habits (noun)

  • 21amateur — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: French, from Latin amator lover, from amare to love Date: 1784 1. devotee, admirer 2. one who engages in a pursuit, study, science, or sport as a pastime rather than as a profession 3 …

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  • 22fish louse — noun a kind of copepod • Hypernyms: ↑copepod, ↑copepod crustacean • Member Holonyms: ↑Branchiura, ↑order Branchiura * * * noun : any of various small crustaceans (as the carp louse) parasitic on fishes; …

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  • 23hawk owl — noun grey and white diurnal hawk like owl of northern parts of the northern hemisphere • Syn: ↑Surnia ulula • Hypernyms: ↑owl, ↑bird of Minerva, ↑bird of night, ↑hooter • Member Holonyms: ↑Surnia …

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  • 24Jungermanniales — noun large order of chiefly tropical liverworts • Syn: ↑order Jungermanniales • Hypernyms: ↑plant order • Member Holonyms: ↑Hepaticopsida, ↑class Hepaticopsida, ↑Hepaticae, ↑ …

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  • 25life history — noun 1. an account of the series of events making up a person s life (Freq. 3) • Syn: ↑biography, ↑life, ↑life story • Derivationally related forms: ↑biographical (for: ↑biography) …

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  • 26monk's cloth — noun a heavy cloth in basket weave • Hypernyms: ↑fabric, ↑cloth, ↑material, ↑textile * * * noun : a coarse heavy fabric in basket weave made originally of worsted and used for monk s habits but now chiefly of cotton or linen and used for… …

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  • 27Passeriformes — noun largest order of birds comprising about half the known species; rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; the four suborders are Eurylaimi and Tyranni and Menurae and Oscines or Passeres • Syn: ↑order… …

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  • 28tree toad — noun arboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe; of southeast Asia and Australia and America • Syn: ↑tree frog, ↑tree frog • Hypernyms: ↑frog, ↑toad, ↑toad frog, ↑anuran, ↑batrachian, ↑ …

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  • 29valetudinarianism — noun the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) • Syn: ↑infirmity, ↑frailty, ↑debility, ↑feebleness, ↑frailness • Derivationally related forms: ↑frail (for: ↑ …

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  • 30water deer — noun largest chevrotain; of marshy areas of west Africa • Syn: ↑water chevrotain, ↑Hyemoschus aquaticus • Hypernyms: ↑chevrotain, ↑mouse deer • Member Holonyms: ↑Hyemoschus, ↑ …

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