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Stock :: Stock (n.) The original progenitor; also, the race or line of a family; the progenitor of a family and his direct descendants; lineage; family..

Sturk :: Sturionian (n.) One of the family of fishes of which the sturgeon is the type.

Flower :: Flower (n.) The fairest, freshest, and choicest part of anything; as, the flower of an army, or of a family; the state or time of freshness and bloom; as, the flower of life, that is, youth..

Kite :: Kite (n.) Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinae, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail..

Apocyneous :: Apocyneous (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, a family of plants, of which the dogbane (Apocynum) is the type..

Musteline :: Musteline (a.) Like or pertaining to the family Mustelidae, or the weasels and martens..

Mugiloid :: Mugiloid (a.) Like or pertaining to the genus Mugil, or family Mugilidae..

Clothe :: Clothe (v. t.) To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family; to clothe one's self extravagantly..

Petrel :: Petrel (n.) Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family Procellaridae. The small petrels, or Mother Carey's chickens, belong to Oceanites, Oceanodroma, Procellaria, and several allied genera..

Warbler :: Warbler (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, often bright colored, American singing birds of the family or subfamily Mniotiltidae, or Sylvicolinae. They are allied to the Old World warblers, but most of them are not particularly musical..

Nassa :: Nassa (n.) Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera Nassa, Tritia, and other allied genera of the family Nassidae; a dog whelk. See Illust. under Gastropoda..

Althorn :: Althorn (n.) An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in military music, often replacing the French horn..

New :: New (superl.) Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously kniwn or famous..

Scaphite :: Scaphite (n.) Any fossil cephalopod shell of the genus Scaphites, belonging to the Ammonite family and having a chambered boat-shaped shell. Scaphites are found in the Cretaceous formation..

Pithecoid :: Pithecoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Pithecia, or subfamily Pithecinae, which includes the saki, ouakari, and other allied South American monkeys..

Footman :: Footman (n.) A moth of the family Lithosidae; -- so called from its livery-like colors.

Amaryllis :: Amaryllis (n.) A genus of the same family, including the Belladonna lily..

Marsdenia :: Marsdenia (n.) A genus of plants of the Milkweed family, mostly woody climbers with fragrant flowers, several species of which furnish valuable fiber, and one species (Marsdenia tinctoria) affords indigo..

Muraena :: Muraena (n.) A genus of large eels of the family Miraenidae. They differ from the common eel in lacking pectoral fins and in having the dorsal and anal fins continuous. The murry (Muraena Helenae) of Southern Europe was the muraena of the Romans. It is highly valued as a food fish.

Butterbur :: Butterbur (n.) A broad-leaved plant (Petasites vulgaris) of the Composite family, said to have been used in England for wrapping up pats of butter..

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