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| neck |
the part of the body of both human beings and animals that connects the head with the trunk. [1/4 definitions] |
| piragua |
a canoe made of a hollowed-out tree trunk; dugout. [1/2 definitions] |
| proboscis |
a long flexible trunk or snout, esp. that of an elephant. [1/3 definitions] |
| protrusile |
capable of being protruded or thrust out, as a hummingbird's tongue or an elephant's trunk. |
| roadster |
an open automobile of earlier design, with a single seat for two or three passengers and either a large trunk or a rumble seat in the rear. |
| royal palm |
any of several tall palm trees with a bare trunk and a crowning tuft of feathery leaves, widely cultivated in Florida and the West Indies. |
| sandbox tree |
a tropical American tree with a spiny trunk and woody seed capsules that burst noisily when ripe. |
| Saratoga trunk |
a large trunk, used for travel by women in the nineteenth century. |
| stock |
the main stem of a plant or trunk of a tree. [1/16 definitions] |
| tail |
an animal's rearmost part, usu. an appendage and extension of the spinal column, that projects from the rear of the trunk. [1/13 definitions] |
| torso |
the human body from neck to hips; trunk. [1/2 definitions] |
| tree |
a perennial woody plant consisting of roots, a trunk, and branches, usu. growing to a substantial height. [1/5 definitions] |
| wood |
the hard substance lying under the bark that composes the trunk and branches of a tree. [1/9 definitions] |
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