cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
an
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: stressed form
ipa: /ˈæn/
ipa: [ˈæn]
ipa: [ˈan]
ipa: [ˈeən]
ipa: [ˈɛən]
ipa: [ˈɛən]
ipa: [ˈæ(ː)n]
ipa: /ən/
rhymes: -æn
homophone: and (unstressed form)
homophone: in (unstressed form)
Forms: form: ans
Etymology: Borrowed from Georgian ან (an).
Senses: glosses: The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri).
an
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: note: stressed form
ipa: /ˈæn/
ipa: [ˈæn]
ipa: [ˈan]
ipa: [ˈeən]
ipa: [ˈɛən]
ipa: [ˈɛən]
ipa: [ˈæ(ː)n]
ipa: /ən/
rhymes: -æn
homophone: and (unstressed form)
homophone: in (unstressed form)
Etymology: From the Old English an, on (preposition).
Senses: examples: text: I was only going twenty miles an hour.
glosses: In each; to or for each; per.
Synonyms: per
this
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: thĭs
enpr: thəs
ipa: /ðɪs/
ipa: /ðəs/
rhymes: -ɪs
Etymology: From Middle English this, from Old English þis (neuter demonstrative), from North Sea Germanic base *þa- "that", from Proto-Germanic *þat, from Proto-Indo-European *tód, extended form of demonstrative base *to-; + North-West Germanic definitive suffix -s, from Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”).
Cognate with Scots this (“this”), Saterland Frisian dusse (“this”), West Frisian dizze (“this”), German dies, dieses (“this”), Old Gutnish þissi (“this”).
Senses: examples: text: I need this much water.
text: Do we need this many recommendations?
text: We've already come this far, we can't turn back now.
text: I couldn't garage this big a car; show me something smaller.
glosses: To the degree or extent indicated.
this
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: enpr: thĭs
enpr: thəs
ipa: /ðɪs/
ipa: /ðəs/
rhymes: -ɪs
Forms: form: these
Etymology: From Middle English this, from Old English þis (neuter demonstrative), from North Sea Germanic base *þa- "that", from Proto-Germanic *þat, from Proto-Indo-European *tód, extended form of demonstrative base *to-; + North-West Germanic definitive suffix -s, from Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”).
Cognate with Scots this (“this”), Saterland Frisian dusse (“this”), West Frisian dizze (“this”), German dies, dieses (“this”), Old Gutnish þissi (“this”).
Senses: examples: text: This isn't the item that I ordered.
text: This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune,—often the surfeit of our own behaviour,—we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars[…]
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
glosses: The thing, item, etc. being indicated.
Related terms: that
these
those
this
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: thĭs
enpr: thəs
ipa: /ðɪs/
ipa: /ðəs/
rhymes: -ɪs
Forms: form: thises
Etymology: From Middle English this, from Old English þis (neuter demonstrative), from North Sea Germanic base *þa- "that", from Proto-Germanic *þat, from Proto-Indo-European *tód, extended form of demonstrative base *to-; + North-West Germanic definitive suffix -s, from Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”).
Cognate with Scots this (“this”), Saterland Frisian dusse (“this”), West Frisian dizze (“this”), German dies, dieses (“this”), Old Gutnish þissi (“this”).
Senses: examples: text: Terms like 'house', 'sphere', 'animal', and 'human' do not refer to other thises distinct from these ones here — they refer to the sort of thing these ones here are.
ref: 2001, James G. Lennox, Aristotle's Philosophy of Biology, page 151:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Something being indicated that is here; one of these.
this
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: thĭs
enpr: thəs
ipa: /ðɪs/
ipa: /ðəs/
rhymes: -ɪs
Etymology: From Middle English this, from Old English þis (neuter demonstrative), from North Sea Germanic base *þa- "that", from Proto-Germanic *þat, from Proto-Indo-European *tód, extended form of demonstrative base *to-; + North-West Germanic definitive suffix -s, from Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”).
Cognate with Scots this (“this”), Saterland Frisian dusse (“this”), West Frisian dizze (“this”), German dies, dieses (“this”), Old Gutnish þissi (“this”).
Senses: examples: text: ― I wish trolls could be banned from the forum immediately, without any discussion.
― This!
glosses: Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.
Synonyms: +1
IAWTP
QFT
Unicode
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjunɪˌkoʊd/
ipa: /ˈjuːnɪˌkəʊd/
rhymes: -əʊd
Etymology: Published as a draft proposal in 1988, “intended to suggest a unique, unified, universal encoding”. From uni- + code.
Senses: examples: text: This character isn't in Unicode.
text: The Thaana script is written from right to left. Conformant implementations of Thaana script must use the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm (see Unicode Standard Annex #9, “Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm”).
ref: 2022 September 23, “Version 15.0 – Core Specification”, in Unicode, page 535:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: international standards
glosses: A series of character encoding standards intended to support the characters used by a large number of the world’s languages.
examples: text: convert to Unicode
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The Unicode standards, together with standards for representing character strings as byte strings.
Derived terms: Unicode font
Unicode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjunɪˌkoʊd/
ipa: /ˈjuːnɪˌkəʊd/
rhymes: -əʊd
Etymology: Published as a draft proposal in 1988, “intended to suggest a unique, unified, universal encoding”. From uni- + code.
Senses: examples: text: Since most users on the site are westerners, we have banned Unicode in all text input boxes.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Characters from a contextually different script, often used in a nonstandard fashion. Sometimes used as an antonym to the characters of the Latin alphabet.
