrop family]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Cricetidae
- n
- mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and
lemmings and voles and hamsters
Synonym(s): Cricetidae, family Cricetidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Crocodylidae
- n
- true crocodiles [syn: Crocodylidae, {family
Crocodylidae}]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Crotalidae
- n
- New World vipers: pit vipers [syn: Crotalidae, {family
Crotalidae}]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Cruciferae
- 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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Cryptobranchidae
- n
- large aquatic salamanders: hellbenders; giant salamanders
Synonym(s): Cryptobranchidae, family Cryptobranchidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Cryptocercidae
- n
- a family of Blattodea [syn: Cryptocercidae, {family
Cryptocercidae}]
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- family Cryptogrammataceae
- n
- one of a number of families into which the family
Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
Synonym(s): Cryptogrammataceae, family Cryptogrammataceae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Ctenizidae
- n
- large burrowing spiders [syn: Ctenizidae, {family
Ctenizidae}]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Cuculidae
- n
- includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner [syn: Cuculidae, {family
Cuculidae}]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Cucurbitaceae
- n
- a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or
squash or pumpkin)
Synonym(s): Cucurbitaceae, family Cucurbitaceae, gourd family
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Culicidae
- n
- mosquitoes
Synonym(s): Culicidae, family Culicidae
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- family Cunoniaceae
- n
- trees or shrubs or climbers; mostly southern hemisphere
Synonym(s): Cunoniaceae, family Cunoniaceae, cunonia family
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- family Cupressaceae
- n
- cypresses and junipers and many cedars [syn:
Cupressaceae, family Cupressaceae, cypress family]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Curculionidae
- n
- true weevils: snout beetles [syn: Curculionidae, {family
Curculionidae}]
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- family Cuterebridae
- n
- New World botflies [syn: Cuterebridae, {family
Cuterebridae}]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Cyatheaceae
- n
- tropical tree ferns [syn: Cyatheaceae, {family
Cyatheaceae}]
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- family Cycadaceae
- n
- ancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that
fertilization is by means of spermatozoids
Synonym(s): Cycadaceae, family Cycadaceae, cycad family
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Cyclopteridae
- n
- lumpfishes
Synonym(s): Cyclopteridae, family Cyclopteridae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Cymatiidae
- n
- tritons
Synonym(s): Cymatiidae, family Cymatiidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Cynipidae
- n
- a family of Hymenoptera [syn: Cynipidae, {family
Cynipidae}]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Cynocephalidae
- n
- a family of Dermoptera [syn: Cynocephalidae, {family
Cynocephalidae}]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Cynoglossidae
- n
- tonguefishes
Synonym(s): Cynoglossidae, family Cynoglossidae
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- family Cyperaceae
- n
- bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant [syn:
Cyperaceae, family Cyperaceae, sedge family]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Cypraeidae
- n
- family of marine gastropods comprising the cowries [syn:
Cypraeidae, family Cypraeidae]
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- family Cyprinidae
- n
- a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace
Synonym(s): Cyprinidae, family Cyprinidae
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- family Cyprinodontidae
- n
- large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes;
flagfishes; swordtails; guppies
Synonym(s): Cyprinodontidae, family Cyprinodontidae
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- family Cyrilliaceae
- n
- shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and small white
flowers in racemes: genera Cyrilla and Cliftonia
Synonym(s): Cyrilliaceae, family Cyrilliaceae, cyrilla family, titi family
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- family Echeneidae
- n
- fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to
other fishes and to ships
Synonym(s): Echeneididae, family Echeneididae, family Echeneidae
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- family Echeneididae
- n
- fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to
other fishes and to ships
Synonym(s): Echeneididae, family Echeneididae, family Echeneidae
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- family Equidae
- n
- horses; asses; zebras; extinct animals [syn: Equidae,
family Equidae]
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- family Equisetaceae
- n
- sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies [syn:
Equisetaceae, family Equisetaceae, horsetail family]
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- family Eschrichtiidae
- n
- comprising only the grey whales [syn: Eschrichtiidae,
family Eschrichtiidae]
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- family Esocidae
- n
- pikes; pickerels; muskellunges [syn: Esocidae, {family
Esocidae}]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Euglenaceae
- n
- considered green algae [syn: Euglenaceae, {family
Euglenaceae}]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Exocoetidae
- n
- flying fishes; closely related to the halfbeaks [syn:
Exocoetidae, family Exocoetidae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Gadidae
- n
- large family of important mostly marine food fishes [syn:
Gadidae, family Gadidae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Galbulidae
- n
- jacamars
Synonym(s): Galbulidae, family Galbulidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Gasterophilidae
- n
- horse botflies [syn: Gasterophilidae, {family
Gasterophilidae}]
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- family Gasterosteidae
- n
- sticklebacks [syn: Gasterosteidae, {family
Gasterosteidae}]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Gavialidae
- n
- gavials
Synonym(s): Gavialidae, family Gavialidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Gavidae
- n
- loon family
Synonym(s): Gavidae, family Gavidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Geastraceae
- n
- a family of earthstar fungi belonging to the order
Lycoperdales
Synonym(s): Geastraceae, family Geastraceae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Gekkonidae
- n
- geckos
Synonym(s): Gekkonidae, family Gekkonidae
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- family Gelechiidae
- n
- important economic pests [syn: Gelechiidae, {family
Gelechiidae}]
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- family Gempylidae
- n
- snake mackerels
Synonym(s): Gempylidae, family Gempylidae
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- family Gentianaceae
- n
- chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are
cultivated as ornamentals
Synonym(s): Gentianaceae, family Gentianaceae, gentian family
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- family Geoglossaceae
- n
- a family of fungi belonging to the order Helotiales [syn:
Geoglossaceae, family Geoglossaceae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Geometridae
- n
- measuring worms
