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Pigeon-breasted :: Pigeon-breasted (a.) Having a breast like a pigeon, -- the sternum being so prominent as to constitute a deformity; chicken-breasted..

Sunfish :: Sunfish (n.) Any one of numerous species of perch-like North American fresh-water fishes of the family Centrachidae. They have a broad, compressed body, and strong dorsal spines. Among the common species of the Eastern United States are Lepomis gibbosus (called also bream, pondfish, pumpkin seed, and sunny), the blue sunfish, or dollardee (L. pallidus), and the long-eared sunfish (L. auritus). Several of the species are called also pondfish..

Isinglass :: Isinglass (n.) A semitransparent, whitish, and very pure from of gelatin, chiefly prepared from the sounds or air bladders of various species of sturgeons (as the Acipenser huso) found in the of Western Russia. It used for making jellies, as a clarifier, etc. Cheaper forms of gelatin are not unfrequently so called. Called also fish glue..

Asternal :: Asternal (a.) Not sternal; -- said of ribs which do not join the sternum.

Hardfern :: Hardfern (n.) A species of fern (Lomaria borealis), growing in Europe and Northwestern America..

Dakota Group :: Dakota group () A subdivision at the base of the cretaceous formation in Western North America; -- so named from the region where the strata were first studied.

Ferula :: Ferula (n.) The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.

Nyentek :: Nyentek (n.) A carnivorous mannual (Helictis moscatus, or H. orientalis), native of Eastern Asia and the Indies. It has a dorsal white stripe, and another one across the shoulders. It has a strong musky odor..

Hyopastron :: Hyopastron (n.) The second lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also hyosternum.

Yestreen :: Yestreen (n.) Yester-evening; yesternight; last night.

Postern :: Postern (n.) A subterraneous passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks..

Episternum :: Episternum (n.) One of the lateral pieces next to the sternum in the thorax of insects.

Aplustre :: Aplustre (n.) An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather..

Rat-tail :: Rat-tail (n.) An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.

Infrahyoid :: Infrahyoid (a.) Same as Hyosternal (a).

Speck :: Speck (n.) A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the Eastern United States.

Colorado Group :: Colorado group () A subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western North America, especially developed in Colorado and the upper Missouri region..

Stern :: Stern (v. t.) The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder..

Poker :: Poker (n.) A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States..

Kurd :: Kurd (n.) A native or inhabitant of a mountainous region of Western Asia belonging to the Turkish and Persian monarchies.

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