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featherlike — adjective resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers feathery palm trees • Syn: ↑feathery • Similar to: ↑feathered • Derivationally related forms: ↑feather (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… … Universalium
sea pen — noun fleshy featherlike warm water colonies • Hypernyms: ↑anthozoan, ↑actinozoan • Member Holonyms: ↑Pennatula, ↑genus Pennatula * * * noun 1. : any of numerous alcyonarians belonging to … Useful english dictionary
Terminology for Asteraceae — NOTOC accrescent *Growing larger after flowering.1913] achene *achene *A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; called a naked seed by the earlier botanists. *small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed… … Wikipedia
feather — featherless, adj. featherlessness, n. featherlike, adj. /fedh euhr/, n. 1. one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner,… … Universalium
gymnosperm — gymnospermism, n. /jim neuh sperrm /, n. Bot. a vascular plant having seeds that are not enclosed in an ovary; a conifer or cycad. Cf. angiosperm. [1820 30; < NL gymnospermae name of type. See GYMNO , SPERM] * * * Any woody plant that reproduces… … Universalium
feather palm — noun palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves • Hypernyms: ↑palm, ↑palm tree • Hyponyms: ↑coyol, ↑coyol palm, ↑Acrocomia vinifera, ↑grugru, ↑gri gri, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
sea feather — noun corals forming featherlike colonies • Hypernyms: ↑gorgonian, ↑gorgonian coral * * * noun : a gorgonian that branches in a plumelike form; especially : sea pen * * * any of several anthozoans of the order Gorgonacea, in which the colony… … Useful english dictionary
Acrobates pygmaeus — Flying Fly ing, a. [From {Fly}, v. i.] Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or rapidly; intended for rapid movement. [1913 Webster] {Flying army} (Mil.) a body of cavalry and infantry, kept in motion, to cover its own… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Belideus ariel — Flying Fly ing, a. [From {Fly}, v. i.] Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or rapidly; intended for rapid movement. [1913 Webster] {Flying army} (Mil.) a body of cavalry and infantry, kept in motion, to cover its own… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
