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ODDER |
Less common |
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RARER |
Less common |
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UNDERSIZED |
Of a size less than is common. |
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THOROUGHGOING |
Going all lengths; extreme; thoroughplaced; -- less
common in this sense. |
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PALMATILOBED |
Palmate, with the divisions separated less than
halfway to the common center. |
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SUBORDINARY |
One of several heraldic bearings somewhat less common
than an ordinary. See Ordinary. |
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PATIENCE |
A kind of dock (Rumex Patientia), less common in America
than in Europe; monk's rhubarb. |
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CHORD |
A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing
more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord. |
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SANDSTONE |
A rock made of sand more or less firmly united. Common
or siliceous sandstone consists mainly of quartz sand. |
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MARTIN |
One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail
less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows. |
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TERRANE |
A group of rocks having a common age or origin; -- nearly
equivalent to formation, but used somewhat less comprehensively. |
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ROUNDFISH |
A lake whitefish (Coregonus quadrilateralis), less
compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British
America and Alaska. |
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HILL |
A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above
the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence less than a
mountain. |
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PINK |
A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red
with more or less white; -- so called from the common color of the
flower. |
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SCAD |
A small carangoid fish (Trachurus saurus) abundant on the
European coast, and less common on the American. The name is applied
also to several allied species. |
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COENENCHYMA |
The common tissue which unites the polyps or zooids of
a compound anthozoan or coral. It may be soft or more or less ossified.
See Coral. |
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BRAKE |
A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in
almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three
principal branches. Less properly: Any fern. |
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WOODCHUCK |
A common large North American marmot (Arctomys monax).
It is usually reddish brown, more or less grizzled with gray. It makes
extensive burrows... |
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GOLDEN-EYE |
... Barrow's golden-eye of America (G. Islandica) is less
common. ... |
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BUFFALO |
...),
originally from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of
the eastern continent. It is larger and less docile than the common o... |
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ROT |
...off usually in some stages of the process more or less
offensive odors; to become decomposed by a natural process; to putrefy;
to decay. ... |
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CERO |
... of the
genus Scomberomorus. Two species are found in the West Indies and less
commonly on the Atlantic coast of the United States, -- the commo... |
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STRAWBERRY |
...; the European, F.
vesca. There are also other less common species. ... |
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LORY |
...amily
Trichoglossidae, generally having the tongue papillose at the tip, and
the mandibles straighter and less toothed than in common parrots. T... |
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TROUT |
Any one of several species of marine fishes more or less
resembling a trout in appearance or habits, but not belonging to the
same family, espe... |