chamaeleon | (noun) lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue | Synonyms: chameleon |
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chameleon | (noun) lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue | Synonyms: chamaeleon |
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(noun) a changeable or inconstant person | - |
galleon | (noun) a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries | - |
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leoncita | (noun) small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail | Synonyms: lion marmoset, lion monkey, tamarin |
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leone | (noun) the basic unit of money in Sierra Leone; equal to 100 cents | - |
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leonine | (adjective) of or characteristic of or resembling a lion | - |
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micropaleontology | (noun) the paleontology of microfossils | - |
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napoleon | (noun) a rectangular piece of pastry with thin flaky layers and filled with custard cream | - |
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napoleoniana | (noun) items related to the life of Napoleon (engravings, paintings, books, etc.). | - |
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nucleon | (noun) a constituent (proton or neutron) of an atomic nucleus | - |
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nucleonics | (noun) the branch of physics that studies the internal structure of atomic nuclei | Synonyms: atomic physics, nuclear physics |
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paleontological | (adjective) of or relating to paleontology | Synonyms: palaeontological |
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paleontologist | (noun) a specialist in paleontology | Synonyms: fossilist, palaeontologist |
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paleontology | (noun) the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains | Synonyms: fossilology, palaeontology |
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pleonasm | (noun) using more words than necessary | - |
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pleonaste | (noun) a dark-colored spinel containing iron | Synonyms: ceylonite |
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pleonastic | (adjective) repetition of same and identical sense with different and non-identical words | Synonyms: redundant, tautologic, tautological |
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simoleons | (noun) informal terms for money | Synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, sugar, wampum |
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