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  • 1jaeger — /yay geuhr/; for 1 also /jay geuhr/, n. 1. any of several rapacious seabirds of the family Stercorariidae that pursue weaker birds to make them drop their prey. 2. a hunter. 3. a member of any of several groups of sharpshooters in the German or… …

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  • 2Asia — /ay zheuh, ay sheuh/, n. a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. 2,896,700,000; ab. 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km). * * * I Largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean …

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  • 3ra|pa´cious|ness — ra|pa|cious «ruh PAY shuhs», adjective. 1. seizing by force; plundering: »rapacious pirates. 2. grasping; greedy: »a rapacious miser. SYNONYM(S): avaricious. 3. living by the capture of prey; …

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  • 4ra|pa´cious|ly — ra|pa|cious «ruh PAY shuhs», adjective. 1. seizing by force; plundering: »rapacious pirates. 2. grasping; greedy: »a rapacious miser. SYNONYM(S): avaricious. 3. living by the capture of prey; …

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  • 5ra|pa|cious — «ruh PAY shuhs», adjective. 1. seizing by force; plundering: »rapacious pirates. 2. grasping; greedy: »a rapacious miser. SYNONYM(S): avaricious. 3. living by the capture of prey; …

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  • 6Empidonax Acadicus — Tyrant Tyr ant (t[imac] rant), n. [OE. tirant, tiraunt, tyraunt, OF. tiran, tirant (probably from confusion with the p. pr. of verbs), F. tyran, L. tyrannus, Gr. ty rannos, originally, an absolute sovereign, but afterwards, a severe or cruel… …

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  • 7Pyrocephalus rubineus — Tyrant Tyr ant (t[imac] rant), n. [OE. tirant, tiraunt, tyraunt, OF. tiran, tirant (probably from confusion with the p. pr. of verbs), F. tyran, L. tyrannus, Gr. ty rannos, originally, an absolute sovereign, but afterwards, a severe or cruel… …

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  • 8Tyrant — Tyr ant (t[imac] rant), n. [OE. tirant, tiraunt, tyraunt, OF. tiran, tirant (probably from confusion with the p. pr. of verbs), F. tyran, L. tyrannus, Gr. ty rannos, originally, an absolute sovereign, but afterwards, a severe or cruel ruler.] 1.… …

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  • 9tyrant bird — Tyrant Tyr ant (t[imac] rant), n. [OE. tirant, tiraunt, tyraunt, OF. tiran, tirant (probably from confusion with the p. pr. of verbs), F. tyran, L. tyrannus, Gr. ty rannos, originally, an absolute sovereign, but afterwards, a severe or cruel… …

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  • 10Tyrant flycatcher — Tyrant Tyr ant (t[imac] rant), n. [OE. tirant, tiraunt, tyraunt, OF. tiran, tirant (probably from confusion with the p. pr. of verbs), F. tyran, L. tyrannus, Gr. ty rannos, originally, an absolute sovereign, but afterwards, a severe or cruel… …

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