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  • 101Cordylanthus nevinii — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots …

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  • 102Orthocarpus imbricatus — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) …

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  • 103coracoid process — n a process of the scapula in most mammals representing the remnant of the coracoid bone of lower vertebrates that has become fused with the scapula and in humans is situated on its superior border and serves for the attachment of various muscles …

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  • 104sonde coudй — (koo daґ) [“bent sound”] a catheter with an elbow, or sharp, beaklike bend, near the end …

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  • 105Weaponry —    During the WARS OF THE ROSES, English MEN AT ARMS carried various types of weapons into battle, including thrusting and stabbing implements, such as swords and daggers, and powerful battering weapons, such as maces and poleaxes.    For close… …

    Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses

  • 106aquiline — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. beaked, curved, hooked, Roman. See angularity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. hooked, beaklike, eaglelike, curved, beaked, Roman nosed, angular, resembling an eagle, bent, curving, prominent. Ant.… …

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  • 107dinosaur — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. brontosaurus, etc. (see animal); old dog, relic, fossil. See oldness. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. 1. saurian sauropod, *terrible lizard, prehistoric creature, theropod. WORD FIND • aquatic:… …

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  • 108punch — English has three distinct words punch, not counting the capitalized character in the Punch and Judy show, but two of them are probably ultimately related. Punch ‘hit’ [14] originated as a variant of Middle English pounce ‘pierce, prod’. This… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 109rostrum — [16] Latin rōstrum originally meant ‘beak’ or ‘muzzle of an animal’ – it was derived from the verb rōdere ‘gnaw’ (source of English corrode [14], erode [17], and rodent [19]). The word was also applied metaphorically to the ‘beaklike’ prows of… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 110rostella — n. beak or beaklike part …

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