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MUSCOID
Etymology 1
Noun
muscoid (plural muscoids)
(zoology) Any fly in the superfamily Muscoidea.
(loosely) Any fly in the section Schizophora.
Etymology 2
Noun
muscoid (plural muscoids)
(botany, obsolete) Any moss-like flowerless plant, with a distinct stem, and often with leaves, but without any vascular system.
Adjective
muscoid (comparative more muscoid, superlative most muscoid)
(botany) Resembling moss.
Anagrams
• mucoids
Source: Wiktionary
Mus"coid, a. Etym: [Muscus + -oid: cf. F. muscoide.] (Bot.)
Definition: Mosslike; resembling moss.
Mus"coid, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A term formerly applied to any mosslike flowerless plant, with a distinct stem, and often with leaves, but without any vascular system.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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