Definition of slender

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Slender (superl.) Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution..

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Weasel :: Weasel (n.) Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to the genus Putorius, as the ermine and ferret. They have a slender, elongated body, and are noted for the quickness of their movements and for their bloodthirsty habit in destroying poultry, rats, etc. The ermine and some other species are brown in summer, and turn white in winter; others are brown at all seasons..
Saucisse :: Saucisse (n.) A long and slender pipe or bag, made of cloth well pitched, or of leather, filled with powder, and used to communicate fire to mines, caissons, bomb chests, etc..
Tenuirostres :: Tenuirostres (n. pl.) An artificial group of passerine birds having slender bills, as the humming birds..
Tipula :: Tipula (n.) Any one of many species of long-legged dipterous insects belonging to Tipula and allied genera. They have long and slender bodies. See Crane fly, under Crane..
Exile :: Exile (a.) Small; slender; thin; fine.
Snipe :: Snipe (n.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak..
Chilognatha :: Chilognatha (n. pl.) One of the two principal orders of myriapods. They have numerous segments, each bearing two pairs of small, slender legs, which are attached ventrally, near together..
Martineta :: Martineta (n.) A species of tinamou (Calopezus elegans), having a long slender crest..
Pilose :: Pilose (a.) Covered with long, slender hairs; resembling long hairs; hairy; as, pilose pubescence..
Spiny :: Spiny (a.) Like a spine in shape; slender.
Briar :: Briar (n.) A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax..
Bistoury :: Bistoury (n.) A surgical instrument consisting of a slender knife, either straight or curved, generally used by introducing it beneath the part to be divided, and cutting towards the surface..
Stick :: Stick (v. t.) Any long and comparatively slender piece of wood, whether in natural form or shaped with tools; a rod; a wand; a staff; as, the stick of a rocket; a walking stick..
Plantain :: Plantain (n.) Any plant of the genus Plantago, but especially the P. major, a low herb with broad spreading radical leaves, and slender spikes of minute flowers. It is a native of Europe, but now found near the abode of civilized man in nearly all parts of the world..
Orthite :: Orthite (n.) A variety of allanite occurring in slender prismatic crystals.
Napiform :: Napiform (a.) Turnip-shaped; large and round in the upper part, and very slender below..
Tenuirostral :: Tenuirostral (a.) Thin-billed; -- applied to birds with a slender bill, as the humming birds..
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
Caudicula :: Caudicula (n.) A slender, elastic process, to which the masses of pollen in orchidaceous plants are attached..
Mucor :: Mucor (n.) A genus of minute fungi. The plants consist of slender threads with terminal globular sporangia; mold.
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