Related terms: ASCII
EBCDIC
UTF-7
UTF-8
UTF-16
regime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈʒiːm/
ipa: /ɹeɪˈʒiːm/
ipa: /ˈɹeɪʒiːm/
rhymes: -iːm
Forms: form: regimes
form: régime
Etymology: From Middle English regime, regyme, from Middle French regime, from Latin regimen (“direction, government”). Doublet of regimen.
Senses: examples: text: a prison regime
glosses: Mode of rule or management.
examples: text: the dictator's regime
text: Heaven will eliminate the tyrannical regimes.
glosses: A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.
glosses: A period of rule.
examples: text: a fitness regime
text: For three weeks Lorde engages in a regime of rest, relaxation, eurhythmy, and active meditation.
ref: 1988 December 11, Cheryl Clarke, “Still Shouting Down The Silence”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 7:
text: It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].
ref: 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:
text: Gorsuch’s theory would hobble this nondiscrimination regime by preventing the government from directing employers to tell employees about their rights and responsibilities under law.
ref: 2017, Mark Joseph Stern, “The Cake Is Just the Beginning”, in Slate:
glosses: A regulated system; a regimen.
glosses: A division of a Mafia crime family, led by a caporegime.
examples: text: A typical annual water level regime would include a gradual summer drawdown beginning in early May.
topics: geography
hydrology
natural-sciences
glosses: A set of characteristics.
Derived terms: ancient regime
collaborationist regime
disturbance regime
epistemic regime
exercise regime
fire regime
hybrid regime
old regime
political regime
puppet regime
regime change
Related terms: regimen
slashdot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: slashdots
form: slashdotting
form: slashdotted
form: slashdotted
Etymology: After Slashdot, a site that commonly links to other, smaller sites.
Senses: examples: 2002, Shelley Powers et al., Unix Power Tools http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0596003307&id=t295L6vYuUkC&pg=PA501&lpg=PA501&dq=slashdotted&sig=rF5IZDXp33wnnsgkRIC5niMtqHM
If these numbers are significantly higher than normal usage, something is amiss (perhaps your web server has been slashdotted).
[2003], 2006 Matthew Strebe, The Best of SlashNOT, 2002–2005 http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0595383157&id=skVK4smqz8UC&pg=PA99&lpg=PA99&dq=slashdotted&sig=z6LagXUGvJ09gG77HdLoLSEnFAk
And that guy is supposed to be thrilled to lose both his inbound and outbound connections and e-mail for the joy of having been slashdotted.
2005, Ivan Ristic, Apache Security http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0596007248&id=5yiULnTkN6oC&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq=slashdotted&sig=_zJmLeVMfDyEAAt8FhAl6NZcrVA
Sites that have been slashdotted report traffic between several hundred and several thousand hits per minute.
2005, Charles Stross, Accelerando https://web.archive.org/web/20080519054317/http://www.accelerando.org/_static/accelerando.html
Oh shit, thinks Manfred, better buy some more server time. He can recognize the signs: He's about to be slashdotted.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To render a website slow or unusable via the unusually large number of page requests that result from a link on a very popular web site.
wikipedia: Slashdot
Synonyms: fark
Related terms: Slashdot effect
slashdotting
DDOS
handsomeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhænsəmnəs/
Forms: form: handsomenesses
Etymology: From handsome + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Handsomeness […]is the mere animal excellence, […]beauty […]the mere imaginative.
ref: 1826, Julius Hare, Guesses at Truth by Two Brothers:
text: His face looked like worn leather but retained the vestiges of an earlier handsomeness that reminded her of a Hollywood star.
ref: 2009, Chika Unigwe, On Black Sisters’ Street, Vintage (2010), page 173:
glosses: The quality of being handsome.
Derived terms: unhandsomeness
handsome
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæn.səm/
other: /ˈhænd.səm/
other: /ˈhænt.səm/
homophone: Hansom stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -ænsəm
Forms: form: handsomes
form: handsoming
form: handsomed
form: handsomed
Etymology: From Middle English handsum, hondsom, equivalent to hand + -some. Compare Dutch handzaam, German Low German handsaam. The original sense was ‘easy to handle or use’, hence ‘suitable’ and ‘apt, clever’ (mid 16th century), giving rise to the current appreciatory senses (late 16th century).
Senses: glosses: To render handsome.
fall
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: fôl
ipa: /fɔːl/
ipa: /faːl/
ipa: /foːl/
note: fool-fall merger
ipa: /fuːl/
enpr: fôl
ipa: /fɔl/
enpr: fäl
ipa: /fɑl/
ipa: /fo(ː)l/
rhymes: -ɔːl
Etymology: Perhaps from the north-eastern Scottish pronunciation of whale.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The cry given when a whale is sighted, or harpooned.
fall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fôl
ipa: /fɔːl/
ipa: /faːl/
ipa: /foːl/
note: fool-fall merger
ipa: /fuːl/
enpr: fôl
ipa: /fɔl/
enpr: fäl
ipa: /fɑl/
ipa: /fo(ː)l/
rhymes: -ɔːl
Forms: form: falls
Etymology: Perhaps from the north-eastern Scottish pronunciation of whale.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The chasing of a hunted whale.
Derived terms: loose fall
finish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fĭn'ĭsh
ipa: /ˈfɪnɪʃ/
homophone: Finnish (most accents)
rhymes: -ɪnɪʃ
Forms: form: finishes
Etymology: From Middle English finishen, finisshen, finischen, from Old French finiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of finir, from Latin fīnīre, from fīnis (“end, limit, border, boundary”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”) or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).
