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| ape |
a mammal in the group of primates, which includes chimpanzees, gibbons, gorillas, and orangutans. Apes do not have tails. They have very flexible hands and feet. Apes range in size from three to six feet tall, and they can weigh up to 450 pounds. Apes live in the forests in Africa and Asia. [1/2 definitions] |
| bag |
a flexible container, usu. made of cloth, paper, or leather, and used to hold things; sack; pouch. [1/11 definitions] |
| bagpipe |
(often pl.) a musical instrument, played esp. in Scotland, consisting of a double-reed melody pipe and one or more drone pipes that protrude from a flexible leather bag that is inflated through a blowpipe by the breath or by bellows. The pipes are traditionally made of wood. |
| baleen |
the bony, flexible strips in the upper jaws of whales that feed by filtering food from ocean water. These whales use baleen to strain large amounts of small food such as shrimp from the water. |
| band2 |
a thin strip of flexible material that binds several objects together. [1/4 definitions] |
| batten2 |
a thin, flexible length of wood or other material used to maintain flatness in a sail. [1/4 definitions] |
| bellows |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) a device with a flexible, valved air chamber that can be expanded to draw in air and compressed to expel it through a nozzle, used to blow air on a fire or to sound a musical instrument. [1/3 definitions] |
| belt |
a continuous band of heavy, flexible material used to drive a machine or carry materials. [1/3 definitions] |
| blackjack |
a short club with a leather cover, heavy head, and flexible handle, used as a weapon. [1/6 definitions] |
| brake band |
a lined, flexible, usu. steel band around a brake drum, which, when tightened, creates the friction of a braking action. |
| buckboard |
a small uncovered carriage with a flexible wooden frame attached directly to the axles. |
| caning |
the practice of using a thin, somewhat flexible stick to strike a person as a form of punishment. |
| catheter |
a thin, flexible, hollow tube inserted into a body passage or cavity to drain fluid, esp. urine from the bladder. |
| chain mail |
flexible armor made of metal links or scalelike plates joined together. |
| chicken wire |
a flexible wire netting, usu. of hexagonal mesh, esp. for chicken coop enclosures and other light barriers. |
| cirrus |
in certain organisms, a tentacle or other slender, flexible appendage. [1/3 definitions] |
| coati |
a small tree-dwelling mammal, related to the raccoon, with a flexible snout and long ringed tail, found in Mexico and Central and South America. |
| colonoscopy |
examination of the colon with a flexible, fiber-optic instrument inserted into the rectum. |
| cord |
a flexible electrical cable with a protective covering, used to supply power from an outlet to an appliance. [1/8 definitions] |
| cowhide |
a heavy, flexible whip, made of braided raw cowhide or leather. [1/3 definitions] |
| diaphragm |
a contraceptive device that consists of a thin flexible disk that fits over the uterine cervix. [1/5 definitions] |
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