SCOTT

Scott, Dred Scott

(noun) United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state; caused the Supreme Court to declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional (1795?-1858)

Scott, Walter Scott, Sir Walter Scott

(noun) British author of historical novels and ballads (1771-1832)

Scott, Winfield Scott

(noun) United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866)

Scott, Robert Scott, Robert Falcon Scott

(noun) English explorer who reached the South Pole just a month after Amundsen; he and his party died on the return journey (1868-1912)

Scott, George C. Scott

(noun) award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999)

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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PARASITISM

(noun) the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage)


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