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mussel shrimp |
Noun
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tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell |
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maori hen |
Noun
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flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting |
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mew |
Noun
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the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America |
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mew |
Noun
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the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this) |
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mew |
Verb
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cry like a cat |
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mew |
Verb
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utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls |
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mew gull |
Noun
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the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America |
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mollymawk |
Noun
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large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings |
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minke whale |
Noun
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small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific |
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man-of-war bird |
Noun
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long-billed warm-water seabird with wide wingspan and forked tail |
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murre |
Noun
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black-and-white diving bird of northern seas |
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mongrel |
Noun
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an inferior dog or one of mixed breed |
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mongrel |
Noun
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derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine |
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mutt |
Noun
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an inferior dog or one of mixed breed |
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miniature schnauzer |
Noun
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a small schnauzer |
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manatee |
Noun
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sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America |
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mountain lion |
Noun
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large American feline resembling a lion |
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miniature poodle |
Noun
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a breed of small poodles |
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malinois |
Noun
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fawn-colored short-haired sheepdog |
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margay |
Noun
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small spotted wildcat found from Texas to Brazil |
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margay cat |
Noun
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small spotted wildcat found from Texas to Brazil |
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manul |
Noun
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small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia and Tibet and Mongolia |
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maned wolf |
Noun
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reddish-grey wolf of southwestern North America |
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miniature pinscher |
Noun
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small German version of a Doberman pinscher |
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mastiff |
Noun
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an old breed of powerful deep-chested smooth-coated dog used chiefly as a watchdog and guard dog |
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mouser |
Noun
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a cat proficient at mousing |
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malamute |
Noun
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breed of sled dog developed in Alaska |
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malemute |
Noun
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breed of sled dog developed in Alaska |
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monkey pinscher |
Noun
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European breed of small dog resembling a terrier with dark wiry hair and a tufted muzzle |
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monkey dog |
Noun
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European breed of small dog resembling a terrier with dark wiry hair and a tufted muzzle |
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mongoose |
Noun
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agile grizzled Old World viverrine |
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meerkat |
Noun
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a mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes |
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mierkat |
Noun
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a mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes |
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megabat |
Noun
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large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit |
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microbat |
Noun
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typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects |
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mouse-eared bat |
Noun
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a carnivorous bat with ears like a mouse |
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macrotus |
Noun
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large-eared greyish bat of southern California and northwestern Mexico |
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mastiff bat |
Noun
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a soft-furred chocolate-brown bat with folded ears and small wings |
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metabola |
Noun
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insects that undergo complete metamorphosis |
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mecopteran |
Noun
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any of various carnivorous insects of the order Mecoptera |
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meloid |
Noun
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beetle that produces a secretion that blisters the skin |
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mealworm |
Noun
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the larva of beetles of the family Tenebrionidae |
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melolonthid beetle |
Noun
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any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae |
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medfly |
Noun
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small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit |
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mosquito |
Noun
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two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals |
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malarial mosquito |
Noun
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transmits the malaria parasite |
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malaria mosquito |
Noun
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transmits the malaria parasite |
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mining bee |
Noun
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a bee that is a member of the genus Andrena |
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midge |
Noun
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minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts |
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mason bee |
Noun
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any of numerous solitary bees that build nests of hardened mud and sand |