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shoveler |
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a worker who shovels |
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sapsucker |
Noun
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small American woodpecker that feeds on sap from e.g. apple and maple trees |
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shoveller |
Noun
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freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill |
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shoveller |
Noun
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a worker who shovels |
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sheldrake |
Noun
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Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill |
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sheldrake |
Noun
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large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges |
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shelduck |
Noun
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female sheldrake |
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scaup |
Noun
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diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill |
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scaup duck |
Noun
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diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill |
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sea duck |
Noun
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any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider |
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sawbill |
Noun
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large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges |
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smew |
Noun
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smallest merganser and most expert diver |
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spiny anteater |
Noun
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a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites |
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spiny anteater |
Noun
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a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites |
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snow goose |
Noun
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blue goose in the white color phase |
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swan |
Noun
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stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult |
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swan |
Verb
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to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true |
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swan |
Verb
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sweep majestically |
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swan |
Verb
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move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment |
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shrew mole |
Noun
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slender mole having a long snout and tail |
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scale |
Noun
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a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals |
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scale |
Noun
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a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) |
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scale |
Noun
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an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks |
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scale |
Noun
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a measuring instrument for weighing |
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scale |
Noun
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(music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) |
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scale |
Noun
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a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin |
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scale |
Noun
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a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin |
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scale |
Noun
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relative magnitude |
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scale |
Noun
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the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it |
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scale |
Noun
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an ordered reference standard |
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scale |
Verb
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size or measure according to a scale |
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scale |
Verb
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measure with or as if with scales |
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scale |
Verb
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remove the scales from |
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scale |
Verb
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pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard |
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scale |
Verb
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climb up by means of a ladder |
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scale |
Verb
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reach the highest point of |
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scale |
Verb
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take by attacking with scaling ladders |
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scale |
Verb
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measure by or as if by a scale |
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swan's down |
Noun
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down of the swan |
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swan's down |
Noun
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soft woolen fabric used especially for baby clothes |
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sickle feather |
Noun
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one of the long curved tail feathers of a rooster |
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shrew |
Noun
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small mouselike mammal with a long snout |
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shrew |
Noun
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a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman |
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shrewmouse |
Noun
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small mouselike mammal with a long snout |
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spurious wing |
Noun
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tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing |
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squama |
Noun
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a protective structure resembling a scale |
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scute |
Noun
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large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake |
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sclerite |
Noun
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hard plate or element of the exoskeleton of some arthropods |
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shell |
Noun
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hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles |
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shell |
Noun
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the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod |