campus | (noun) a field on which the buildings of a university are situated | - |
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carpus | (noun) a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones | Synonyms: articulatio radiocarpea, radiocarpal joint, wrist, wrist joint |
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corpus | (noun) the main part of an organ or other bodily structure | - |
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(noun) a collection of writings | - |
(noun) capital as contrasted with the income derived from it | Synonyms: principal, principal sum |
eohippus | (noun) earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized four-toed Eocene animal | Synonyms: dawn horse |
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grampus | (noun) slaty-grey blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas | Synonyms: Grampus griseus |
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(noun) predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas | Synonyms: killer, killer whale, orca, Orcinus orca, sea wolf |
hippocampus | (noun) a complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey matter and located on the floor of each lateral ventricle; intimately involved in motivation and emotion as part of the limbic system; has a central role in the formation of memories | - |
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lupus | (noun) any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease | - |
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mesohippus | (noun) North American three-toed Oligocene animal; probably not directly ancestral to modern horses | - |
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metacarpus | (noun) the part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges | - |
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octopus | (noun) bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles | Synonyms: devilfish |
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(noun) tentacles of octopus prepared as food | - |
opus | (noun) a musical work that has been created | Synonyms: composition, musical composition, piece, piece of music |
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pappus | (noun) calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions | - |
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platypus | (noun) small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae | Synonyms: duck-billed platypus, duckbill, duckbilled platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus |
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polypus | (noun) a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane | Synonyms: polyp |
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protohippus | (noun) Pliocene horse approaching donkeys in size | - |
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pus | (noun) a fluid product of inflammation | Synonyms: festering, ichor, purulence, sanies, suppuration |
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rhizopus | (noun) any of various rot causing fungi of the genus Rhizopus | - |
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rumpus | (noun) the act of making a noisy disturbance | Synonyms: commotion, din, ruckus, ruction, tumult |
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(verb) cause a disturbance | - |
streptocarpus | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Streptocarpus having leaves in a basal rosette and flowers like primroses | - |
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