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Scallop :: Scallop (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidae. The shell is usually radially ribbed, and the edge is therefore often undulated in a characteristic manner. The large adductor muscle of some the species is much used as food. One species (Vola Jacobaeus) occurs on the coast of Palestine, and its shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they had been to the Holy Land. Called also fan shell. See Pecten, 2..

Maize :: Maize (n.) A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Z. Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn. Also, its seed, growing on cobs, and used as food for men animals..

Cobstone :: Cobstone (n.) Cobblestone.

Cavy :: Cavy (n.) A rodent of the genera Cavia and Dolichotis, as the guinea pig (Cavia cobaya). Cavies are natives of South America..

Hebrew :: Hebrew (n.) An appellative of Abraham or of one of his descendants, esp. in the line of Jacob; an Israelite; a Jew..

Cob :: Cob (n.) A spider; perhaps from its shape; it being round like a head.

Hawfinch :: Hawfinch (n.) The common European grosbeak (Coccothraustes vulgaris); -- called also cherry finch, and coble..

Magnetic :: Magnetic (n.) Any metal, as iron, nickel, cobalt, etc., which may receive, by any means, the properties of the loadstone, and which then, when suspended, fixes itself in the direction of a magnetic meridian..

Cob :: Cob (n.) A sea mew or gull; esp., the black-backed gull (Larus marinus)..

Hamadryad :: Hamadryad (n.) A large venomous East Indian snake (Orhiophagus bungarus), allied to the cobras..

Cobweb :: Cobweb (n.) The European spotted flycatcher.

Imbrangle :: Imbrangle (v. t.) To entangle as in a cobweb; to mix confusedly.

Cob :: Cob (n.) A fish; -- also called miller's thumb.

Cobelligerent :: Cobelligerent (n.) A nation or state that carries on war in connection with another.

Cobbled :: Cobbled (imp. & p. p.) of Cobbl.

Coble :: Coble (n.) A flat-floored fishing boat with a lug sail, and a drop rudder extending from two to four feet below the keel. It was originally used on the stormy coast of Yorkshire, England..

Coboose :: Coboose (n.) See Caboose.

Jacobitic :: Jacobitic (a.) Alt. of Jacobitica.

Cobbed :: Cobbed (imp. & p. p.) of Co.

Electro-magnet :: Electro-magnet (n.) A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic by being placed within a coil of wire through which a current of electricity is passing. The metal is generally in the form of a bar, either straight, or bent into the shape of a horseshoe..

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