Definition of curious

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Curious (a.) Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed; elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill.

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Overcurious :: Overcurious (a.) Too curious.
Kamichi :: Kamichi (n.) A curious South American bird (Anhima, / Palamedea, cornuta), often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry, which it defends against birds of prey. It has a long, slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each wing. Although its beak, feet, and legs resemble those of gallinaceous birds, it is related in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese (Anseres). Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied also to the chaja. See Chaja, and S
Ovenbird :: Ovenbird (n.) Any species of the genus Furnarius, allied to the creepers. They inhabit South America and the West Indies, and construct curious oven-shaped nests..
Curiosity :: Curiosity (n.) The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration.
Curiousness :: Curiousness (n.) Inquisitiveness; curiosity.
Earthstar :: Earthstar (n.) A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores..
Begonia :: Begonia (n.) A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one-sided, and often exhibit brilliant colors..
Incuriously :: Incuriously (adv.) In an curious manner.
Inquisitive :: Inquisitive (a.) Given to examination, investigation, or research; searching; curious..
Fanciful :: Fanciful (a.) Curiously shaped or constructed; as, she wore a fanciful headdress..
Curiously :: Curiously (adv.) In a curious manner.
Mask Shell :: Mask shell () Any spiral marine shell of the genus Persona, having a curiously twisted aperture..
Tuckahoe :: Tuckahoe (n.) A curious vegetable production of the Southern Atlantic United States, growing under ground like a truffle and often attaining immense size. The real nature is unknown. Called also Indian bread, and Indian loaf..
Medalist :: Medalist (n.) A person that is skilled or curious in medals; a collector of medals.
Myzostomata :: Myzostomata (n. pl.) An order of curious parasitic worms found on crinoids. The body is short and disklike, with four pairs of suckers and five pairs of hook-bearing parapodia on the under side..
Quaint :: Quaint (a.) Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression..
Ingenious :: Ingenious (a.) Proseeding from, pertaining to, or characterized by, genius or ingenuity; of curious design, structure, or mechanism; as, an ingenious model, or machine; an ingenious scheme, contrivance, etc..
Inquiring :: Inquiring (a.) Given to inquiry; disposed to investigate causes; curious; as, an inquiring mind..
Malpighiaceous :: Malpighiaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of tropical trees and shrubs (Malpighiaceae), some of them climbing plants, and their stems forming many of the curious lianes of South American forests..
Elasipoda :: Elasipoda (n. pl.) An order of holothurians mostly found in the deep sea. They are remarkable for their bilateral symmetry and curious forms.
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