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121bill — I [[t]bɪl[/t]] n. 1) a statement of money owed for goods or services supplied 2) a piece of paper money worth a specified amount: a ten dollar bill[/ex] 3) gov a form or draft of a proposed statute presented to a legislature, but not yet enacted… …
122dolphin — dol•phin [[t]ˈdɒl fɪn, ˈdɔl [/t]] n. 1) mam any small toothed cetacean of the family Delphinidae, esp. the species having a beaklike snout Compare porpoise 2) ich Also called dolphinfish, mahimahi either of two large, slender fishes, Coryphaena… …
123punch — 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… …
124rostrum — [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… …
125bill — bill1 [bil] n. [ME bille < Anglo L billa, altered < ML bulla, sealed document < L, knob, bubble: see BOIL1] 1. a statement, usually itemized, of charges for goods or services; invoice 2. a statement or list, as a menu, theater program,… …
126bottlenose — [bät′ lnōz΄] n. 1. any of a genus (Tursiops) of marine dolphins with a bottle shaped snout: an easily trained species ( T. truncatus) is used in aquarium shows and scientific study: also called bottle nosed dolphin 2. any of a genus (Hyperoodon,… …
127ceratopsian — [ser΄ə täp′sē ən] n. any of a suborder (Ceratopsia) of horned ornithischian dinosaurs of the Cretaceous with a beaklike snout and a bony crest at the back of the head adj. of the ceratopsians …
128dolphin — [däl′fin, dôl′fin] n. [ME dolfin < OFr dalphin < VL dalfinus, for L delphinus < Gr delphinos, gen. of delphis (< IE base * gwelbh ): so named from its shape] 1. any of two widespread families (Platanistidae and Delphinidae) of toothed …
