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amphioxus
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n 1: small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal;
primitive forerunner of the vertebrates [syn: lancelet,
amphioxus]
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census
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n 1: a periodic count of the population [syn: census, nose
count, nosecount]
v 1: conduct a census; "They censused the deer in the forest"
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colossus
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n 1: someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
[syn: giant, goliath, behemoth, monster,
colossus]
2: a person of exceptional importance and reputation [syn:
colossus, behemoth, giant, heavyweight, titan]
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consensus
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n 1: agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as
a whole; "the lack of consensus reflected differences in
theoretical positions"; "those rights and obligations are
based on an unstated consensus"
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excursus
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n 1: a message that departs from the main subject [syn:
digression, aside, excursus, divagation,
parenthesis]
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metatarsus
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n 1: the skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the
tarsus; the corresponding part of the foot in birds or of
the hind foot in quadrupeds
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narcissus
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n 1: bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow
or white flowers either solitary or in clusters
2: (Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with
his own reflection
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nexus
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n 1: the means of connection between things linked in series
[syn: link, nexus]
2: a connected series or group
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plexus
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n 1: a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting
nerves or intersecting lymph vessels [syn: plexus,
rete]
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princess
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n 1: a female member of a royal family other than the queen
(especially the daughter of a sovereign)
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rhesus
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n 1: of southern Asia; used in medical research [syn: rhesus,
rhesus monkey, Macaca mulatta]
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texas
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n 1: the second largest state; located in southwestern United
States on the Gulf of Mexico [syn: Texas, Lone-Star
State, TX]
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byssus
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n 1: tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes
itself fast to a fixed surface [syn: byssus, beard]
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parnassus
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n 1: (Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where
(according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as
the mythological home of music and poetry; "Liakoura is the
modern name of Mount Parnassus" [syn: Parnassus, Mount
Parnassus, Liakoura]
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croesus
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n 1: last king of Lydia (died in 546 BC)
2: a very wealthy man
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dionysus
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n 1: (Greek mythology) god of wine and fertility and drama; the
Greek name of Bacchus
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pegasus
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n 1: (Greek mythology) the immortal winged horse that sprang
from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by
Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena;
as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of
highflying imagination
2: a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Andromeda and
Pisces
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thyrsus
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n 1: a dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut)
in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are
cymose [syn: thyrse, thyrsus]
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versus
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frances
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hattusas
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molossus
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lexus
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oxus
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tibiotarsus
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