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  • 101Blemish — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Blemish >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 blemish blemish disfigurement deformity Sgm: N 1 adactylism adactylism Sgm: N 1 flaw flaw defect &c.(imperfection) 651 Sgm: N 1 injury injury &c.(d …

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  • 102wh- — respelling of O.E. hw attested from 11c., but not the common form until after c.1400; also added to some borrowed words (WHISK (Cf. whisk), WHELK (Cf. whelk)) and some native words formerly spelled with simple w or h (WHOLE (Cf. whole), WHORE (Cf …

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  • 103Buccinidae — noun whelks • Syn: ↑family Buccinidae • Hypernyms: ↑mollusk family • Member Holonyms: ↑Gastropoda, ↑class Gastropoda, ↑Gasteropoda, ↑class Gasteropoda …

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  • 104seasnail — noun 1. small tadpole shaped cold water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish • Syn: ↑snailfish, ↑sea snail, ↑Liparis liparis • Hypernyms: ↑scorpaenoid, ↑scorpaenoid fish • Member Holonyms …

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  • 105wilk — ˈwilk archaic variant of whelk * * * wilk, wilke obs. forms of whelk, which …

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  • 106A dead dog — Dog Dog (d[o^]g), n. [AS. docga; akin to D. dog mastiff, Dan. dogge, Sw. dogg.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Canis}, esp. the domestic dog ({Canis familiaris}). Note: The dog is distinguished above all others of the inferior animals… …

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  • 107A dog in the manger — Dog Dog (d[o^]g), n. [AS. docga; akin to D. dog mastiff, Dan. dogge, Sw. dogg.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Canis}, esp. the domestic dog ({Canis familiaris}). Note: The dog is distinguished above all others of the inferior animals… …

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  • 108akita — Dog Dog (d[o^]g), n. [AS. docga; akin to D. dog mastiff, Dan. dogge, Sw. dogg.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Canis}, esp. the domestic dog ({Canis familiaris}). Note: The dog is distinguished above all others of the inferior animals… …

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  • 109beagle — Dog Dog (d[o^]g), n. [AS. docga; akin to D. dog mastiff, Dan. dogge, Sw. dogg.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Canis}, esp. the domestic dog ({Canis familiaris}). Note: The dog is distinguished above all others of the inferior animals… …

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  • 110bloodhound — Dog Dog (d[o^]g), n. [AS. docga; akin to D. dog mastiff, Dan. dogge, Sw. dogg.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Canis}, esp. the domestic dog ({Canis familiaris}). Note: The dog is distinguished above all others of the inferior animals… …

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