Synonym(s): Geometridae, family Geometridae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Geomyidae
- n
- North American pocket gophers [syn: Geomyidae, {family
Geomyidae}]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Geophilidae
- n
- small extremely elongate centipedes that live in earth
Synonym(s): Geophilidae, family Geophilidae
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- family Geraniaceae
- n
- chiefly herbaceous plants [syn: Geraniaceae, {family
Geraniaceae}, geranium family]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Gerreidae
- n
- mojarras [syn: Gerreidae, family Gerreidae, Gerridae,
family Gerridae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Gerridae
- n
- mojarras [syn: Gerreidae, family Gerreidae, Gerridae,
family Gerridae]
- an arthropod family that includes water striders
Synonym(s): Gerrididae, family Gerrididae, Gerridae, family Gerridae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Gerrididae
- n
- an arthropod family that includes water striders [syn:
Gerrididae, family Gerrididae, Gerridae, family Gerridae]
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- family Gesneriaceae
- n
- large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some
classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales
Synonym(s): Gesneriaceae, family Gesneriaceae, gesneria family
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Gigartinaceae
- n
- a family of protoctist [syn: Gigartinaceae, {family
Gigartinaceae}]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Ginkgoaceae
- n
- constituting the order Ginkgoales; includes the genus
Ginkgo and extinct forms
Synonym(s): Ginkgoaceae, family Ginkgoaceae, ginkgo family
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Giraffidae
- n
- giraffes
Synonym(s): Giraffidae, family Giraffidae
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- family Glareolidae
- n
- Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers [syn:
Glareolidae, family Glareolidae]
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- family Gleicheniaceae
- n
- a family of ferns belonging to order Filicales [syn:
Gleicheniaceae, family Gleicheniaceae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Gliridae
- n
- dormice and other Old World forms [syn: Gliridae, {family
Gliridae}]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Globigerinidae
- n
- a family of protoctists [syn: Globigerinidae, {family
Globigerinidae}]
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- family Glossinidae
- n
- flies closely related to the Muscidae: tsetse flies [syn:
Glossinidae, family Glossinidae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Gnetaceae
- n
- plants having small unisexual flowers and fleshy or winged
fruit: in some classifications includes the genera Ephedra and Welwitschia as well as genus Gnetum
Synonym(s): Gnetaceae, family Gnetaceae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Gobiesocidae
- n
- clingfishes
Synonym(s): Gobiesocidae, family Gobiesocidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Gobiidae
- n
- gobies
Synonym(s): Gobiidae, family Gobiidae
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- family Gomphotheriidae
- n
- elephants extinct since the Pleistocene [syn:
Gomphotheriidae, family Gomphotheriidae]
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- family Gonorhynchidae
- n
- coextensive with the genus Gonorhynchus [syn:
Gonorhynchidae, family Gonorhynchidae]
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- family Goodeniaceae
- n
- a family of sappy plants that grow in Australasia and
southeast China
Synonym(s): Goodeniaceae, family Goodeniaceae, Goodenia family
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- family Gracilariidae
- n
- leaf miners [syn: Gracilariidae, Gracillariidae,
family Gracilariidae]
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- family Graminaceae
- 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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Gramineae
- 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 Grossulariaceae
- n
- in some classifications considered a part of the family
Saxifragaceae: plants whose fruit is a berry
Synonym(s): Grossulariaceae, family Grossulariaceae, gooseberry family
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Gruidae
- n
- cranes
Synonym(s): Gruidae, family Gruidae
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- family Gryllidae
- n
- crickets
Synonym(s): Gryllidae, family Gryllidae
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- family Guttiferae
- n
- widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and
shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber
Synonym(s): Guttiferae, family Guttiferae, Clusiaceae, family Clusiaceae, St John's wort family
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- family Gyrinidae
- n
- whirligig beetles
Synonym(s): Gyrinidae, family Gyrinidae
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- family Hexagrammidae
- n
- greenlings
Synonym(s): Hexagrammidae, family Hexagrammidae
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- family Hexanchidae
- n
- primitive sharks
Synonym(s): Hexanchidae, family Hexanchidae
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- family history
- n
- part of a patient's medical history in which questions are
asked in an attempt to find out whether the patient has hereditary tendencies toward particular diseases
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- family Hostaceae
- 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 Hyacinthaceae
- n
- one of many families or subfamilies in which some
classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
Synonym(s): Hyacinthaceae, family Hyacinthaceae
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- family Hygrophoraceae
- n
- a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales; the
gills of these fungi have a clean waxy appearance
Synonym(s): Hygrophoraceae, family Hygrophoraceae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Hystricidae
- n
- Old World porcupines [syn: Hystricidae, {family
Hystricidae}]
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- family Ichneumonidae
- n
- ichneumon flies [syn: Ichneumonidae, {family
Ichneumonidae}]
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- family Ichthyosauridae
- n
- later ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous; widely
distributed in both hemispheres
Synonym(s): Ichthyosauridae, family Ichthyosauridae
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- family Icteridae
- n
- American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks;
meadowlarks
Synonym(s): Icteridae, family Icteridae
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- family Iguania
- n
- New World lizards [syn: Iguanidae, family Iguanidae,
Iguania, family Iguania]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Iguanidae
- n
- New World lizards [syn: Iguanidae, family Iguanidae,
Iguania, family Iguania]
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- family Iguanodontidae
- n
- iguanodons
Synonym(s): Iguanodontidae, family Iguanodontidae
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- family Isoetaceae
- n
- quillworts; coextensive with the genus Isoetes [syn:
Isoetaceae, family Isoetaceae, quillwort family]
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- family Istiophoridae
- n
- sailfishes; spearfishes; marlins [syn: Istiophoridae,
family Istiophoridae]
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- family Isuridae
- n
- in some classifications another name for the family
Lamnidae
Synonym(s): Isuridae, family Isuridae
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- family Ixodidae
- n
