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Anciently, a kind of battle-ax with a long handle; later, an ax or hatchet with a short handle, and a head variously patterned; -- used by soldiers, and also by sailors in boarding a vessel.
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Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the poison of pestilential diseases.
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Any animal which is unusually small, as compared with others of its kind; -- applied particulary to domestic animals.
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Any aquatic plant of the genus Potamogeton, of which many species are found in ponds or slow-moving rivers.
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Any arachnid that breathes by lunglike organs, as the spiders and scorpions. Also used adjectively.
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Any arboreal marsupial of the genus Phalangista. The vulpine phalangist (P. vulpina) is the largest species, the full grown male being about two and a half feet long. It has a large bushy tail.
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