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DAMAN
Etymology
Proper noun
Daman
A capital of the union territory of Daman and Diu, India.
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Anagrams
• A and M, A. and M., Madan, Manda, ad-man, adman, amand
Etymology
Noun
daman (plural damans)
The hyrax.
Anagrams
• A and M, A. and M., Madan, Manda, ad-man, adman, amand
Source: Wiktionary
Da"man, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A small herbivorous mammal of the genus Hyrax. The species found in Palestine and Syria is Hyrax Syriacus; that of Northern Africa is H. Brucei; -- called also ashkoko, dassy, and rock rabbit. See Cony, and Hyrax.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SENSE
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
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