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Brevirostrate :: Brevirostrate (a.) Short-billed; having a short beak.

Prostrate :: Prostrate (v. t.) To throw down, or cause to fall in humility or adoration; to cause to bow in humble reverence; used reflexively; as, he prostrated himself..

Indicate :: Indicate (v. t.) To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies; as, great prostration of strength indicates the use of stimulants..

Decumbent :: Decumbent (a.) Lying down; prostrate; recumbent.

Grabble :: Grabble (v. i.) To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to grovel.

Malacostraca :: Malacostraca (n. pl.) A subclass of Crustacea, including Arthrostraca and Thoracostraca, or all those higher than the Entomostraca..

Curvirostral :: Curvirostral (a.) Having a crooked beak, as the crossbill..

Repent :: Repent (a.) Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems.

Fissirostral :: Fissirostral (a.) Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and goatsuckers..

Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To cause to lie down, to be prostrate, or to lie against something; to put or set down; to deposit; as, to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave; a shower lays the dust..

Archer Fish :: Archer fish () A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; -- so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Chaetodon rostratus..

Procumbent :: Procumbent (a.) Lying on the ground, but without putting forth roots; trailing; prostrate; as, a procumbent stem..

Prone :: Prone (a.) Prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down; -- opposed to supine..

Flatness :: Flatness (n.) Want of vivacity or spirit; prostration; dejection; depression.

Pressirostral :: Pressirostral (a.) Of or pertaining to the pressirosters.

Prostrate :: Prostrate (v. t.) To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever..

Stoop :: Stoop (v. t.) To cause to submit; to prostrate.

Amphipoda :: Amphipoda (n. pl.) A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca..

Prostrate :: Prostrate (v. t.) To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants..

Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die by violence, as in battle..

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