- hard ticks
Synonym(s): Ixodidae, family Ixodidae
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- family Jassidae
- n
- family of small leafhoppers coextensive with the
Cicadellidae and not distinguished from it in some classifications
Synonym(s): Jassidae, family Jassidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family jewels
- n
- external male sex organs [syn: male genitalia, {male
genitals}, male genital organ, family jewels]
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- family Juglandaceae
- n
- trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts; walnuts;
hickories; pecans
Synonym(s): Juglandaceae, family Juglandaceae, walnut family
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- family Juncaceae
- n
- tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes [syn: Juncaceae,
family Juncaceae, rush family]
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- family Juncaginaceae
- n
- a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales
Synonym(s): Scheuchzeriaceae, family Scheuchzeriaceae, Juncaginaceae, family Juncaginaceae, arrow-grass family
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- family Jungermanniaceae
- n
- comprising the leafy members of the order Jungermanniales
Synonym(s): Jungermanniaceae, family Jungermanniaceae
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- family Kalotermitidae
- n
- primitive termites of warm regions [syn: Kalotermitidae,
family Kalotermitidae]
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- family Kasuwonidae
- n
- in some classifications considered a separate family
comprising the oceanic bonitos
Synonym(s): Katsuwonidae, family Kasuwonidae
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- family Kinosternidae
- n
- mud turtles; musk turtles [syn: Kinosternidae, {family
Kinosternidae}]
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- family Kyphosidae
- n
- sea chubs
Synonym(s): Kyphosidae, family Kyphosidae
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- family Ochnaceae
- n
- family of tropical evergreen trees and shrubs with thick
shining parallel-veined leaves
Synonym(s): Ochnaceae, family Ochnaceae, ochna family
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- family Ochotonidae
- n
- pikas and extinct forms [syn: Ochotonidae, {family
Ochotonidae}]
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- family Octopodidae
- n
- a family of Octopoda [syn: Octopodidae, {family
Octopodidae}]
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- family Oestridae
- n
- warble flies [syn: Oestridae, family Oestridae,
Hypodermatidae, family Hypodermatidae]
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- family Ogcocephalidae
- n
- batfishes: sluggish bottom-dwelling spiny fishes [syn:
Ogcocephalidae, family Ogcocephalidae]
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- family Oscillatoriaceae
- n
- blue green algae [syn: Oscillatoriaceae, {family
Oscillatoriaceae}]
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- family Osmeridae
- n
- smelts
Synonym(s): Osmeridae, family Osmeridae
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- family Osmundaceae
- n
- large family of ferns widely distributed in temperate and
tropical areas
Synonym(s): Osmundaceae, family Osmundaceae
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- family Osteoglossidae
- n
- a family of large fishes that live in freshwater; includes
bandfish and bonytongues
Synonym(s): Osteoglossidae, family Osteoglossidae
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- family Ostraciidae
- n
- boxfishes [syn: Ostraciidae, family Ostraciidae,
family Ostraciontidae]
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- family Ostraciontidae
- n
- boxfishes [syn: Ostraciidae, family Ostraciidae,
family Ostraciontidae]
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- family Ostreidae
- n
- oysters
Synonym(s): Ostreidae, family Ostreidae
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- family Oxalidaceae
- n
- a family of widely distributed herbs of the order
Geraniales; have compound leaves and pentamerous flowers
Synonym(s): Oxalidaceae, family Oxalidaceae, wood-sorrel family
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- family Oxyuridae
- n
- pinworms
Synonym(s): Oxyuridae, family Oxyuridae
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- family Saccharomycetaceae
- n
- family of fungi comprising the typical yeasts: reproduce by
budding and ferment carbohydrates
Synonym(s): Saccharomycetaceae, family Saccharomycetaceae
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- family Sagittariidae
- n
- secretary birds [syn: Sagittariidae, {family
Sagittariidae}]
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- family Salamandridae
- n
- salamanders
Synonym(s): Salamandridae, family Salamandridae
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- family Salicaceae
- n
- two genera of trees or shrubs having hairy catkins: Salix;
Populus
Synonym(s): Salicaceae, family Salicaceae, willow family
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- family Salmonidae
- n
- salmon and trout
Synonym(s): Salmonidae, family Salmonidae
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- family Salpidae
- n
- a small family of tunicates in the class Thaliacea [syn:
Salpidae, family Salpidae]
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- family Salvadoraceae
- n
- a family of Old World shrubs and trees of order
Gentianales; related to Oleaceae but having four stamens and four petals
Synonym(s): Salvadoraceae, family Salvadoraceae, Salvadora family
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- family Salviniaceae
- n
- water ferns
Synonym(s): Salviniaceae, family Salviniaceae
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- family Santalaceae
- n
- chiefly tropical herbs or shrubs or trees bearing nuts or
one-seeded fruit
Synonym(s): Santalaceae, family Santalaceae, sandalwood family
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- family Sapindaceae
- n
- chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen
trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins
Synonym(s): Sapindaceae, family Sapindaceae, soapberry family
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- family Sapotaceae
- n
- tropical trees or shrubs with milky juice and often edible
fleshy fruit
Synonym(s): Sapotaceae, family Sapotaceae, sapodilla family
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- family Sarcoptidae
- n
- small whitish mites [syn: Sarcoptidae, {family
Sarcoptidae}]
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- family Sarcoscyphaceae
- n
- family of fungi belonging to the order Pezizales [syn:
Sarcoscyphaceae, family Sarcoscyphaceae]
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- family Sarraceniaceae
- n
- insectivorous plants [syn: Sarraceniaceae, {family
Sarraceniaceae}, pitcher-plant family]
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- family Saturniidae
- n
- important and widely distributed family of moths including
some of the largest insects known
Synonym(s): Saturniidae, family Saturniidae
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- family Satyridae
- n
- a widely distributed family of butterflies common near the
edges of woods
Synonym(s): Satyridae, family Satyridae
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- family Saururaceae
- n
- family of perennial aromatic herbs: genera Saururus,
Anemopsis, Houttuynia
Synonym(s): Saururaceae, family Saururaceae, lizard's-tail family
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- family Saxifragaceae
- n
- a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs;
widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae
