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| almond |
a light tan color resembling that of the flesh of the almond. [1/6 definitions] |
| anthropophagus |
a human who eats human flesh; cannibal. |
| anthropophagy |
the act of eating human flesh; cannibalism. |
| apple |
a firm, round fruit with juicy white flesh and red, green, or yellow skin. [1/2 definitions] |
| beef |
the flesh of a cow or steer, or such animals when raised for meat. [1/4 definitions] |
| Bermuda onion |
any of several large mild-flavored onions with a white or yellow flesh, grown in Bermuda and the southern United States. |
| black eye |
darkening and discoloration of the flesh around the eye, as from a bruise or blow. [1/2 definitions] |
| cannibal |
a person who eats human flesh. |
| cannibalize |
to eat the flesh of (one's own species). [1/4 definitions] |
| cantaloupe |
a round melon with a hard, rough skin and orange flesh. |
| carnal |
of or pertaining to the flesh or body, esp. sexual appetites and activities. [1/2 definitions] |
| carnivore |
an animal that eats the flesh of other animals. |
| carnivorous |
eating the flesh of animals. |
| carrion |
dead and rotting flesh. [1/3 definitions] |
| casaba |
a variety of winter muskmelon with a yellow rind and sweet, white flesh. |
| cherry |
a small, round fruit with red skin and flesh. Cherries grow on trees. |
| chinook salmon |
a large salmon of the northern Pacific that has usu. reddish flesh; king salmon. |
| coconut |
a tropical palm tree that bears large seeds that can be eaten; coconut tree; coconut palm. [2 definitions] |
| copra |
dried coconut flesh, from which oil is removed for use in various products. |
| cucumber |
a long vegetable with hard green skin and white flesh. |
| dasyure |
any of various small nocturnal Australian marsupials, including the Tasmanian devil, that eat insects or flesh. |
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