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Omnivora :: Omnivora (n. pl.) A group of ungulate mammals including the hog and the hippopotamus. The term is also sometimes applied to the bears, and to certain passerine birds..

Pteranodontia :: Pteranodontia (n. pl.) A group of pterodactyls destitute of teeth, as in the genus Pteranodon..

Saponin :: Saponin (n.) A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort (Saponaria), in the bark of soap bark (Quillaia), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local anaesthesia. Formerly called also struthiin, quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type..

Lagemorpha :: Lagemorpha (n. pl.) A group of rodents, including the hares. They have four incisors in the upper jaw. Called also Duplicidentata..

Subulate :: Subtypical (a.) Deviating somewhat from the type of a species, genus, or other group; slightly aberrant..

Background :: Background (n.) The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures.

Pygobranchia :: Pygobranchia (n. pl.) A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks having the branchiae in a wreath or group around the anal opening, as in the genus Doris..

Remiped :: Remiped (n.) One of a group of aquatic beetles having tarsi adapted for swimming. See Water beetle.

Mallophaga :: Mallophaga (n. pl.) An extensive group of insects which are parasitic on birds and mammals, and feed on the feathers and hair; -- called also bird lice. See Bird louse, under Bird..

Parasita :: Parasita (n. pl.) An artificial group formerly made for parasitic insects, as lice, ticks, mites, etc..

Fasciculated :: Fasciculated (a.) Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.

Tenthredinides :: Tenthredinides (n. pl.) A group of Hymneoptera comprising the sawflies.

Social :: Social (a.) Naturally growing in groups or masses; -- said of many individual plants of the same species.

Fissilinguia :: Fissilinguia (n. pl.) A group of Lacertilia having the tongue forked, including the common lizards..

Childcrowing :: Childcrowing (n.) The crowing noise made by children affected with spasm of the laryngeal muscles; false croup.

Rhipipter :: Rhipipter (n.) One of the Rhipiptera, a group of insects having wings which fold like a fan; a strepsipter..

Figure :: Figure (n.) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression..

Count :: Count (v. t.) To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon..

Pip :: Pip (n.) A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a scale on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them..

Falconet :: Falconet (n.) One of a group of Australian birds of the genus Falcunculus, resembling shrikes and titmice..

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