Synonym(s): Saxifragaceae, family Saxifragaceae, saxifrage family
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- family Scarabaeidae
- n
- scarab or dung beetles [syn: Scarabaeidae, {family
Scarabaeidae}]
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- family Scaridae
- n
- parrotfishes
Synonym(s): Scaridae, family Scaridae
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- family Scheuchzeriaceae
- n
- a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales
Synonym(s): Scheuchzeriaceae, family Scheuchzeriaceae, Juncaginaceae, family Juncaginaceae, arrow-grass family
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- family Schistosomatidae
- n
- a family of Trematoda [syn: Schistosomatidae, {family
Schistosomatidae}]
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- family Schizaeaceae
- n
- small family of mainly tropical ferns [syn: Schizaeaceae,
family Schizaeaceae]
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- family Schizophyceae
- n
- former terms for Cyanophyceae [syn: Myxophyceae, {family
Myxophyceae}, Schizophyceae, family Schizophyceae]
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- family Schizosaccharomycetaceae
- n
- a family of fungi belonging to order Endomycetales [syn:
Schizosaccharomycetaceae, family Schizosaccharomycetaceae]
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- family Sciadopityaceae
- n
- family comprising a single genus that until recently was
considered part of Taxodiaceae
Synonym(s): Sciadopityaceae, family Sciadopityaceae
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- family Sciaenidae
- n
- warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and
croakers and sea trout
Synonym(s): Sciaenidae, family Sciaenidae
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- family Sciaridae
- n
- fungus gnats
Synonym(s): Sciaridae, family Sciaridae
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- family Scincidae
- n
- skinks
Synonym(s): Scincidae, family Scincidae
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- family Sciuridae
- n
- a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground
squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles
Synonym(s): Sciuridae, family Sciuridae
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- family Sclerodermataceae
- n
- a family of fungi or order Sclerodermatales with a single-
layered peridium; includes earthballs
Synonym(s): Sclerodermataceae, family Sclerodermataceae
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- family Sclerotiniaceae
- n
- a fungus family of order Helotiales [syn:
Sclerotiniaceae, family Sclerotiniaceae]
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- family Scolopacidae
- n
- sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers;
curlews; godwits; dowitchers
Synonym(s): Scolopacidae, family Scolopacidae
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- family Scolytidae
- 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 Scomberesocidae
- n
- only sauries [syn: Scomberesocidae, {family
Scomberesocidae}, Scombresocidae, family Scombresocidae]
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- family Scombresocidae
- n
- only sauries [syn: Scomberesocidae, {family
Scomberesocidae}, Scombresocidae, family Scombresocidae]
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- family Scombridae
- n
- marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna [syn:
Scombridae, family Scombridae]
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- family Scorpaenidae
- n
- scorpionfishes; rockfishes; lionfishes [syn:
Scorpaenidae, family Scorpaenidae]
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- family Scrophulariaceae
- n
- a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order
Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales
Synonym(s): Scrophulariaceae, family Scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove family
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- family Scutigeridae
- n
- a family of Chilopoda [syn: Scutigeridae, {family
Scutigeridae}]
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- family Scyliorhinidae
- n
- small bottom-dwelling sharks [syn: Scyliorhinidae,
family Scyliorhinidae]
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- family Secotiaceae
- n
- a family of fungi that have a stalk and cap and a wrinkled
mass of tissue (the gleba) where spores are produced; are often dismissed as misshapen forms of other fungi
Synonym(s): Secotiaceae, family Secotiaceae
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- family Selaginellaceae
- n
- lesser club mosses: terrestrial chiefly tropical plants
resembling mosses
Synonym(s): Selaginellaceae, family Selaginellaceae
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- family Sepiidae
- n
- true cuttlefishes
Synonym(s): Sepiidae, family Sepiidae
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- family Septobasidiaceae
- n
- a family of fungi belonging to the subdivision
Basidiomycota
Synonym(s): Septobasidiaceae, family Septobasidiaceae
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- family Serranidae
- n
- marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish
Synonym(s): Serranidae, family Serranidae
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- family Sialidae
- n
- an arthropod family including: alderflies [syn: Sialidae,
family Sialidae]
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- family Sillaginidae
- n
- small family of small food fishes in shallow waters of the
Pacific around Indonesia
Synonym(s): Sillaginidae, family Sillaginidae
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- family Siluridae
- n
- Old World catfishes
Synonym(s): Siluridae, family Siluridae
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- family Simaroubaceae
- n
- chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having
dry usually one-seeded winged fruit
Synonym(s): Simaroubaceae, family Simaroubaceae, quassia family
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- family Simuliidae
- n
- blackflies and sand flies [syn: Simuliidae, {family
Simuliidae}]
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- family Sirenidae
- n
- sirens
Synonym(s): Sirenidae, family Sirenidae
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- family Sisyridae
- n
- an arthropod family of the order Neuroptera that includes
spongeflies
Synonym(s): Sisyridae, family Sisyridae
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- family Sittidae
- n
- nuthatches
Synonym(s): Sittidae, family Sittidae
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- family Solanaceae
- n
- large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs
or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solandra
Synonym(s): Solanaceae, family Solanaceae, potato family
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- family Soleidae
- n
- soles
Synonym(s): Soleidae, family Soleidae
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- family Solenidae
- n
- razor clams
Synonym(s): Solenidae, family Solenidae
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- family Soricidae
- n
- shrews
Synonym(s): Soricidae, family Soricidae
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- family Spalacidae
- n
- mole rats
Synonym(s): Spalacidae, family Spalacidae
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- family Sparganiaceae
- n
- coextensive with the genus Sparganium [syn:
Sparganiaceae, family Sparganiaceae, bur-reed family]
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- family Sparidae
- n
- porgies; scups
Synonym(s): Sparidae, family Sparidae
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- family Sphaeriaceae
- n
