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water vascular system |
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system of fluid-filled tubes used by echinoderms in locomotion and feeding and respiration |
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wing |
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a movable organ for flying (one of a pair) |
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wing |
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an addition that extends a main building |
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wing |
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a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud |
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wing |
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one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane |
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wing |
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a stage area out of sight of the audience |
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wing |
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the wing of a fowl |
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wing |
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a unit of military aircraft |
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wing |
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the side of military or naval formation |
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wing |
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a group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function |
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wing |
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(in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft |
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wing |
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a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side |
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wing |
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travel through the air |
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web spinner |
Noun
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any of a small order of slender typically tropical insects that nest in colonies in silken tunnels that they spin |
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wireworm |
Noun
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wormlike larva of various elaterid beetles |
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water beetle |
Noun
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any of numerous aquatic beetles usually having a smooth oval body and flattened hind legs for swimming |
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whirligig beetle |
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aquatic beetle that circles rapidly on the water surface |
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weevil |
Noun
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any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products |
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worker |
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sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae |
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worker |
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a person who works at a specific occupation |
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worker |
Noun
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a person who acts and gets things done |
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worker |
Noun
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a member of the working class (not necessarily employed) |
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worker bee |
Noun
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sterile bee specialized to collect food and maintain the hive |
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wriggler |
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larva of a mosquito |
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wriggler |
Noun
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one who can't stay still (especially a child) |
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warble fly |
Noun
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hairy bee-like fly whose larvae produce lumpy abscesses (warbles) under the skin of cattle |
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warble |
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a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly |
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warble |
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sing by changing register |
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warble |
Verb
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sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below |
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wasp |
Noun
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social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting |
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water bug |
Noun
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small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe |
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water bug |
Noun
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a true bug: large aquatic bug adapted to living in or on the surface of water |
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wood ant |
Noun
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reddish-brown European ant typically living in anthills in woodlands |
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white ant |
Noun
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whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood |
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walking stick |
Noun
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any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies |
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walking stick |
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a stick carried in the hand for support in walking |
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walkingstick |
Noun
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any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies |
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walking leaf |
Noun
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tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body |
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walking leaf |
Noun
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ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tip |
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wax insect |
Noun
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any of various insects that secrete a waxy substance |
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water scorpion |
Noun
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long-legged aquatic insect having the front legs fitted for seizing and holding prey and the abdomen extended by a long breathing tube |
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water boatman |
Noun
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carnivorous aquatic bug having paddle-like hind legs |
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water strider |
Noun
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long-legged bug that skims about on the surface of water |
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water skater |
Noun
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long-legged bug that skims about on the surface of water |
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wheel bug |
Noun
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large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insects |
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woolly aphid |
Noun
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secretes a waxy substance like a mass of fine curly white cotton or woolly threads |
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woolly plant louse |
Noun
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secretes a waxy substance like a mass of fine curly white cotton or woolly threads |
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woolly apple aphid |
Noun
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primarily a bark feeder on aerial parts and roots of apple and other trees |
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woolly alder aphid |
Noun
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attacks alders |
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whitefly |
Noun
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minute insect that feeds on plant juices |