DERMAPTERA

Dermaptera, order Dermaptera

(noun) earwigs and a few related forms

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Der*map"te*ra, Der*map"ter*an (, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: See Dermoptera, Dermopteran.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ALEWIFE

(noun) shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus


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The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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