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   jackass bat
         n 1: a large bat of the southwestern United States having spots
               and enormous ears [syn: {jackass bat}, {spotted bat},
               {Euderma maculata}]

English Dictionary: Jesus of Nazareth by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jackass penguin
n
  1. small penguin of South America and southern Africa with a braying call
    Synonym(s): jackass penguin, Spheniscus demersus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jacques Bernoulli
n
  1. Swiss mathematician (1654-1705) [syn: Bernoulli, {Jakob Bernoulli}, Jacques Bernoulli, James Bernoulli]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jacques Francois Antoine Ibert
n
  1. French composer (1890-1962) [syn: Ibert, {Jacques Francois Antoine Ibert}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jacques Francois Fromental Elie Halevy
n
  1. French operatic composer (1799-1862) [syn: Halevy, Fromental Halevy, Jacques Francois Fromental Elie Halevy]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jacques Offenbach
n
  1. French composer of many operettas and an opera (1819-1880)
    Synonym(s): Offenbach, Jacques Offenbach
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jacques Yves Costeau
n
  1. French underwater explorer (born in 1910) [syn: Cousteau, Jacques Costeau, Jacques Yves Costeau]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jesus of Nazareth
n
  1. a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
    Synonym(s): Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth, the Nazarene, Jesus Christ, Christ, Savior, Saviour, Good Shepherd, Redeemer, Deliverer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jockey cap
n
  1. a cap with a bill [syn: baseball cap, jockey cap, {golf cap}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Josiah Spode
n
  1. English potter who started a pottery famous for its bone china (1754-1827)
    Synonym(s): Spode, Josiah Spode
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jackass \Jack"ass`\, n. [2d jack + ass.]
      1. The male ass; a donkey.
  
      2. A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead.
  
      {Jackass bark} (Naut.), a three-masted vessel, with only the
            foremast square-rigged; a barkentine.
  
      {Jackass deer} (Zo[94]l.), the koba.
  
      {Jackass hare}, {Jackass rabbit} (Zo[94]l.). See {Jack
            rabbit}, under 2d {Jack}, n.
  
      {Jackass penguin} (Zo[94]l.), any species of penguin of the
            genus {Spheniscus}, of which several are known. One
            species ({S. demersus}) inhabits the islands near the Cape
            of Good Hope; another ({S. Magellanicus}) is found at the
            Falkland Islands. They make a noise like the braying of an
            ass; -- hence the name.
  
      {Laughing jackass}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Laughing}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jackass \Jack"ass`\, n. [2d jack + ass.]
      1. The male ass; a donkey.
  
      2. A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead.
  
      {Jackass bark} (Naut.), a three-masted vessel, with only the
            foremast square-rigged; a barkentine.
  
      {Jackass deer} (Zo[94]l.), the koba.
  
      {Jackass hare}, {Jackass rabbit} (Zo[94]l.). See {Jack
            rabbit}, under 2d {Jack}, n.
  
      {Jackass penguin} (Zo[94]l.), any species of penguin of the
            genus {Spheniscus}, of which several are known. One
            species ({S. demersus}) inhabits the islands near the Cape
            of Good Hope; another ({S. Magellanicus}) is found at the
            Falkland Islands. They make a noise like the braying of an
            ass; -- hence the name.
  
      {Laughing jackass}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Laughing}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jockeyship \Jock"ey*ship\, n.
      The art, character, or position, of a jockey; the personality
      of a jockey.
  
               Go flatter Sawney for his jockeyship.      --Chatterton.
  
               Where can at last his jockeyship retire? --Cowper.
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