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| Afrikaner |
a native South African of European descent, esp. one of Dutch ancestry. |
| Armenian |
the Indo-European language of Armenia. [1/3 definitions] |
| aurochs |
the now almost extinct European bison. [1/2 definitions] |
| Austria |
a central European country that lies between Germany and the Czech Republic to the north and Italy and Slovenia to the south. |
| Austria-Hungary |
a former European monarchy composed of the Austrian empire, Hungary, and parts of other countries. |
| baccarat |
a card game, often played for high stakes in European casinos, in which the dealer plays against several other players. |
| Balkan Peninsula |
a European peninsula between the Adriatic Sea on the west and the Black and Aegean Seas on the east. |
| Balkan States |
the countries on the Balkan Peninsula, including Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, and European Turkey; the Balkans. |
| Baltic |
of, designating, or pertaining to a group of Indo-European languages that includes Lithuanian and Old Prussian. [1/2 definitions] |
| barbel |
any of various European freshwater fishes characterized by these organs. [1/2 definitions] |
| beccafico |
any of several small European songbirds, sometimes eaten as a delicacy. |
| Belarus |
a European country bordered by Poland, Lithuania, Russia, and Ukraine; formerly a republic of the Soviet Union; Belorussia; Byelorussia. |
| blackbird |
any of various common songbirds, the males of which are black or mostly black, such as the European thrush or the American red-winged blackbird. |
| blackthorn |
a thorny European shrub with many branches, bearing white flowers and bluishblack, plumlike fruit. [1/2 definitions] |
| bleak2 |
a small European river fish whose silvery scales are used to make artificial pearls. |
| bourse |
a stock exchange of a European city, esp. of Paris, France. |
| brant |
any of several small dark-colored European or North American geese that breed in arctic regions and migrate south in the fall. |
| bullfinch |
a European variety of finch characterized by a short, thick bill and a reddish breast. |
| buzzard |
any of several broad-winged European hawks. [1/2 definitions] |
| carrion crow |
a common European crow. |
| Caucasian |
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a light-skinned person of European origin. [2/7 definitions] |
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