Senses: examples: text: Noel meets a cruel finish: "Kid," the government lackey who "protects" the clubs in the tourist belt, shoots Noel dead in an alley for stealing Pining out of the brothel.
ref: 1990 August 18, Karin Aguilar-San Juan, “The Boston Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Continues”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 6, page 9:
glosses: An end; the end of anything.
examples: text: The car's finish was so shiny and new.
glosses: A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.
glosses: The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.
glosses: A finishing touch; careful elaboration; polish.
examples: text: The Italian opted for Bolton's Cahill alongside captain John Terry - and his decision was rewarded with a goal after only 13 minutes. Bulgaria gave a hint of defensive frailties to come when they failed to clear Young's corner, and when Gareth Barry found Cahill in the box he applied the finish past Nikolay Mihaylov.
ref: 2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC:
text: However, Colombia broke the deadlock, Leicy Santos toying with Rachel Daly after collecting Caicedo’s pass, before sweeping a dipping effort over a caught-out Mary Earps. It was a luscious finish and the crowd enjoyed it.
ref: 2023 August 12, Suzanne Wrack, “England hit back to beat Colombia and set up World Cup semi with Australia”, in The Guardian:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
professional-wrestling
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: The ending of a match and its structure.
Synonyms: word: cessation
word: close
word: conclusion
word: end
word: ending
word: endpoint
word: final
word: finale
word: finis
word: finish
word: final curtain
word: halt
word: omega
word: termination
word: terminus
Hyponyms: word: credits
word: death
word: doom
word: end of the line
word: end of the road
word: fate
word: goal
word: outcome
word: result
Derived terms: blanket finish
dead finish
fight to the finish
finish fetish
finishipper
finish line
finish nail
finish time
start to finish
Garrison finish
grandstand finish
microfinish
photo finish
prefinish
sprint finish
surface finish
Related terms: word: completion
finish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: fĭn'ĭsh
ipa: /ˈfɪnɪʃ/
homophone: Finnish (most accents)
rhymes: -ɪnɪʃ
Forms: form: finishes
form: finishing
form: finished
form: finished
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: finish
form: finish
form: finished
form: finish
form: finishest
form: finished
form: finishedst
form: finishes
form: finisheth
form: finished
form: finish
form: finished
form: finish
form: finished
form: finish
form: -
form: finishing
form: finished
Etymology: From Middle English finishen, finisshen, finischen, from Old French finiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of finir, from Latin fīnīre, from fīnis (“end, limit, border, boundary”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”) or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).
Senses: examples: text: Be sure to finish your homework before you go to bed!
text: Why doesn't Italy finish their buildings
ref: 2024 May 6, @thepunbible, Twitter, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2024:
glosses: To complete (something).
examples: text: The furniture was finished in teak veneer.
text: Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: Seats are trimmed in a grey and blue moquette and tables are finished with grey Vyanide tops, gilt edging and ebony legs.
ref: 1961 February, “New "Mini-Buffets" from Wolverton”, in Trains Illustrated, page 79:
glosses: To apply a treatment to (a surface or similar).
examples: text: Due to BSE, cows in the United Kingdom must be finished and slaughtered before 30 months of age.
glosses: To change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal.
examples: text: We had to leave before the concert had finished.
glosses: To come to an end.
examples: text: These rumours could finish your career.
glosses: To put an end to; to destroy.
examples: text: Fucked my cousin in her asshole
Before I finish on her tits
ref: 2016, “Redneck Shit”, performed by Wheeler Walker Jr.:
text: "Understand the anxiety around sex and what beliefs are triggering it," says Van Kirk."Are you worried you aren't good in bed? That you'll come off as selfish? That pleasuring you will take too long? Reframe that anxiety. Your excitement needs to be louder than any anxiety" to finish.
ref: 2019 June 14, Macaela Mackenzie, Lindsay Geller, “Why Your Orgasm Is MIA—And Exactly What To Do About It”, in Women's Health, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2021:
topics: lifestyle
sex
sexuality
glosses: To reach orgasm.
Derived terms: finishable
finisher
finishing move
finishing school
finishing touch
finishment
finish off
finish out
finish up
finish with
fit and finish
job and finish
linish
nice guys finish last
nonfinishing
outfinish
prefinish
refinish
self-finished
self-finishing
unfinish
pristine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɪstiːn/
ipa: /pɹɪsˈtiːn/
ipa: /pɹɪsˈtaɪn/
ipa: /ˈpɹɪstaɪn/
ipa: /ˈpɹɪstɪn/
ipa: /ˈprɪˌstin/
ipa: /prɪˈstin/
rhymes: -iːn
rhymes: -aɪn
Forms: form: more pristine
form: most pristine
Etymology: From Middle French pristin, borrowed from Latin prīstinus.
Senses: examples: text: The beach back is in pristine condition after a council-led cleanup.
text: Fire fueled with gasoline
Life is beautiful, the world is pristine
We have been bound unseen
The walls of existence remain unclean
ref: 2020, The Acacia Strain, “Solace and Serenity”:
synonyms: immaculate
spotless
unsullied
unspoiled
pure
untouched
antonyms: corrupted
tainted
dirty
polluted
spoiled
glosses: Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
examples: text: Thus fable reports that the fair Grimalkin, whom Venus, at the desire of a passionate lover, converted from a cat into a fine woman, no sooner perceived a mouse than, mindful of her former sport, and still retaining her pristine nature, she leaped from the bed of her husband to pursue the little animal.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Primitive, pertaining to the earliest state of something.
glosses: Perfect.