- parasitic fungi having globose and sometimes necked or
beaked perithecia
Synonym(s): Sphaeriaceae, family Sphaeriaceae
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- family Sphaerobolaceae
- n
- monotypic family of fungi in which the more or less
spherical gleba is forcibly ejected at maturity
Synonym(s): Sphaerobolaceae, family Sphaerobolaceae
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- family Sphaerocarpaceae
- n
- liverworts with bilaterally symmetrical gametophytes;
sometimes placed in the order Jungermanniales
Synonym(s): Sphaerocarpaceae, family Sphaerocarpaceae
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- family Sphecidae
- n
- mud daubers; some digger wasps [syn: Sphecidae, {family
Sphecidae}]
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- family Spheniscidae
- n
- comprising all existing penguins [syn: Spheniscidae,
family Spheniscidae]
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- family Sphingidae
- n
- hawkmoths
Synonym(s): Sphingidae, family Sphingidae
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- family Sphyraenidae
- n
- monotypic family of large active fishes of tropical and
subtropical waters: barracuda
Synonym(s): Sphyraenidae, family Sphyraenidae
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- family Sphyrnidae
- n
- hammerhead sharks; bonnethead sharks [syn: Sphyrnidae,
family Sphyrnidae]
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- family Spirillaceae
- n
- rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria [syn:
Spirillaceae, family Spirillaceae]
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- family Spirochaetaceae
- n
- large coarsely spiral bacteria; free-living in fresh or
salt water or commensal in bodies of oysters
Synonym(s): Spirochaetaceae, family Spirochaetaceae
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- family Spirulidae
- n
- coextensive with the genus Spirula; included in the order
Belemnoidea in some older classifications
Synonym(s): Spirulidae, family Spirulidae
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- family Squalidae
- n
- dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin [syn:
Squalidae, family Squalidae]
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- family Squatinidae
- n
- bottom-dwelling ray-like sharks [syn: Squatinidae,
family Squatinidae]
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- family Squillidae
- n
- crustaceans that burrow in mud or under stones in shallow
water along the seashore
Synonym(s): Squillidae, family Squillidae
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- family Staphylaceae
- n
- a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Sapindales found
mostly in the north temperate zone
Synonym(s): Staphylaceae, family Staphylaceae, bladdernut family
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- family Staphylinidae
- n
- rove beetles
Synonym(s): Staphylinidae, family Staphylinidae
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- family Steatornithidae
- n
- oilbirds
Synonym(s): Steatornithidae, family Steatornithidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Stenopelmatidae
- n
- long-horned grasshoppers [syn: Stenopelmatidae, {family
Stenopelmatidae}]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Stercorariidae
- n
- jaegers and skuas: [syn: Stercorariidae, {family
Stercorariidae}]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Sterculiaceae
- n
- a large family of plants of order Malvales [syn:
Sterculiaceae, family Sterculiaceae, sterculia family]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Stichaeidae
- n
- pricklebacks
Synonym(s): Stichaeidae, family Stichaeidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Stizidae
- n
- cicada killers
Synonym(s): Stizidae, family Stizidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Strelitziaceae
- n
- woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and
South Africa and Madagascar; in some classifications included in the family Musaceae
Synonym(s): Strelitziaceae, family Strelitziaceae, strelitzia family
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Streptomycetaceae
- n
- higher bacteria typically aerobic soil saprophytes [syn:
Streptomycetaceae, family Streptomycetaceae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Strigidae
- n
- a family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes [syn:
Strigidae, family Strigidae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Stromateidae
- n
- butterfishes: harvest fishes; dollar fishes [syn:
Stromateidae, family Stromateidae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Strombidae
- n
- the family of conchs [syn: Strombidae, {family
Strombidae}]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Strophariaceae
- n
- sometimes included in family Agaricaceae [syn:
Strophariaceae, family Strophariaceae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Struthionidae
- n
- tall terrestrial birds: ostriches [syn: Struthionidae,
family Struthionidae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Sturnidae
- n
- Old World starlings
Synonym(s): Sturnidae, family Sturnidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Styracaceae
- n
- a widely distributed family of shrubs and trees of order
Ebenales
Synonym(s): Styracaceae, family Styracaceae, storax family, styrax family
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Suidae
- n
- pigs; hogs; boars
Synonym(s): Suidae, family Suidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Sulidae
- n
- gannets and boobies
Synonym(s): Sulidae, family Sulidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Sylviidae
- n
- in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae)
of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers
Synonym(s): Sylviidae, family Sylviidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Symplocaceae
- n
- a dicotyledonous family of order Ebenales [syn:
Symplocaceae, family Symplocaceae, sweetleaf family]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Synchytriaceae
- n
- a fungus family of order Chytridiales [syn:
Synchytriaceae, family Synchytriaceae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Syngnathidae
- n
- pipefishes
Synonym(s): Syngnathidae, family Syngnathidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Synodontidae
- n
- soft-finned bottom-dwelling fishes [syn: Synodontidae,
family Synodontidae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Usneaceae
- n
- fruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous
thalli: genera Usnea, Evernia, Ramalina, Alectoria
Synonym(s): Usneaceae, family Usneaceae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Ustilaginaceae
- n
- a fungus family of loose smuts [syn: Ustilaginaceae,
family Ustilaginaceae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Xanthorrhoeaceae
- n
- one of many subfamilies into which some classification
systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
Synonym(s): Xanthorrhoeaceae, family Xanthorrhoeaceae, grass tree family
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Xantusiidae
- n
- night lizards
Synonym(s): Xantusiidae, family Xantusiidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Xenicidae
- n
- alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand
wrens
Synonym(s): Xenicidae, family Xenicidae, Acanthisittidae, family Acanthisittidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Xenopodidae
- n
- in some classifications the family of the genus Xenopus
which is otherwise included in the family Pipidae
Synonym(s): Xenopodidae, family Xenopodidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Xenosauridae
- n
- monotypic family of Mexican lizards [syn: Xenosauridae,
family Xenosauridae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Xiphiidae
