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LEGION |
Large group |
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PASSEL |
Large group |
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GALAXY |
Large group of stars |
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SWARM |
Large group of bees |
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ORCHESTRA |
Large group of musicians |
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TROOP |
Walk along in a large group |
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ROCKBAND |
Large diamond ring found by pop group |
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HERDSMEN |
Those who own a large group of domesticated animals |
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MEGASTOME |
One of a group of univalve shells, having a large
aperture or mouth. |
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AMBLYPODA |
A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals,
common in the Tertiary formation of the United States. |
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MEGASTHENE |
One of a group which includes the higher orders of
mammals, having a large size as a typical characteristic. |
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PLACODERMI |
An extinct group of fishes, supposed to be ganoids.
The body and head were covered with large bony plates. See Illust.
under Pterichthys, and Coccosteus. |
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UINTATHERIUM |
An extinct genus of large Eocene ungulates allied to
Dinoceras. This name is sometimes used for nearly all the known species
of the group. See Dinoceras. |
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ZEUZERIAN |
Any one of a group of bombycid moths of which the genus
Zeuzera is the type. Some of these moths are of large size. The goat
moth is an example. |
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FUNGUS |
Any one of the Fungi, a large and very complex group of
thallophytes of low organization, -- the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts,
mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls, and the allies of each. |
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HELMINTHES |
One of the grand divisions or branches of the
animal kingdom. It is a large group including a vast number of species,
most of which are parasitic. Called also Enthelminthes, Enthelmintha. |
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BRACHYURA |
...n
crabs, characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up
beneath the large cephalo-thorax. [Also spelt Brachyoura.] See Crab,
an... |
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ENTOMOSTRACA |
One of the subclasses of Crustacea, including a
large number of species, many of them minute. The group embraces
several orders; as the Phyllop... |
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CALYCOZOA |
... attachment. The interior is
divided into four large compartments. See Lucernarida. ... |
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CURCULIO |
One of a large group of beetles (Rhynchophora) of many
genera; -- called also weevils, snout beetles, billbeetles, and
billbugs. Many of the sp... |
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STREPSIPTERA |
...ings rudimentary, and in the form of short and slender twisted
appendages, while the posterior ones are large and membranous. They are
parasitic... |
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NEUROPTERA |
An order of hexapod insects having two pairs of
large, membranous, net-veined wings. The mouth organs are adapted for
chewing. They feed upon o... |
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PITTA |
Any one of a large group of bright-colored clamatorial birds
belonging to Pitta, and allied genera of the family Pittidae. Most of
the species ... |
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CASSOWARY |
A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east
Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed
with a kind of he... |