Derived terms: pristinely
pristineness
repristinate
repristination
pristine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɪstiːn/
ipa: /pɹɪsˈtiːn/
ipa: /pɹɪsˈtaɪn/
ipa: /ˈpɹɪstaɪn/
ipa: /ˈpɹɪstɪn/
ipa: /ˈprɪˌstin/
ipa: /prɪˈstin/
rhymes: -iːn
rhymes: -aɪn
rhymes: -aɪn
ipa: /ˈpɹɪstiːn/
ipa: /pɹɪsˈtiːn/
ipa: /pɹɪsˈtaɪn/
ipa: /ˈpɹɪstaɪn/
ipa: /ˈpɹɪstɪn/
ipa: /ˈprɪˌstin/
ipa: /prɪˈstin/
rhymes: -iːn
rhymes: -aɪn
Forms: form: more pristine
form: most pristine
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πρίστις (prístis, “saw, sawfish”).
Senses: examples: text: This indicates that the present levels of genetic diversity in P. microdon are not unusually low, although the amount of diversity to be expected in pristine populations of coastal species of elasmobranch remains elusive because all populations investigated to date have suffered some degree of decline (e.g. Sandoval-Castillo et al. 2004, Keeney et al. 2005, Hoelzel et al. 2006, Stow et al. 2006, Lewallen et al. 2007).
ref: 2008, J.M. Whitty with N.M. Phillips, D.L. Morgan, J.A. Chaplin, D.C. Thorburn, and S.C. Peverell, “Habitat associations of Freshwater Sawfish (Pristis microdon)and Northern River Sharks (Glyphis sp. C): including genetic analysis of P. microdon across northern Australia”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 01 Jun 2012:
glosses: Relating to sawfishes of the family Pristidae.
Derived terms: pristane
pristanoyl
raccoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈkuːn/
ipa: /ɹæˈkun/
ipa: /ɹəˈkun/
rhymes: -uːn
Forms: form: raccoons
form: racoon
form: rarowcun
form: r'coon
form: coon
Etymology: From arocoun (1608), from Powhatan ärähkun, from ärähkuněm (“he scratches with his hands”).
Senses: glosses: An omnivorous, nocturnal mammal native to the Americas, of the genus Procyon, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail.
examples: text: Before a fire upon a seat like a bedsted, he sat covered with a great robe, made of Rarowcun skinnes, and all the tayles hanging by.
ref: 1624, Iohn Smith, The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles: […], London: […] I[ohn] D[awson] and I[ohn] H[aviland] for Michael Sparkes, →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 6); reprinted in The Generall Historie of Virginia, … (Bibliotheca Americana), Cleveland, Oh.: The World Publishing Company, 1966, →OCLC:
text: The Rackoone is a deepe furred beaſt, not much unlike a Badger, having a tayle like a Fox, as good meate as a Lambe; there is one of them in the Tovver.
ref: 1634, William Wood, “Of the Beasts that Live on the Land”, in New Englands Prospect. A True, Lively, and Experimentall Description of that Part of America, Commonly Called New England; […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Bellamie, […], →OCLC, 1st part, page 22:
text: Thus we're presented with[…]a man who has the head of his penis bitten off by a raccoon, then bleeds to death in a forest.
ref: 2010 April 3, Charlie Brooker, “Screen Burn”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The common raccoon (Procyon lotor).
glosses: Any mammal of the subfamily Procyoninae, a procyonine.
glosses: Any mammal of the family Procyonidae, a procyonid.
glosses: Any mammal superficially resembling a raccoon, such as a raccoon dog.
Synonyms: sense: Procyon lotor
word: coon
sense: Procyon lotor
word: common raccoon
sense: Procyon lotor
word: North American raccoon
sense: Procyon lotor
word: northern raccoon
sense: Procyon lotor
word: trash panda
Derived terms: word: coon
word: coon dog
word: coonhound
taxonomic: Procyon pygmaeus
word: Cozumel raccoon
taxonomic: Procyon cancrivorus
word: crab-eating raccoon
word: Finn raccoon
word: in a raccoon's age
word: in a coon's age
taxonomic: Procyon pygmaeus
word: pygmy raccoon
word: raccoon-berry
taxonomic: Chaetodon fasciatus
word: raccoon butterfly
word: raccoon butterflyfish
taxonomic: Nyctereutes procyonoides
word: raccoon dog
word: raccoon eyes
word: raccoon fox
word: raccoon oyster
word: raccoon tail
epitaph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛp.ɪˌtɑːf/
ipa: /ˈɛp.ɪˌtæf/
Forms: form: epitaphs
Etymology: From Old French epitafe, from Late Latin epitaphium (“eulogy”), from Ancient Greek ἐπιτάφιος (epitáphios, “relating to a funeral”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + τάφος (táphos, “tomb”). By surface analysis epi- + -taph.
Senses: examples: text: The church itself, or at all events the squat and tiny tower, has not altered much since Lamb saw it. But the epitaphs have gone. Search among the ivies and yews of the shady little churchyard will discover a number of flat, weatherworn slabs of stone, but the verses and the signatures have vanished.
ref: 1909, Eric Parker, chapter XXIII, in Highways and Byways in Surrey:
text: Ayot St Lawrence's most famous inhabitant, George Bernard Shaw, moved into the New Rectory in 1906 because, it is said, of a gravestone epitaph in the churchyard. This recorded the death of a woman who lived to be 70 with the comment 'Her time was short'. Shaw thought that a place that considered a life of 70 years short was the right place for him.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 44:
glosses: An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased.
examples: text: Nam vinci in amore turpissimum putant, not only living, but when their friends are dead, with tombs and monuments, nenias, epitaphs, elegies, inscriptions, pyramids, obelisks, statues, images, pictures, histories, poems, annals, feasts, anniversaries, many ages after (as Plato's scholars did) they will parentare still, omit no good office that may tend to the preservation of their names, honours, and eternal memory.
ref: 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Honest Objects of Love”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
glosses: A poem or other short text written in memory of a deceased person.