- n
- comprising the common swordfishes [syn: Xiphiidae,
family Xiphiidae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Xylariaceae
- n
- family of fungi characterized by dark brown to black spores
Synonym(s): Xylariaceae, family Xylariaceae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Xyridaceae
- n
- plants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet
places
Synonym(s): Xyridaceae, family Xyridaceae, yellow- eyed grass family
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Zamiaceae
- n
- a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae:
zamias
Synonym(s): Zamiaceae, family Zamiaceae, zamia family
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Zannichelliaceae
- n
- alternative classification for some genera included in
Potamogetonaceae; one species
Synonym(s): Zannichelliaceae, family Zannichelliaceae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Zapodidae
- n
- jumping mice
Synonym(s): Zapodidae, family Zapodidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Zeidae
- n
- a family of fish in the order Zeomorphi [syn: Zeidae,
family Zeidae]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Zingiberaceae
- n
- a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order
Musales
Synonym(s): Zingiberaceae, family Zingiberaceae, ginger family
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Ziphiidae
- 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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Zoarcidae
- n
- eelpouts
Synonym(s): Zoarcidae, family Zoarcidae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Zosteraceae
- n
- used in some classifications: essentially equivalent to
Potamogetonaceae
Synonym(s): Zosteraceae, family Zosteraceae, eelgrass family
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Zygnemataceae
- n
- pond scums: common freshwater algae forming green slimy
masses
Synonym(s): Zygnemataceae, family Zygnemataceae
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- family Zygophyllaceae
- n
- small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline
regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea
Synonym(s): Zygophyllaceae, family Zygophyllaceae, bean-caper family
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- famulus
- n
- a close attendant (as to a scholar)
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- fanaloka
- n
- civet of Madagascar
Synonym(s): fanaloka, Fossa fossa
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- fanlight
- n
- a window above a door that is usually hinged to a
horizontal crosspiece over the door
Synonym(s): transom, transom window, fanlight
- a window in a roof to admit daylight
Synonym(s): skylight, fanlight
- a semicircular window over a door or window; usually has sash bars like the ribs of a fan
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- fanlike
- adj
- resembling a fan
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- female chest
- n
- the chest of a woman
Synonym(s): female chest, bust
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- female child
- n
- a youthful female person; "the baby was a girl"; "the girls
were just learning to ride a tricycle"
Synonym(s): female child, girl, little girl Antonym(s): boy, male child
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- female circumcision
- n
- excision of the clitoris [syn: clitoridectomy, {female
circumcision}]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- female genital organ
- n
- external female sex organs; "in England `fanny' is vulgar
slang for female genitals"
Synonym(s): female genitalia, female genitals, female genital organ, fanny
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- female genitalia
- n
- external female sex organs; "in England `fanny' is vulgar
slang for female genitals"
Synonym(s): female genitalia, female genitals, female genital organ, fanny
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- female genitals
- n
- external female sex organs; "in England `fanny' is vulgar
slang for female genitals"
Synonym(s): female genitalia, female genitals, female genital organ, fanny
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- female sibling
- n
- a person's sister
Antonym(s): male sibling
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- fennel seed
- n
- aromatic anis-scented seeds
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- final cause
- n
- (philosophy) the end or purpose of a thing or process
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- final cut
- n
- the final edited version of a movie as approved by the
director and producer
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- final exam
- n
- an examination administered at the end of an academic term
Synonym(s): final examination, final exam, final
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- final examination
- n
- an examination administered at the end of an academic term
Synonym(s): final examination, final exam, final
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- final judgment
- n
- a judgment disposing of the case before the court; after
the judgment (or an appeal from it) is rendered all that remains is to enforce the judgment
Synonym(s): final judgment, final decision
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- final solution
- n
- the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from
1941 until 1945
Synonym(s): Holocaust, final solution
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- final stage
- n
- the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end
was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"
Synonym(s): end, last, final stage
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- finalisation
- n
- the act of finalizing
Synonym(s): finalization, finalisation
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- finalise
- v
- make final; put the last touches on; put into final form;
"let's finalize the proposal"
Synonym(s): finalize, finalise, settle, nail down
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- finalist
- n
- a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- finalization
- n
- the act of finalizing
Synonym(s): finalization, finalisation
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- finalize
- v
- make final; put the last touches on; put into final form;
"let's finalize the proposal"
Synonym(s): finalize, finalise, settle, nail down
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- fine-looking
- adj
- pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity
to ideals of form and proportion; "a fine-looking woman"; "a good-looking man"; "better-looking than her sister"; "very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome"- Thackeray; "our southern women are well-favored"- Lillian Hellman
Synonym(s): fine-looking, good-looking, better- looking, handsome, well-favored, well-favoured
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- funnel shape
- n
- a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the
two ends
Synonym(s): funnel, funnel shape
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- funnel-crest rosebud orchid
- n
- orchid of northeastern United States with magenta-pink
flowers having funnel-shaped lip; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia
Synonym(s): spreading pogonia, funnel-crest rosebud orchid, Cleistes divaricata, Pogonia divaricata
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- funnel-shaped
- adj
- shaped in the form of a funnel
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
d8Fritillaria \[d8]Frit"il*la`ri*a\, n. [NL., fr. L. fritillus
dicebox: cf. F. fritillaire. So named from the checkered
markings of the petals.] (Bot.)
