| anomalopteryx
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(noun) the smallest moa; slender moa about the size of a large turkey |
Synonyms:
Anomalopteryx oweni |
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| apteryx
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(noun) nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes |
Synonyms:
kiwi |
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| archaeopteryx
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(noun) extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds |
Synonyms:
Archaeopteryx lithographica,
archeopteryx |
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| archeopteryx
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(noun) extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds |
Synonyms:
Archaeopteryx lithographica,
archaeopteryx |
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| calyx
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(noun) (botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually green |
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| coccyx
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(noun) the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes |
Synonyms:
tail bone |
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| epicalyx
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(noun) a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus |
Synonyms:
calycle,
calyculus,
false calyx |
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| onyx
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(noun) a chalcedony with alternating black and white bands; used in making cameos |
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| oryx
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(noun) large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns |
Synonyms:
pasang |
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| pyx
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(noun) a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay |
Synonyms:
pix,
pix chest,
pyx chest |
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| (noun) any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept |
Synonyms:
pix |
| sardonyx
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(noun) an onyx characterized by parallel layers of sard and a different colored mineral |
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