Derived terms: epitapher
epitaphian
epitaphic
epitaphist
epitaphize
epitaphless
epitaphology
epitaphy
epitaph
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛp.ɪˌtɑːf/
ipa: /ˈɛp.ɪˌtæf/
Forms: form: epitaphs
form: epitaphing
form: epitaphed
form: epitaphed
Etymology: From Old French epitafe, from Late Latin epitaphium (“eulogy”), from Ancient Greek ἐπιτάφιος (epitáphios, “relating to a funeral”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + τάφος (táphos, “tomb”). By surface analysis epi- + -taph.
Senses: examples: text: The Commons in their speeches epitaph upon him […] "He lived as a wolf and died as a dog."
ref: 1606, Joseph Hall, Heaven upon Earth:
glosses: To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.
examples: text: Let me rather be epitaphed the inventor of the English Hexameter.
ref: 1592, Gabriel Harvey, Foure Letters and certaine Sonnets:
glosses: To commemorate by an epitaph.
Related terms: english: funeral song
translation: funeral song
word: elegy
english: oration about the dead, often at funeral
translation: oration about the dead, often at funeral
word: eulogy
english: published writing on the dead
translation: published writing on the dead
word: obituary
english: quote on a tombstone
translation: quote on a tombstone
word: epigraph
word: hic jacet
zebra mongoose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zebra mongooses
Senses: glosses: A banded mongoose (Mungos mungo).
dear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪə/
ipa: /dɪɹ/
ipa: /diə/
ipa: /diːɹ/
note: East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /dɛː/
homophone: deer
homophone: Deere
homophone: dare (cheer–chair merger)
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: dears
Etymology: From Middle English dere, from Old English dīere (“of great value or excellence, expensive, beloved”), from Proto-West Germanic *diurī, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz (“dear, precious, expensive”). Cognate with Scots dere, deir (“of great value or worth, highly valued, precious, beloved”), Saterland Frisian djuur (“precious, dear, costly, expensive”), Dutch duur (“costly, precious”), German teuer (“costly, precious”), German Low German düür, Danish dyr (“expensive”), Swedish dyr (“expensive”), Norwegian dyr (“expensive”), Icelandic dýr (“expensive”), Yiddish טייַער (tayer, “precious, expensive”).
Senses: examples: text: My little cousin is such a dear, always drawing me pictures.
glosses: A very kind, loving person.
glosses: A beloved person.
examples: text: Pass me the salt, would you dear?
glosses: An affectionate, familiar term of address, such as used between husband and wife.
glosses: An elderly person, especially a woman.
Synonyms: sense: kind loving person
word: darling
Derived terms: oh dear
the dear knows
dear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪə/
ipa: /dɪɹ/
ipa: /diə/
ipa: /diːɹ/
note: East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /dɛː/
homophone: deer
homophone: Deere
homophone: dare (cheer–chair merger)
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: dears
form: dearing
form: deared
form: deared
Etymology: From Middle English dere, from Old English dīere (“of great value or excellence, expensive, beloved”), from Proto-West Germanic *diurī, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz (“dear, precious, expensive”). Cognate with Scots dere, deir (“of great value or worth, highly valued, precious, beloved”), Saterland Frisian djuur (“precious, dear, costly, expensive”), Dutch duur (“costly, precious”), German teuer (“costly, precious”), German Low German düür, Danish dyr (“expensive”), Swedish dyr (“expensive”), Norwegian dyr (“expensive”), Icelandic dýr (“expensive”), Yiddish טייַער (tayer, “precious, expensive”).
Senses: examples: text: Nor should a Sonne his Sire loue for reward, But for he is his Sire, in nature dear’d.
ref: 1603, John Davies of Hereford, Microcosmos:
text: I should have known no less: It hath been taught us from the primal state That he which is was wished until he were; And the ebbed man, ne'er loved till ne'er worth love, Comes deared by being lacked.
ref: 1623, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra:
text: Nay, hide him in thy house, and also show Such deared love to him, as to delight In his base company both day and night?
ref: 1679, Benjamin Keach, The Glorious Lover, page 164:
glosses: To endear.
Derived terms: bedear
dear
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪə/
ipa: /dɪɹ/
ipa: /diə/
ipa: /diːɹ/
note: East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /dɛː/
homophone: deer
homophone: Deere
homophone: dare (cheer–chair merger)
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: more dear
form: most dear
Etymology: From Middle English dere, from Old English dīere (“of great value or excellence, expensive, beloved”), from Proto-West Germanic *diurī, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz (“dear, precious, expensive”). Cognate with Scots dere, deir (“of great value or worth, highly valued, precious, beloved”), Saterland Frisian djuur (“precious, dear, costly, expensive”), Dutch duur (“costly, precious”), German teuer (“costly, precious”), German Low German düür, Danish dyr (“expensive”), Swedish dyr (“expensive”), Norwegian dyr (“expensive”), Icelandic dýr (“expensive”), Yiddish טייַער (tayer, “precious, expensive”).
