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111muskrat — /musk rat /, n., pl. muskrats, (esp. collectively) muskrat. 1. a large, aquatic, North American rodent, Ondatra zibethica, having a musky odor. 2. its thick, light brown fur, used for coats, for hats, as a trimming, etc. [1680 90, Amer.; alter.,… …
112petrel — /pe treuhl/, n. any of numerous tube nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae. Cf. storm petrel, diving petrel. [1670 80; earlier pitteral, of uncert. orig.; perh. altered by assoc. with St. Peter (who… …
113porcupine — /pawr kyeuh puyn /, n. any of several rodents covered with stiff, sharp, erectile spines or quills, as Erethizon dorsatum of North America. [1375 1425; late ME porcupyne, var. of porcapyne; r. porke despyne < MF porc d espine thorny pig. See PORK …
114ratite — /rat uyt/, adj. 1. having a flat, unkeeled sternum, as an ostrich, cassowary, emu, or moa. n. 2. a bird having a ratite breastbone. [1875 80; < L rat(is) raft + ITE2] * * * Any bird species that cannot fly because its smooth, or raftlike, sternum …
115roman — /rddaw mahonn /, n., pl. romans / mahonn /. French. 1. a metrical narrative, esp. in medieval French literature. 2. a novel. * * * I Typeface used most widely in Western typography, the general term for the type of this book s text. Characterized …
116Roman — /roh meuhn/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to the ancient or modern city of Rome, or to its inhabitants and their customs and culture: Roman restaurants. 2. of or pertaining to the ancient kingdom, republic, and empire whose capital was the city of… …
117Stout — /stowt/, n. 1. Rex (Todhunter) /tod hun teuhr/, 1886 1975, U.S. detective novelist. 2. Robert, 1844 1930, New Zealand jurist and statesman: prime minister 1884 87. * * * dark, heavy bodied beer popular in Great Britain and Ireland. * * * …
118bony tongue — ▪ fish any of several heavy bodied tropical river fishes, family Osteoglossidae, covered with large, hard, mosaic like scales except on the head. The largest member of the family, the arapaima, paiche, or pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) of South… …
119bull snake — North American constrictor snake of the family Colubridae. These snakes are called bull snakes over much of their range; however, in the western United States they are often called gopher snakes. Bull snakes are rather heavy bodied, small… …
120galliform — ▪ order of birds Introduction any of the gallinaceous (that is, fowl like or chickenlike (chicken)) birds (bird). The order includes about 290 species, of which the best known are the turkeys (turkey), chickens, quail, partridge, pheasant and… …
