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  • 11coleopteran — /koh lee op teuhr euhn, kol ee /, adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the order Coleoptera. n. 2. a beetle. [1840 50; COLEOPTER(A) + AN] * * * ▪ insect Introduction   any member of the insect order Coleoptera, consisting of the beetles and weevils …

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  • 12gall — gall1 [gôl] n. [ME galle < OE (Anglian) galla (WS gealla), akin to Ger galle < IE base * ĝhel , to shine, YELLOW > L fel, gall, Gr cholē, bile] 1. BILE (sense 1) 2. Archaic the gallbladder 3. something that is bitter or distasteful …

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  • 13friction — noun Etymology: earlier, therapeutic rubbing of the limbs, from Middle French, from Latin friction , frictio, from fricare to rub; akin to Latin friare to crumble, and perhaps to Sanskrit bhrīṇanti they injure Date: 1704 1. a. the rubbing of one… …

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  • 14Peccary — Peccaries Temporal range: Late Eocene–Recent …

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  • 15Gua Sha — as practiced in Bali, Indonesia Gua sha (Chinese: 刮痧; pinyin: guā shā), literally to scrape away fever in Chinese (more loosely, to scrape away disease by allowing the disease to escape as sandy looking objects through the skin ), is an ancient… …

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  • 16graze — 1 verb 1 EAT GRASS a) (I) if an animal grazes, it eats grass that is growing: The sheep continued to graze. b) (T) to let animals eat grass: fields where they used to graze their sheep 2 INJURE YOURSELF (T) to break the surface of your skin by… …

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  • 17wear — 1. v. & n. v. (past wore; past part. worn) 1 tr. have on one s person as clothing or an ornament etc. (is wearing shorts; wears earrings). 2 tr. be dressed habitually in (wears green). 3 tr. exhibit or present (a facial expression or appearance)… …

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  • 18Gall — Gall, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Galled} (g[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Galling}.] [OE. gallen; cf. F. galer to scratch, rub, gale scurf, scab, G. galle a disease in horses feet, an excrescence under the tongue of horses; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Gall}… …

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  • 19Galled — Gall Gall, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Galled} (g[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Galling}.] [OE. gallen; cf. F. galer to scratch, rub, gale scurf, scab, G. galle a disease in horses feet, an excrescence under the tongue of horses; of uncertain origin. Cf.… …

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  • 20Galling — Gall Gall, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Galled} (g[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Galling}.] [OE. gallen; cf. F. galer to scratch, rub, gale scurf, scab, G. galle a disease in horses feet, an excrescence under the tongue of horses; of uncertain origin. Cf.… …

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