Senses: examples: text: If thou attempt it, it will cost thee dear.
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
glosses: Dearly; at a high price.
Derived terms: cost dear
hold dear
dear
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪə/
ipa: /dɪɹ/
ipa: /diə/
ipa: /diːɹ/
note: East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /dɛː/
homophone: deer
homophone: Deere
homophone: dare (cheer–chair merger)
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Etymology: From Middle English dere, from Old English dīere (“of great value or excellence, expensive, beloved”), from Proto-West Germanic *diurī, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz (“dear, precious, expensive”). Cognate with Scots dere, deir (“of great value or worth, highly valued, precious, beloved”), Saterland Frisian djuur (“precious, dear, costly, expensive”), Dutch duur (“costly, precious”), German teuer (“costly, precious”), German Low German düür, Danish dyr (“expensive”), Swedish dyr (“expensive”), Norwegian dyr (“expensive”), Icelandic dýr (“expensive”), Yiddish טייַער (tayer, “precious, expensive”).
Senses: examples: text: Dear, dear! Whatever were they thinking?
glosses: Indicating surprise, pity, or disapproval.
Related terms: oh dear
dear me
dear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪə/
ipa: /dɪɹ/
ipa: /diə/
ipa: /diːɹ/
note: East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /dɛː/
homophone: deer
homophone: Deere
homophone: dare (cheer–chair merger)
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: more dear
form: most dear
Etymology: From Middle English dere (“fierce, severe, hard, deadly”), from Old English dēor, dȳr (“brave, bold; severe, dire, vehement”), from Proto-Germanic *deuzaz. Cognate with the above.
Senses: glosses: Severe, or severely affected; sore.
examples: text: The Christens found the heathens dear, as the lion doth the bear.
glosses: Fierce.
reindeer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹeɪndɪə/
ipa: /ˈɹeɪndɪɹ/
rhymes: -eɪndɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: reindeers
form: reindeering
form: reindeered
form: reindeered
Etymology: From Middle English reyndere, reynder, rayne-dere, from Old Norse hreindýri (“reindeer”), from hreinn (“reindeer”) + dýr (“animal”). Compare Dutch rendier (“reindeer”), German Rentier (“reindeer”), Swedish rendjur (“reindeer”), Danish rensdyr (“reindeer”). Related also to displaced Old English hrān (“reindeer”). Unrelated to rein.
Senses: glosses: To herd or farm reindeer
anoa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈnoʊə/
Forms: form: anoas
Etymology: From Indonesian anoa ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *qaNuaŋ via a Celebic language (cognates: Tagalog anwang and Ilocano nuang referring to the domesticated water buffalo).
Senses: examples: text: Anoas need undisturbed forest and cannot adapt to logged areas. The bad-tempered anoa with its sharp short horns is greatly feared, but in spite of this it is periodically suggested as a potential domestic animal. Anyone who has met with an anoa ridicules this idea.
ref: 1998, Jane Whitten, Tropical Wildlife of Southeast Asia, page 16:
text: The Celebes pig and, to a lesser degree, the anoa were the focus of the Wana's large game interests.
ref: 2000, Michael Alvard, “The Impact of Traditional Subsistence Hunting and Trapping on Prey Populations: Data from Wana Horticuluralists of Upland Central Sulwesi, Indonesia”, in John G. Robinson, Elizabeth L. Bennett, editors, Hunting for Sustainability in Tropical Forests, page 223:
text: They reported seeing mountain anoa trophies for sale, and also a living captive animal, in the Toraja highlands; probable lowland anoas in the Gunung Tangkoko National Park on the N tip of Sulawesi, and evidence of both kinds of anoas in or near the Dumoga-Bone National Park.
ref: 2011, Colin Groves, Peter Grubb, Ungulate Taxonomy, unnumbered page:
glosses: Either of two related species of small Indonesian water buffalo similar in appearance to deer; Bubalus quarlesi or Bubalus depressicornis.
Synonyms: sense: small water buffalo
word: dwarf buffalo
sense: small water buffalo
word: midget buffalo
sense: small water buffalo
word: sapiutan
Hyponyms: sense: small water buffalo
taxonomic: Bubalus depressicornis
word: lowland anoa
sense: small water buffalo
taxonomic: Bubalus quarlesi
word: mountain anoa
elk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛlk/
rhymes: -ɛlk
Forms: form: elk
form: elks
Etymology: From Middle English elk, from Old English eolc, eolh (“elk”), from Proto-West Germanic *elh, from Proto-Germanic *elhaz, *algiz (“elk”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱis, *h₁ólḱis, variant of *h₁elh₁én, from *h₁el- (“deer”).
See also Low German Elk, German Elch, Danish elg, Norwegian elg, Swedish älg; also Polish łoś, Russian лось (losʹ), Vedic Sanskrit ऋश्य (ṛ́śya, “antelope”); also German Elen, Tocharian A yäl, Tocharian B ylem (“gazelle”), Lithuanian élnis (“stag”), Armenian եղնիկ (eġnik, “doe, hind”). Doublet of Elhaz.
Senses: glosses: Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).
Any of the subspecies of the moose (Alces alces, the largest member of the deer family, alternatively named Eurasian elk to avoid confusion with the wapiti), that occurs only in Europe and Asia.
glosses: Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).
Common wapiti (Cervus canadensis), the second largest member of the deer family, once thought to be a subspecies of red deer.
examples: text: In a narrow defile […] a male elk, (cervus alces, Lin.) of noble appearance, followed by twenty-two females, passed majestically under their platform, each as large as a common-sized horse.
ref: 1813, James Forbes, Oriental Memoirs, page 281:
glosses: Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).