A genus of liliaceous plants, of which the crown-imperial
({Fritillaria imperialis}) is one species, and the Guinea-hen
flower ({F. Meleagris}) another. See {Crown-imperial}.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Fameless \Fame"less\, a.
Without fame or renown. -- {Fame"less*ly}, adv.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Fameless \Fame"less\, a.
Without fame or renown. -- {Fame"less*ly}, adv.
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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]: |
Familism \Fam"i*lism\, n.
The tenets of the Familists. --Milton.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Familist \Fam"i*list\, n. [From {Family}.] (Eccl. Hist.)
One of afanatical Antinomian sect originating in Holland, and
existing in England about 1580, called the Family of Love,
who held that religion consists wholly in love.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Familistery \Fam"i*lis*ter*y\, n.; pl. {Familisteries}. [F.
familist[8a]re.]
A community in which many persons unite as in one family, and
are regulated by certain communistic laws and customs.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Familistery \Fam"i*lis*ter*y\, n.; pl. {Familisteries}. [F.
familist[8a]re.]
A community in which many persons unite as in one family, and
are regulated by certain communistic laws and customs.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Familistic \Fam`i*listic\, Familistical \Fam`i*lis"tic*al\, a.
Pertaining to Familists. --Baxter.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Familistic \Fam`i*listic\, Familistical \Fam`i*lis"tic*al\, a.
Pertaining to Familists. --Baxter.
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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]: |
Circle \Cir"cle\ (s[etil]r"k'l), n. [OE. cercle, F. cercle, fr.
L. circulus (Whence also AS. circul), dim. of circus circle,
akin to Gr. kri`kos, ki`rkos, circle, ring. Cf. {Circus},
{Circum-}.]
1. A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its
circumference, every part of which is equally distant from
a point within it, called the center.
2. The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a
ring.
3. (Astron.) An instrument of observation, the graduated limb
of which consists of an entire circle.
Note: When it is fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is
called a {mural circle}; when mounted with a telescope
on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a
{meridian [or] transit circle}; when involving the
principle of reflection, like the sextant, a
{reflecting circle}; and when that of repeating an
angle several times continuously along the graduated
limb, a {repeating circle}.
4. A round body; a sphere; an orb.
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth.
--Is. xi. 22.
5. Compass; circuit; inclosure.
In the circle of this forest. --Shak.
6. A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a
central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a
class or division of society; a coterie; a set.
As his name gradually became known, the circle of
his acquaintance widened. --Macaulay.
7. A circular group of persons; a ring.
8. A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
Thus in a circle runs the peasant's pain. --Dryden.
9. (Logic) A form of argument in which two or more unproved
statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive
reasoning.
That heavy bodies descend by gravity; and, again,
that gravity is a quality whereby a heavy body
descends, is an impertinent circle and teaches
nothing. --Glanvill.
10. Indirect form of words; circumlocution. [R.]
Has he given the lie, In circle, or oblique, or
semicircle. --J. Fletcher.
11. A territorial division or district.
Note:
{The Circles of the Holy Roman Empire}, ten in number, were
those principalities or provinces which had seats in the
German Diet.
{Azimuth circle}. See under {Azimuth}.
{Circle of altitude} (Astron.), a circle parallel to the
horizon, having its pole in the zenith; an almucantar.
{Circle of curvature}. See {Osculating circle of a curve}
(Below).
{Circle of declination}. See under {Declination}.
{Circle of latitude}.
(a) (Astron.) A great circle perpendicular to the plane
of the ecliptic, passing through its poles.
(b) (Spherical Projection) A small circle of the sphere
whose plane is perpendicular to the axis.
{Circles of longitude}, lesser circles parallel to the
ecliptic, diminishing as they recede from it.
{Circle of perpetual apparition}, at any given place, the
boundary of that space around the elevated pole, within
which the stars never set. Its distance from the pole is
equal to the latitude of the place.
{Circle of perpetual occultation}, at any given place, the
boundary of the space around the depressed pole, within
which the stars never rise.
{Circle of the sphere}, a circle upon the surface of the
sphere, called a great circle when its plane passes
through the center of the sphere; in all other cases, a
small circle.
{Diurnal circle}. See under {Diurnal}.
{Dress circle}, a gallery in a theater, generally the one
containing the prominent and more expensive seats.
{Druidical circles} (Eng. Antiq.), a popular name for certain
ancient inclosures formed by rude stones circularly
arranged, as at Stonehenge, near Salisbury.
{Family circle}, a gallery in a theater, usually one
containing inexpensive seats.
{Horary circles} (Dialing), the lines on dials which show the
hours.
{Osculating circle of a curve} (Geom.), the circle which
touches the curve at some point in the curve, and close to
the point more nearly coincides with the curve than any
other circle. This circle is used as a measure of the
curvature of the curve at the point, and hence is called
circle of curvature.
{Pitch circle}. See under {Pitch}.
{Vertical circle}, an azimuth circle.
{Voltaic} {circle [or] circuit}. See under {Circuit}.
{To square the circle}. See under {Square}.
Syn: Ring; circlet; compass; circuit; inclosure.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Famulist \Fam"u*list\, n. [L. famulus servant.]
A collegian of inferior rank or position, corresponding to
the sizar at Cambridge. [Oxford Univ., Eng.]
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Fan \Fan\, n. [AS. fann, fr. L. vannus fan, van for winnowing
grain; cf. F. van. Cf. {Van} a winnowing machine, {Winnow}.]
