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  • 31tag´ger — tag1 «tag», noun, verb, tagged, tag|ging. –n. 1. a card or small piece of paper, leather, or other material, to be tied or fastened to something, especially as a label: »Each coat in the store has a tag with the price on it. 2. a small hanging… …

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  • 32bird lice — Mallophaga Mal*loph a*ga (m[a^]l*l[o^]f [.a]*g[.a]), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mallo s a lock of wool + fagei^n to eat.] (Zo[ o]l.) An extensive group of insects which are parasitic on birds and mammals, and feed on the feathers and hair; called also… …

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  • 33Homomallous — Ho*mom al*lous, a. [Homo + Gr. ? a lock of wool.] (Bot.) Uniformly bending or curving to one side; said of leaves which grow on several sides of a stem …

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  • 34Mallophaga — Mal*loph a*ga (m[a^]l*l[o^]f [.a]*g[.a]), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mallo s a lock of wool + fagei^n to eat.] (Zo[ o]l.) An extensive group of insects which are parasitic on birds and mammals, and feed on the feathers and hair; called also {bird lice} …

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  • 35Apex — may refer to:* Apex of the heart, the lowest superficial part of the heart * Apex (mollusc), the tip of the spire of the shell of a gastropod * Apex (headdress), a pointed piece of olive wood, the base of which was surrounded with a lock of wool …

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  • 36Apex (headdress) — The apex was a cap worn by the flamines and salii at Rome. The essential part of the apex, to which alone the name properly belonged, was a pointed piece of olive wood, the base of which was surrounded with a lock of wool. This was worn on the… …

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  • 37flocculus — n.; pl. li [L. floccus, lock of wool] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Hymenoptera, a tuft of hairs on the posterior coxa …

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  • 38daglock — /dag lok /, n. Scot. a dangling, matted lock of wool on a sheep. [1615 25; DAG1 + LOCK2] * * * …

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  • 39taglock — /tag lok /, n. a matted lock of wool or hair. [1605 15; TAG1 + LOCK2] * * * …

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  • 40Cirrocumulus floccus — Abbreviation Cc flo Symbol Genus Cirro (curl of hair) cumulus (heaped) Species floccus (flaked or puff …

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