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81white-toothed shrew — ▪ mammal genus any of 164 species of mouse sized African and Eurasian insectivores (insectivore) making up nearly half of the more than 325 species of true shrews (family Soricidae) (shrew). No other genus of mammals contains as many… …
82Vertebra — A vertebra is one of 33 bony segments that form the spinal column of humans. There are 7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral (fused into one sacrum bone) and 4 coccygeal (fused into one coccyx bone). * * * One of the segments of the spinal… …
83cylinder — noun Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French cylindre, from Latin cylindrus, from Greek kylindros, from kylindein to roll; perhaps akin to Greek kyklos wheel more at wheel Date: 1570 1. a. the surface traced by a straight line moving… …
84piston — noun Etymology: French, from Italian pistone, from pistare to pound, from Old Italian, from Medieval Latin, from Latin pistus, past participle of pinsere to crush more at pestle Date: 1704 1. a sliding piece moved by or moving against fluid… …
85bass drum — /bays/ the largest and lowest toned of drums, having a cylindrical body and two membrane heads. [1795 1805] * * * ▪ musical instrument percussion instrument, the largest and deepest sounding member of the drum family, usually played with a pair… …
86bead — beadlike, adj. /beed/, n. 1. a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc. 2. beads, a. a necklace of beads: You don t have your beads on …
87caterpillar — /kat euh pil euhr, kat euhr /, n. 1. the wormlike larva of a butterfly or a moth. 2. a person who preys on others; extortioner. [1400 50; late ME catyrpel, prob. alter. of an ONF var. of OF chatepelose, equiv. to chate CAT1 + pelose hairy ( L… …
88Caterpillar — /kat euh pil euhr, kat euhr /, Trademark. a tractor intended for rough terrain, propelled by two endless belts or tracks that pass over a number of wheels. * * * Larva of a butterfly or moth. Caterpillars have a cylindrical body consisting of 13… …
89skink — skink1 /skingk/, n. any of numerous lizards of the family Scincidae, common in many regions of the Old and New World, typically having flat, smooth, overlapping scales and comprising terrestrial, arboreal, and fossorial species. [1580 90; < L… …
90bead — [[t]bid[/t]] n. 1) jew a small, usu. round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc 2) beads a) jew a necklace of beads b) a rosary 3) any small globular or …
