Helen Fenton

Bryozoa: Definition and part of speech

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Bryozoa

  1. n. pl. A class of Molluscoidea, including minute animals which by budding form compound colonies; — called also Polyzoa.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bryozoum: Definition and part of speech

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Bryozoum

  1. n. An individual zooid of a bryozoan coralline, of which there may be two or more kinds in a single colony. The zooecia usually have a wreath of tentacles around the mouth, and a well developed stomach and intestinal canal; but these parts are lacking in the other zooids (Avicularia, Ooecia, etc.).

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Buansuah: Definition and part of speech

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Buansuah

  1. n. The wild dog of northern India (Cuon primaevus), supposed by some to be an ancestral species of the domestic dog.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bub: Definition and part of speech

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Bub

  1. v. t. To throw out in bubbles; to bubble.
  2. n. Strong malt liquor.
  3. n. A young brother; a little boy; — a familiar term of address of a small boy.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bubale: Definition and part of speech

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Bubale

  1. n. A large antelope (Alcelaphus bubalis) of Egypt and the Desert of Sahara, supposed by some to be the fallow deer of the Bible.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bubble: Definition and part of speech

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Bubble

  1. n. A person deceived by an empty project; a gull.
  2. n. A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.
  3. n. A small quantity of air or gas within a liquid body; as, bubbles rising in champagne or aerated waters.
  4. n. A globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent solid; as, bubbles in window glass, or in a lens.
  5. n. A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits.
  6. n. The globule of air in the spirit tube of a level.
  7. n. Anything that wants firmness or solidity; that which is more specious than real; a false show; a cheat or fraud; a delusive scheme; an empty project; a dishonest speculation; as, the South Sea bubble.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.