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   babassu palm
         n 1: tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts
               yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory [syn:
               {babassu}, {babassu palm}, {coco de macao}, {Orbignya
               phalerata}, {Orbignya spesiosa}, {Orbignya martiana}]

English Dictionary: Bibos frontalis by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
babies'-breath
n
  1. tall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowers
    Synonym(s): baby's breath, babies'-breath, Gypsophila paniculata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
baby's bed
n
  1. a small bed for babies; enclosed by sides to prevent the baby from falling
    Synonym(s): baby bed, baby's bed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
baby's breath
n
  1. tall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowers
    Synonym(s): baby's breath, babies'-breath, Gypsophila paniculata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bahia piassava
n
  1. Brazilian palm yielding fibers used in making ropes, mats, and brushes
    Synonym(s): piassava palm, pissaba palm, Bahia piassava, bahia coquilla, Attalea funifera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bibos frontalis
n
  1. ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur
    Synonym(s): gayal, mithan, Bibos frontalis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bufo speciosus
n
  1. nocturnal burrowing toad of mesquite woodland and prairies of the United States southwest
    Synonym(s): Texas toad, Bufo speciosus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bypass capacitor
n
  1. a capacitor that provides low impedance over certain (high) frequencies
    Synonym(s): bypass condenser, bypass capacitor
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Babyship \Ba"by*ship\, n.
      The quality of being a baby; the personality of an infant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Banteng \[d8]Ban"teng\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The wild ox of Java ({Bibos Banteng}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gayal \Gay"al\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A Southern Asiatic species of wild cattle ({Bibos
      frontalis}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Boy \Boy\, n. [Cf. D. boef, Fries. boi, boy; akin to G. bube,
      Icel. bofi rouge.]
      A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence,
      a son.
  
               My only boy fell by the side of great Dundee. --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      Note: Boy is often used as a term of comradeship, as in
               college, or in the army or navy. In the plural used
               colloquially of members of an associaton, fraternity,
               or party.
  
      {Boy bishop}, a boy (usually a chorister) elected bishop, in
            old Christian sports, and invested with robes and other
            insignia. He practiced a kind of mimicry of the ceremonies
            in which the bishop usually officiated.
  
      {The Old Boy}, the Devil. [Slang]
  
      {Yellow boys}, guineas. [Slang, Eng.]
  
      {Boy's love}, a popular English name of Southernwood
            ({Artemisia abrotonum}); -- called also {lad's love}.
  
      {Boy's play}, childish amusements; anything trifling.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rhinoceros \Rhi*noc"e*ros\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?][?][?],
      [?][?][?]; [?][?][?]. [?][?][?], the nose + [?][?][?] a horn:
      cf. F. rhinoc[82]ros. See {Horn}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any pachyderm belonging to the genera {Rhinoceros},
      {Atelodus}, and several allied genera of the family
      {Rhinocerotid[91]}, of which several living, and many
      extinct, species are known. They are large and powerful, and
      usually have either one or two stout conical median horns on
      the snout.
  
      Note: The Indian, or white, and the Javan rhinoceroses
               ({Rhinoceros Indicus} and {R. Sondaicus}) have incisor
               and canine teeth, but only one horn, and the very thick
               skin forms shieldlike folds. The two or three African
               species belong to {Atelodus}, and have two horns, but
               lack the dermal folds, and the incisor and canine
               teeth. The two Malay, or East Indian, two-horned
               species belong to {Ceratohinus}, in which incisor and
               canine teeth are present. See {Borele}, and {Keitloa}.
  
      {Rhinoceros auk} (Zo[94]l.), an auk of the North Pacific
            ({Cerorhina monocrata}) which has a deciduous horn on top
            of the bill.
  
      {Rhinoceros beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a very large beetle of the
            genus {Dynastes}, having a horn on the head.
  
      {Rhinoceros bird}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A large hornbill ({Buceros rhinoceros}), native of the
            East Indies. It has a large hollow hornlike process on
            the bill. Called also {rhinoceros hornbill}. See
            {Hornbill}.
      (b) An African beefeater ({Buphaga Africana}). It alights on
            the back of the rhinoceros in search of parasitic
            insects.
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