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  • 81Sternums — Sternum Ster num, n.; pl. L. {Sterna}, E. {Sternums}. [NL., from Gr. ?, the breast, chest.] 1. (Anat.) A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates… …

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  • 82Wishbone — Wish bone , n. The forked bone in front of the breastbone in birds; called also {merrythought}, and {wishing bone}. See {Merrythought}, and {Furculum}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 83wishing bone — Wishbone Wish bone , n. The forked bone in front of the breastbone in birds; called also {merrythought}, and {wishing bone}. See {Merrythought}, and {Furculum}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 84hypochondria — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin, plural, upper abdomen (formerly regarded as the seat of hypochondria), from Greek, literally, the parts under the cartilage (of the breastbone), from hypo + chondros cartilage Date: 1668 extreme… …

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  • 85ratite — noun Etymology: ultimately from Latin ratitus marked with the figure of a raft, from ratis raft Date: 1877 a bird with a flat breastbone; especially any of various mostly flightless birds (as an ostrich, rhea, emu, moa, or kiwi) with small or… …

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  • 86wishbone — noun Etymology: from the superstition that when two persons pull it apart the one getting the longer fragment will have a wish granted Date: 1847 1. a forked bone in front of the breastbone in a bird consisting chiefly of the two clavicles fused… …

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  • 87slot — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, the hollow at the base of the throat above the breastbone, from Anglo French esclot hoofprint, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle High German slag blow, hoofprint; probably from its resemblance to a hoofprint… …

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  • 88Blood — For other uses, see Blood (disambiguation). Human blood smear: a – erythrocytes; b – neutrophil; c – eosinophil; d – lymphocyte …

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  • 89Emma Goldman — Goldman circa 1911 Full name Emma Goldman Born June 27, 1869(1869 06 27) Kovno, Russian Empire Died May 14 …

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  • 90Kiwi — Taxobox name = Kiwi image width = 220px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Struthioniformes familia = Apterygidae familia authority = G.R. Gray, 1840 genus = Apteryx genus authority = Shaw, 1813 subdivision ranks = Species… …

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