Sambar (Cervus unicolor).
Synonyms: word: alce
sense: Cervus canadensis
word: wapiti
sense: Alces alces
word: moose
Derived terms: word: Black Elk
taxonomic: Taurotragus spp.
word: Cape elk
word: elkburger
word: Elk City
word: Elk County
word: Elk Grove
word: Elkhart
word: elkhorn
word: elkhound
word: Elk Lick
word: elklike
word: Elk Mountains
word: Elk Point
word: Elk River
word: elkskin
word: elk test
word: Elkton
word: elkweed
word: elkwood
alt: †Megaloceros giganteus
word: giant elk
alt: †Megaloceros giganteus
word: Irish elk
taxonomic: Cervus elaphus nelsoni
word: Nelson's elk
taxonomic: Cervus elaphus nelsoni
word: Roosevelt elk
word: West Elk Mountains
elk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛlk/
rhymes: -ɛlk
Forms: form: elks
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of elke (common swan (Cygnus cygnus, syn. Cygnus ferus)).
white stork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /waɪt stɔɹk/
ipa: /waɪt stɔːk/
Forms: form: white storks
Etymology: From white and stork.
Senses: glosses: A large wading bird, of species Ciconia ciconia, that winters in Africa and breeds in Europe; in European folklore, it delivers babies.
musk ox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: musk oxen
form: muskox
Etymology: So called because of the strong odour, or musk, emitted by the males during the rutting season.
Senses: examples: text: Its ʽcore faunaʼ consisted of the woolly mammoth, woolly rhino, saiga, muskox and the arctic fox. All except the woolly rhino evolved in the northern Arctic, and all had been evolving for several million years before their modern forms appeared.
ref: 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 205:
glosses: An Arctic mammal, Ovibos moschatus of the Caprinae subfamily of the family Bovidae, having a thick coat and long curved horns.
red deer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red deer
form: red deers
Senses: glosses: A species of large deer, Cervus elaphus, found in Europe and southwestern Asia.
glosses: The wapiti or North American elk, Cervus canadensis, a deer species of North America, long believed to be a subspecies of the European red deer.
common eland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common elands
Senses: glosses: an antelope, Taurotragus oryx, of the African savannah
Nelson's elk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nelson's elk
Senses: glosses: Cervus elaphus nelsoni; a subspecies of red deer (or wapiti).
Synonyms: sense: Cervus elaphus nelsoni
word: Rocky Mountain elk
sense: Cervus elaphus nelsoni
word: Yellowstone elk
sense: Cervus elaphus nelsoni
word: Cervus canadensis nelsoni
Coordinate terms: sense: Cervus elaphus nelsoni
word: Roosevelt elk
sense: Cervus elaphus nelsoni
word: tule elk
sense: Cervus elaphus nelsoni
word: Manitoban elk
Spanish chestnut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Spanish chestnuts
Senses: glosses: Castanea sativa, a deciduous tree with edible deep brown nutlike fruits. The fruits have a little white, fluffy tail.
glosses: The fruit of this tree.
Synonyms: word: sweet chestnut
word: European chestnut
lesser flamingo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lesser flamingos
form: lesser flamingoes
Senses: glosses: An Old World species of flamingo, Phoeniconaias minor, syn. Phoenicopterus minor, found principally in the Great Rift Valley of Africa, smaller than flamingos of the other Old World species.
Chilean flamingo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chilean flamingos
Senses: glosses: a species of flamingo, Phoenicopterus chilensis, found in temperate South America
Andean flamingo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Andean flamingos
Senses: glosses: A species of flamingo, Phoenicopterus andinus, native to the Andes of Chile
alpaca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ælˈpækə/
rhymes: -ækə
Forms: form: alpacas
form: alpaca
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.
Senses: examples: text: Away from the village, there was an enclosure containing several large animals of a kind I had not seen before—shaggy, long-necked, small-headed creatures who stood or lay at ease around their pen. Alpacas?
ref: 1989, Octavia E. Butler, “Part III, Chapter 7”, in Imago, page 210:
glosses: A sheep-like domesticated animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña.
examples: text: A lady in frayed alpaca, carrying a house-flannel, came to hearken.
ref: 1918 [1915], Thomas Burke, Nights in London, New York: Henry Holt and Company:
glosses: Wool from the alpaca, with strong very long fibres and coloring from black to brown to white.
examples: text: The dress was at the bottom, — it was an alpaca, of a pretty shade in blue, bedecked with lace and ribbons, as is the fashion of the hour, and lined with sea-green silk.
ref: 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
glosses: A garment made of such wool.
Synonyms: word: alpaco
word: paco
Darwin's rhea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Darwin's rheas
Etymology: Named for Charles Darwin, with the genus name Rhea.
Senses: glosses: A small rhea, Rhea pennata, found from Patagonia to the high Andes.
wikipedia: Charles Darwin
vicuna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɪˈkuːnjə/
Forms: form: vicunas
form: vicuña
form: vicugna
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish vicuña, itself borrowed from Quechua wik'uña.
Senses: glosses: A South American mammal, Lama vicugna, closely related to the alpaca, llama, and guanaco.
