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Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result.
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That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants; the laws or principles of classification.
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The bone or cartilage of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia and corresponds to a part of the astragalus in man and most mammals.
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The pudu. A very small deer (Pudua humilis), native of the Chilian Andes. It has simple spikelike antlers, only two or three inches long.
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The quality or state of being voluntary; spontaneousness; specifically, the quality or state of being free in the exercise of one's will.
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The week commencing with Whitsunday, esp. the first three days -- Whitsunday, Whitsun Monday, and Whitsun Tuesday; the time of Pentecost.
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A bird belonging to the tribe of which the genus Tetrao is the type, as the grouse, partridge, quail, and the like. Used also adjectively.
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A division of Spongiae in which the spicules are siliceous and have four branches diverging at right angles. Called also Tetractinellinae.
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A genus of motile bacteria characterized by short, slightly sinuous filaments and an undulatory motion; also, an individual of this genus.
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A lurcher. 1. One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; a poacher. 2. A glutton; a gormandizer.
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