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PALUS
Pa"lus, n.; pl. Pali. Etym: [L., a stake.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of several upright slender calcareous processes which surround the central part of the calicle of certain corals.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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