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beard — beardlike, adj. /beard/, n. 1. the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache. 2. Zool. a tuft, growth, or part resembling or suggesting a human beard, as the tuft of long hairs on the lower jaw of a goat or the… … Universalium
Spanish moss — an epiphytic plant, Tillandsia usneoides, of the southern U.S., having narrow, grayish leaves and growing in long festoons that drape the branches of trees. [1815 25, Amer.] * * * Epiphyte (Tillandsia usneoides) in the pineapple family, found in… … Universalium
Aristate — A*ris tate, a. [L. aristatus, fr. arista. See {Arista}.] 1. (Bot.) Having a pointed, beardlike process, as the glumes of wheat; awned. Gray. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Having a slender, sharp, or spinelike tip. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Alabama — Alabamian /al euh bam ee euhn/, Alabaman, adj., n. /al euh bam euh/, n. 1. a state in the SE United States. 3,890,061; 51,609 sq. mi. (133,670 sq. km). Cap.: Montgomery. Abbr.: AL (for use with zip code), Ala. 2. a river flowing SW from central… … Universalium
barb — barb1 /bahrb/, n. 1. a point or pointed part projecting backward from a main point, as of a fishhook or arrowhead. See illus. under fishhook. 2. an obviously or openly unpleasant or carping remark. 3. Bot., Zool. a hooked or sharp bristle. 4.… … Universalium
beardfish — /beard fish /, n., pl. (esp. collectively) beardfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) beardfishes. any of several fishes of the family Polymyxiidae, found in the deeper waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, having a pair of… … Universalium
pogonophoran — /poh geuh nof euhr euhn/, n. any member of the small phylum Pogonophora, slender tentacled animals having a tubelike outer covering, living on the deep ocean bottom. Also called beard worm. [ < NL Pogonophor(a) phylum name (Gk pogono , comb. form … Universalium
schnauzer — /shnow zeuhr/; Ger. /shnow tseuhrdd/, n. one of a German breed of sturdy medium sized dogs having a tight, wiry, pepper and salt or pure black coat, bristly eyebrows and beardlike whiskers, and a docked tail, used originally as a ratter and a… … Universalium
Anthropology and Archaeology — ▪ 2009 Introduction Anthropology Among the key developments in 2008 in the field of physical anthropology was the discovery by a large interdisciplinary team of Spanish and American scientists in northern Spain of a partial mandible (lower… … Universalium
beardworm — ▪ animal phylum Introduction also called Pogonophoran, any of a group of marine invertebrates constituting the phylum Pogonophora. Pogonophorans live a sedentary life in long, protective tubes on seafloors throughout the world. The… … Universalium
