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| auk |
any of a group of web-footed, short-winged sea birds that live in colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere and are skilled at swimming and diving. |
| B- |
in the U.S. military, a plane used to transport and drop bombs, such as a B-17 or B-52. |
| basidiomycete |
any of the fungi, such as mushrooms, puffballs, and smuts, that bear spores on a club-shaped cell. |
| bombardier |
one who operates the bombsight and bomb-release mechanism in a bomber aircraft. |
| clavate |
club-shaped. |
| cobalamin |
vitamin B-12. |
| gull1 |
any of a variety of web-toed aquatic birds characterized by long pointed wings, agile flight, and mostly gray and white plumage. |
| halter2 |
either of a pair of club-shaped appendages that form rudimentary hind wings on an insect, such as the fly or mosquito, and serve to maintain its balance in flight. |
| job |
to assign (a job or jobs) to various sub-contractors (often fol. by "out"). [1/11 definitions] |
| light bulb |
an incandescent electric light, or the bulb-shaped glass housing that encloses its filament. |
| murre |
either of two black and white, web-footed diving birds of northern oceans. |
| Negroid |
(outdated; considered offensive; no longer in scientific use) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a member of a human racial group originating in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly characterized by having dark skin. [1/2 definitions] |
| web-toed |
having webfeet; web-footed. |
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