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aardvark |
a large mammal with a long snout, long ears, a long tail, and with long fur mostly around its legs. Aardvarks are active at night, when they use their powerful claws to dig open ant or termite nests. They catch their food with their long, sticky tongue. Aardvarks live in southern and central Africa. Although they are sometimes called anteaters, aardvarks are not closely related to any other kind of mammal. |
ache |
to have a dull pain that lasts a long time. [2 definitions] |
adaptation |
a particular change in the body of a living thing that helps the animal or plant to survive under new conditions. An adaptation happens over a very long time. [1/4 definitions] |
addax |
a large pale or whitish North African antelope that has long spiraling horns. |
adhesive tape |
a long, thin piece of cloth or plastic with a sticky material on one side. You use adhesive tape to attach things to each other. |
a far cry |
a long way; quite different. |
Afghan |
a tall hound with a long narrow head and long silky hair; Afghan hound. [1/5 definitions] |
age |
a very long time. [1/8 definitions] |
agony |
great or intense pain and suffering in the mind or body, usually over a long period of time. |
agrimony |
any of various related plants of the rose family that have compound feathery leaves and bear long clusters of small yellow flowers on spiky stalks, and a prickly fruit. [1/2 definitions] |
Airedale |
one of a breed of large, long-legged terriers with wiry tan hair and black markings. |
albatross |
a very large sea bird found mostly in the Southern Hemisphere. Albatrosses have webbed feet, long narrow wings, and hooked beaks. |
album |
a long-playing phonograph record or set of records, or the jacket or binder thereof. [1/3 definitions] |
alligator |
a large reptile with short legs, a long body and tail, and a long, wide snout. Alligators are protected by thick skin with many hard bumps. They live in rivers, lakes, swamps, and other bodies of water in the southeast United States and in China. They usually eat insects, fish, turtles, snakes, birds, and other water animals, but have been known to attack small land mammals. They are closely related to crocodiles. Chinese alligators are endangered because their habitat is being changed by people. |
alpaca |
an animal with long legs and a long neck. Alpacas live in the mountains of South America. They are mammals closely related to llamas and to camels. Alpacas are raised for their long, soft wool. |
alpenhorn |
a very long curved wooden horn, used by herdsmen in the Alps to call cattle. |
alpenstock |
a long pointed iron-tipped staff used for mountain climbing. |
American Beauty |
a type of hybrid rose that bears long-stemmed red flowers. |
anaconda |
a very large snake found in South America. Anacondas are not poisonous but kill other animals by squeezing them until they cannot breathe. Anacondas can grow to over twenty feet long. |
analog clock |
a clock that displays the time using a long hand to show the hour and a short hand to show the minutes. |
anapest |
a measure of poetic meter consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable. |
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