Synonyms: sense: binomial name
word: Lama vicugna
sense: binomial name
word: Vicugna vicugna
bighorn sheep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bighorn sheep
Senses: synonyms: bighorn
glosses: Certain North American species of sheep
synonyms: bighorn
glosses: Certain North American species of sheep
especially, Ovis canadensis, having large, curving horns.
trumpeter swan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trumpeter swans
Senses: glosses: The largest North American swan, Cygnus buccinator; they have white plumage with a long neck, a short black bill.
transcultural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + cultural.
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: Extending through more than one human culture.
glosses: Not culturally specific.
Related terms: multicultural
picture
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪk(t)ʃə/
ipa: /ˈpɪk(t)ʃəɹ/
ipa: /ˈpɪt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
homophone: pitcher stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -ɪktʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: pictures
form: picturing
form: pictured
form: pictured
Etymology: From Middle English pycture, from Old French picture, itself from Latin pictūra (“the art of painting, a painting”), from pingō (“I paint”). Doublet of pictura.
Senses: examples: text: while upon the shaded top of the box, drawn in perspective, the artist had pictured a plate with the beautifully executed, twin-lobed, brainlike, halved kernel of a walnut.
ref: 1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire, page 130:
text: What is striking about the self portrait is that the patient had pictured herself as a much younger woman
ref: 1966, Margaret Naumburg, Dynamically oriented art therapy, page 154:
text: Anyone "skilled in the art" could see from their language that Lemp and Wightman had not invented or patented the invention their draftsman had pictured.
ref: 1999, Lisa Gitelman, Scripts, grooves, and writing machines, page 107:
glosses: To represent in or with a picture.
examples: text: Picture yourself on a boat on a river / With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
ref: 1967, Lennon–McCartney, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band:
text: If you can picture this—a day in December / Picture this—freezing cold weather / You got clouds on your lids and you'd be on the skids
ref: 1978, “Picture This”, in Debbie Harry (lyrics), Parallel Lines, performed by Blondie:
glosses: To imagine or envision.
examples: text: I had never found him so impossible to soften or to move. I tried this way and I tried that; I pictured his future in an English gaol; I described the sorrow of his mother when I came back with the news; I said everything to touch his heart, but all to no purpose.
ref: 1898, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Man with the Watches:
text: Drawing is picturing people, places, and things with line.
ref: 1985, Edmund Burke Feldman, Thinking about art, page 252:
text: Many rock paintings picture various species of fish.
ref: 1989, Jan Jelínek, The great art of the early Australians, page 490:
text: A plain, seemingly graceless stylist, his rather unpalatable movies, full of rabid, sloggingly orchestrated physical pain and psychic damage, picture crime as a monstrous, miasmal evil, divesting it of any glamour it ever had.
ref: 2003, Jack Shadoian, Dreams and Dead Ends: The American Gangster Film, page 196:
text: The sketch pictured here takes in the whole scene.
ref: 2004, Helen South, The everything drawing book, page 75:
glosses: To depict or describe vividly.
Related terms: depict
depiction
pictorial
Wiktionary:Picture dictionary
bush dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bush dogs
Senses: glosses: A wild canine animal (Speothos venaticus), found in Central and South America.
Chilean eagle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chilean eagles
Senses: glosses: the black-chested buzzard eagle, Geranoaetus melanoleucus (formerly Buteo melanoleucus).
black vulture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black vultures
Senses: examples: text: In many Latin American towns, the Black Vulture is urbicolous, throwing in its lot with humans, taking advantage of slaughterhouses, garbage dumps, and fishing docks.
ref: 2007, Amadeo M. Rea, Wings in the Desert: A Folk Ornithology of the Northern Pimans, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 101:
glosses: An American vulture species, Coragyps atratus, with black plumage.
glosses: A north African and Eurasian vulture species, Aegypius monachus.
Synonyms: sense: Coragyps atratus
word: American black vulture
sense: Coragyps atratus
word: black buzzard
sense: Aegypius monachus
word: Eurasian black vulture
sense: Aegypius monachus
word: monk vulture
sense: Aegypius monachus
word: cinereous vulture
griffon vulture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹɪfən ˈvʌlt͡ʃəɹ/
Forms: form: griffon vultures
form: griffon-vulture
Senses: glosses: A large Old World vulture, Gyps fulvus, native to mountainous areas from Iberia to Burma.
Synonyms: sense: Gyps fulvus
word: Eurasian griffon
Derived terms: Himalayan griffon vulture
yak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jæk/
rhymes: -æk
homophone: yack
Forms: form: yak
form: yaks
Etymology: Borrowed from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag). See there for more.
Senses: examples: text: Utilization efficiency of dietary protein in the yak differs with diet composition and feeding level, age, sex, body condition score, and animal production level (e.g., growth, lactation). Researchers reported no difference between lactating and dry cows in crude protein digestibility, although lactating yak tend to consume more feed than dry yak.
ref: 2008, Scott R. R. Haskell, Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Ruminant, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 619:
text: Attempts are now being made, by selection, to create a new breed of yak (the Datong yak) from such crosses. Hybridization of domestic yak with local cattle, at intermediate elevations, has been practiced for generations. The hybrids inherit some of the good characteristics from each species, but lack the adaptation of the yak to the harsh conditions at higher elevations.
ref: 2004, Wilson G. Pond, Encyclopedia of Animal Science (Print), CRC Press, →ISBN, page 899:
glosses: An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Tibet with dark, long, and silky hair, a horse-like tail, and a full, bushy mane.
Hyponyms: Bos mutus
Bos grunniens
Bos mutus grunniens
wild yak
Poephagus grunniens
domestic yak
Derived terms: domestic yak
wild yak
yak lace
yakless
yaklike
yak shaving
yakskin