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Any one of several dark-colored augitic, eruptive rocks allied to basalt.
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Any one of several large spiny-tailed lizards of the genus Uromastix. They inhabit Southern Asia and North Africa.
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Any one of several metameric forms of the same substance, or of different substances having the same composition; as, xylene has three metamers, viz., orthoxylene, metaxylene, and paraxylene.
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Any one of several South American wrens, noted for the sweetness of their song.
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Any one of several species of birds of the genus Sitta, as the European species (Sitta Europaea). The white-breasted nuthatch (S. Carolinensis), the red-breasted nuthatch (S. Canadensis), the pygmy nuthatch (S. pygmaea), and others, are American.
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Any one of several species of bombycid moths belonging to Notodonta, Nerice, and allied genera. The caterpillar of these moths has a hump, or spine, on its back.
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Any one of several species of long-tailed, passerine birds of the genus Momotus, having a strong serrated beak. In most of the species the two long middle tail feathers are racket-shaped at the tip, when mature. The bird itself is said by some writers to trim them into this shape. They feed on insects, reptiles, and fruit, and are found from Mexico to Brazil. The name is derived from its note.
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Any one of several species of Old World blood-sucking bats of the genus Megaderma.
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Any one of several species of sea birds of the genus Uria, or Catarractes; a guillemot.
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Any one of several species of small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus, and of allied genera; the killifishes; -- called also minnow.
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