"Scaphocerite" is a word in ENGLISH
A flattened plate or scale attached to the second
joint of the antennae of many Crustacea.
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Two-edged instead of round; -- said of certain flattened stems, as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves.
Read the complete definitionbalántak - Bamboo, bolo, or the like, woven into the walls or partitions of a building. The bamboo is flattened …
Read the complete definitionTo flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
Read the complete definitionbingkung n tool resembling a small pick or axe with blade placed at an angle to the handle, used to …
Read the complete definitionHaving a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship.
Read the complete definitionA large pear, shaped like a flattened top, used chiefly for cooking.
Read the complete definitionDepressed; flattened.
Read the complete definitionA species of the Myriapoda; esp. the large, flattened, venomous kinds of the order Chilopoda, found in tropical climates. they …
Read the complete definitionA class of parasitic worms (Platelminthes) of which the tapeworms are the most common examples. The body is flattened, and …
Read the complete definitionA leguminous plant (Lathyrus sativus), with broad flattened seeds which are sometimes used for food.
Read the complete definitionOne of a tribe of North American Indians now living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom of …
Read the complete definitionLike or related to the genus Clupeaster; -- applied to a group of flattened sea urchins, with a rosette of …
Read the complete definitionFlattened to a level surface.
Read the complete definitionFlattened lengthwise.
Read the complete definitionAn apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; -- called also …
Read the complete definitionFlattened; made level or even.
Read the complete definitionadj. flat, flattened. --syn. DIPPIG, DAPIL.
Read the complete definitionA flattened marine univalve shell of the genus Haliotis; -- called also sea-ear. See Abalone.
Read the complete definitionA genus of cactaceous plants having flattened, jointed stems, and petals united in a tube. The flowers are very showy, …
Read the complete definitionadj. 1. without any content or substance: said especially of rice grains and the like. 2. empty, such as words. …
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