1. An instrument used for producing artificial currents of
air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad
surface; as:
(a) An instrument for cooling the person, made of
feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on
sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when
opened to radiate from the center and assume the
figure of a section of a circle.
(b) (Mach.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing
currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire,
ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the
resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel.
(c) An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the
grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is
separated and blown away.
(d) Something in the form of a fan when spread, as a
peacock's tail, a window, etc.
(e) A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of
a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind.
Clean provender, which hath been winnowed with
the shovel and with the fan. --Is. xxx. 24.
2. That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan,
as in exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames,
heightens, or strengthens; as, it served as a fan to the
flame of his passion.
3. A quintain; -- from its form. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
{Fan blower}, a wheel with vanes fixed on a rotating shaft
inclosed in a case or chamber, to create a blast of air
(fan blast) for forge purposes, or a current for draft and
ventilation; a fanner.
{Fan cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a mole cricket.
{Fan light} (Arch.), a window over a door; -- so called from
the semicircular form and radiating sash bars of those
windows which are set in the circular heads of arched
doorways.
{Fan shell} (Zo[94]l.), any shell of the family
{Pectinid[91]}. See {Scallop}, n., 1.
{Fan tracery} (Arch.), the decorative tracery on the surface
of fan vaulting.
{Fan vaulting} (Arch.), an elaborate system of vaulting, in
which the ribs diverge somewhat like the rays of a fan, as
in Henry VII.'s chapel in Westminster Abbey. It is
peculiar to English Gothic.
{Fan wheel}, the wheel of a fan blower.
{Fan window}. Same as {Fan light} (above).
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Fanlike \Fan"like`\, a.
Resembling a fan; -- specifically (Bot.), folded up like a
fan, as certain leaves; plicate.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Female rhymes \Female rhymes\ (Pros.),
double rhymes, or rhymes (called in French feminine rhymes
because they end in e weak, or feminine) in which two
syllables, an accented and an unaccented one, correspond at
the end of each line.
Note: A rhyme, in which the final syllables only agree
(strain, complain) is called a male rhyme; one in which
the two final syllables of each verse agree, the last
being short (motion, ocean), is called female. --Brande
& C. -- {Female screw}, the spiral-threaded cavity into
which another, or male, screw turns. --Nicholson.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Femalist \Fe"mal*ist\, n.
A gallant. [Obs.]
Courting her smoothly like a femalist. --Marston.
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Femalize \Fe"mal*ize\, v. t.
To make, or to describe as, female or feminine.
--Shaftesbury.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Final \Fi"nal\, a. [F., fr. L. finalis, fr. finis boundary,
limit, end. See {Finish}.]
1. Pertaining to the end or conclusion; last; terminating;
ultimate; as, the final day of a school term.
Yet despair not of his final pardon. --Milton.
2. Conclusive; decisive; as, a final judgment; the battle of
Waterloo brought the contest to a final issue.
3. Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the
purpose or ultimate end in view.
{Final cause}. See under {Cause}.
Syn: {Final}, {Conclusive}, {Ultimate}.
Usage: Final is now appropriated to that which brings with it
an end; as, a final adjustment; the final judgment,
etc. Conclusive implies the closing of all discussion,
negotiation, etc.; as, a conclusive argument or fact;
a conclusive arrangement. In using ultimate, we have
always reference to something earlier or proceeding;
as when we say, a temporary reverse may lead to an
ultimate triumph. The statements which a man finally
makes at the close of a negotiation are usually
conclusive as to his ultimate intentions and designs.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Cause \Cause\ (k[add]z), n. [F. cause, fr. L. causa. Cf.
{Cause}, v., {Kickshaw}.]
1. That which produces or effects a result; that from which
anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.
Cause is substance exerting its power into act, to
make one thing begin to be. --Locke.
2. That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground;
reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing.
3. Sake; interest; advantage. [Obs.]
I did it not for his cause. --2 Cor. vii.
12.
4. (Law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by
which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he
regards as his right; case; ground of action.
5. Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question;
affair in general.
What counsel give you in this weighty cause! --Shak.
6. The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and
upheld by a person or party; a principle which is
advocated; that which a person or party seeks to attain.
God befriend us, as our cause is just. --Shak.
The part they take against me is from zeal to the
cause. --Burke.
{Efficient cause}, the agent or force that produces a change
or result.
{Final cause}, the end, design, or object, for which anything
is done.
{Formal cause}, the elements of a conception which make the
conception or the thing conceived to be what it is; or the
idea viewed as a formative principle and co[94]perating
with the matter.
{Material cause}, that of which anything is made.
{Proximate cause}. See under {Proximate}.
{To make common cause with}, to join with in purposes and
aims. --Macaulay.
Syn: Origin; source; mainspring; motive; reason; incitement;
inducement; purpose; object; suit; action.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Finalist \Fi"nal*ist\, n. (Sports)
Any of the players who meet in the final round of a
tournament in which the losers in any round do not play
again.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Fineless \Fine"less\, a. [Fine end + -less.]
Endless; boundless. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Finless \Fin"less\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
destitute of fins.
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Finlike \Fin"like`\, a.
Resembling a fin.
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Foamless \Foam"less\, a.
Having no foam.
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Fumeless \Fume"less\, a.
Free from fumes.
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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]: |
Funuless \Funu"less\, a.
Destitute of funds.
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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: |
Finlayson, MN (city, FIPS 21122)
Location: 46.20495 N, 92.92757 W
Population (1990): 242 (116 housing units)
Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 55735
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: |
FUNLOG
Functional programming plus unification. "Lazy" in the sense
that expressions are reduced only if they are not unifiable.
["FUNLOG: A Computational Model Integrating Logic Programming
and Functional Programming", P.A. Subrahmanyam et al, in Logic
Programming: Functions, Relations and Equations, D. DeGroot et
al eds, P-H 1986].
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