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  • 84eel — eellike, adj. eely, adj. /eel/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) eel, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) eels. 1. any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins. 2. any of… …

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  • 85shark — shark1 sharklike, adj. /shahrk/, n. any of a group of elongate elasmobranch, mostly marine fishes, certain species of which are large, voracious, and sometimes dangerous to humans. [1560 70; orig. uncert.] shark2 /shahrk/, n. 1. a person who… …

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  • 86perciform — ▪ fish order Introduction       any member of the order Perciformes, a group of bony fishes with more than 6,000 species placed in about 150 families. The order is the largest group of fishes in the world today. Perciform fishes occur in… …

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  • 87insatiable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. greedy, voracious; insatiate, unappeasable, quenchless, unquenchable. See desire, gluttony. Ant., full, sated. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. voracious, unsatisfied, unappeasable, unquenchable; see… …

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  • 88greedy — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Avaricious] Syn. avid, grasping, rapacious, selfish, miserly, parsimonious, close, close fisted, tight, tight fisted, niggardly, exploitative, grudging, sordid, mercenary, illiberal, stingy, covetous, penurious,… …

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  • 89hungry — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. starved, famished, craving, ravenous, deSirous, hankering, unsatisfied, unfilled, starving, edacious, insatiate, voracious, of keen appetite, famishing, half starved, hungered, ravening, omnivorous, carnivorous,… …

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  • 90rapaciousness — noun 1. extreme gluttony • Syn: ↑edacity, ↑esurience, ↑rapacity, ↑voracity, ↑voraciousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑voracious (for: ↑ …

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