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03/04/2026

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PHOENICOPTERUS

A genus of birds which includes the flamingoes.

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ABDOMINAL

Having abdominal fins; belonging to the Abdominales; as,abdominal fishes. Abdominal ring (Anat.), a fancied ringlike openingon each side of the abdomen, external and superior to the pubes; --called also inguinal ring.

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TURFLESS

Destitute of turf.

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HAEMATOID

Same as Hematoid.

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JACOB

A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ancestor of the Jews),who in a vision saw a ladder reaching up to heaven (Gen. xxviii. 12);-- also called Israel.And Jacob said . . . with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and nowI am become two bands. Gen. xxxii. 9, 10.Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel. Gen. xxxii. 28.Jacob's ladder. (a) (Bot.) A perennial herb of the genus Polemonium(P. coeruleum), having corymbs of drooping flowers, usually blue.Gray. (b) (Naut.) A rope ladder, with wooden steps, for going aloft.R. H. Dana, Jr. (c) (Naut.) A succession of short cracks in adefective spar.-- Jacob's membrane. See Retina.-- Jacob's staff. (a) A name given to many forms of staff or weapon,especially in the Middle Ages; a pilgrim's staff. [Obs.] Spenser. (b)(Surveying) See under Staff.

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PALISADE

A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in theground, and the other is sharpened; also, a fence formed of suchstakes set in the ground as a means of defense.

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PERSUADE

To use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion. Shak.

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WHORISH

Resembling a whore in character or conduct; addicted tounlawful pleasures; incontinent; lewd; unchaste.-- Whor"ish*ly, adv.-- Whor"ish*ness, n.

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MARIGENOUS

Produced in or by the sea.

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KYLEY

A variety of the boomerang.

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EXULCERATORY

Having a tendency to form ulcers; rendering ulcerous.

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POPULARIZATION

The act of making popular, or of introducing among the people.