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| aphid |
a small soft-bodied and slow-moving insect that feeds by sucking the juices of plants; plant louse. |
| barracuda |
any of several long-bodied, fiercely predacious marine tropical fishes. |
| bee |
any of the flying, hairy-bodied, and often stinging insects that live either in social networks or alone, many of which suck nectar from flowers. |
| black duck |
any of several other dark-bodied ducks. [1/2 definitions] |
| butterfish |
a flat-bodied fish caught for food along the North American Atlantic coast. |
| cabernet |
a type of dry, full-bodied red wine made in California. |
| chub |
any of various thick-bodied freshwater fish common to Europe. [1/3 definitions] |
| cockroach |
any of a large group of flat-bodied, nocturnal insects related to the grasshopper, some of which infest homes and other buildings. |
| hamster |
any of several short-tailed, round-bodied Eurasian rodents that have large cheek pouches, often kept as pets or laboratory animals. |
| Jamaica rum |
a dark, pungent, full-bodied rum made in Jamaica. |
| marmot |
any of several thick-bodied burrowing rodents that have coarse fur and short legs and ears, such as the woodchuck. |
| mealybug |
any of several destructive, soft-bodied, scalelike insects that secrete a white, powdery, waxy protective coating. |
| partridge |
any of various stout-bodied game birds, including the grouse and bobwhite, usu. having brownish or grayish plumage. |
| puff adder |
a large, thick-bodied, poisonous African viper that puffs up and hisses when irritated. [1/2 definitions] |
| sea urchin |
a soft-bodied echinoderm that is enclosed in a hard round or disk-shaped shell, covered with long thin movable spines. |
| stout |
blocky, thick-bodied, or fat. [1/6 definitions] |
| termite |
any of various light-colored, soft-bodied, somewhat antlike, and mainly tropical insects that feed on wood and thus may destroy wooden structures, trees, and the like. |
| weasel |
any of various carnivorous, slender-bodied mammals, related to minks and polecats, with brownish fur, short legs, and a long bushy tail. [1/4 definitions] |
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