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pouchlike — adjective shaped like a pouch • Syn: ↑bursiform, ↑pouch shaped, ↑saclike • Similar to: ↑concave … Useful english dictionary
hepatic cecum — Pouchlike diverticulum generally connected with mesenteron, with liver function; also see hepatopancreas [McLaughlin, 1980]. (Order Cladocera): Digestive cecum [Stachowitsch, 1992]. (Order Cumacea): One of up to four pairs of relatively short,… … Crustacea glossary
Phragmipedium — Taxobox name = Phragmipedium image width = 220px image caption = Phragmipedium caudatum regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = Asparagales familia = Orchidaceae subfamilia = Cypripedioideae tribus = Phragmipedieae… … Wikipedia
agnathan — /ag neuh theuhn/, n. 1. any member of the vertebrate class Agnatha. adj. 2. agnathous. [AGNATH(A) + AN] * * * ▪ fish Introduction any member of the group of primitive, jawless fishes (fish) that includes the lampreys (lamprey) (order… … Universalium
mammal — mammallike, adj. /mam euhl/, n. any vertebrate of the class Mammalia, having the body more or less covered with hair, nourishing the young with milk from the mammary glands, and, with the exception of the egg laying monotremes, giving birth to… … Universalium
Loasaceae — ▪ plant family mostly tropical American plant family of 14 genera and 265 species of the dogwood order (Cornales), many with painfully stinging hairs but beautiful and often bizarre flowers in red, orange, yellow, or white. The plants are… … Universalium
pouch — [pouch] n. [ME pouche < MFr poche, var. of poque: see POKE2] 1. a small bag or sack for carrying something, as in one s pocket [a leather tobacco pouch ] ☆ 2. a mailbag; specif., one whose opening can be locked, as for sending diplomatic… … English World dictionary
Capsella Bursapastoris — Shepherd Shep herd, n. [OE. schepherde, schephirde, AS. sce[ a]phyrde; sce[ a]p sheep + hyrde, hirde, heorde, a herd, a guardian. See {Sheep}, and {Herd}.] 1. A man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Crop — (kr[o^]p), n. [OE. crop, croppe, craw, top of a plant, harvest, AS. crop, cropp, craw, top, bunch, ear of corn; akin to D. krop craw, G. kropf, Icel. kroppr hump or bunch on the body, body; but cf. also W. cropa, croppa, crop or craw of a bird,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Neck and crop — Crop Crop (kr[o^]p), n. [OE. crop, croppe, craw, top of a plant, harvest, AS. crop, cropp, craw, top, bunch, ear of corn; akin to D. krop craw, G. kropf, Icel. kroppr hump or bunch on the body, body; but cf. also W. cropa, croppa, crop or craw of … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
