| blastoderm | (noun) a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula | Synonyms: blastodisc, germinal area, germinal disc |
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| blastodermatic | (adjective) of or relating to a blastoderm | Synonyms: blastodermic |
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| blastodermic | (adjective) of or relating to a blastoderm | Synonyms: blastodermatic |
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| blastodisc | (noun) a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula | Synonyms: blastoderm, germinal area, germinal disc |
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| cestode | (noun) ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates | Synonyms: tapeworm |
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| custodial | (adjective) providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding | Synonyms: tutelar, tutelary |
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| custodian | (noun) one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals | Synonyms: keeper, steward |
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| custodianship | (noun) the position of custodian | - |
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| custody | (noun) holding by the police | - |
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| (noun) (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child | Synonyms: hands |
| (noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time) | Synonyms: detainment, detention, hold |
| mastodon | (noun) extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth | Synonyms: mastodont |
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| mastodont | (noun) extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth | Synonyms: mastodon |
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| stodge | (noun) heavy and filling (and usually starchy) food | - |
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| stodgily | (adverb) in a stuffy manner | Synonyms: stuffily |
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| stodginess | (noun) dull and pompous gravity | Synonyms: stuffiness |
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| stodgy | (adjective) excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull | Synonyms: stuffy |
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| (adjective) heavy and starchy and hard to digest | - |
| (adjective) (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned | Synonyms: fogyish, moss-grown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud |