| allantois | (noun) the vascular fetal membrane that lies below the chorion and develops from the hindgut in many embryonic higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) | - |
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| avoirdupois | (noun) excess bodily weight | Synonyms: blubber, fat, fatness |
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| (noun) a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains) | Synonyms: avoirdupois weight |
| bourgeois | (noun) a member of the middle class | Synonyms: burgher |
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| (noun) a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise | Synonyms: businessperson |
| chamois | (noun) hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips | Synonyms: Rupicapra rupicapra |
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| (noun) a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin | Synonyms: chammy, chammy leather, chamois leather, shammy, shammy leather |
| chorioallantois | (noun) the very vascular fetal membrane composed of the fused chorion and adjacent wall of the allantois | Synonyms: chorioallantoic membrane |
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| hautbois | (noun) a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece | Synonyms: hautboy, oboe |
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| malinois | (noun) fawn-colored short-haired sheepdog | - |
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| patois | (noun) a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard | - |
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| (noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | Synonyms: argot, cant, jargon, lingo, slang, vernacular |