antipode | (noun) direct opposite | - |
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antipodean | (adjective) relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth | Synonyms: antipodal |
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antipodes | (noun) any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth | - |
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apodeictic | (adjective) of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain | Synonyms: apodictic |
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apodeme | (noun) ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for muscles | - |
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hemipode | (noun) small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains | Synonyms: bustard quail, button-quail, button quail |
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hypodermal | (adjective) of or relating to the hypodermis | - |
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hypodermic | (adjective) relating to or located below the epidermis | Synonyms: subcutaneous |
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(noun) a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections | Synonyms: hypo, hypodermic syringe |
hypodermis | (noun) layer of cells that secretes the chitinous cuticle in e.g. arthropods | - |
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megapode | (noun) large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs | Synonyms: mound-bird, mound bird, mound builder, scrub fowl |
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podetium | (noun) an organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which the ascocarp is borne | - |
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