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Hawk Moth :: Hawk moth () Any moth of the family Sphingidae, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larvae are large, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors, and often with a caudal spine. See Sphinx, also Tobacco worm, and Tomato worm..

Synaptase :: Synapta (n.) A genus of slender, transparent holothurians which have delicate calcareous anchors attached to the dermal plates. See Illustration in Appendix..

Peele :: Peele (n.) A graceful and swift South African antelope (Pelea capreola). The hair is woolly, and ash-gray on the back and sides. The horns are black, long, slender, straight, nearly smooth, and very sharp. Called also rheeboc, and rehboc..

Attenuate :: Attenuate (v. i.) To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen..

Skate :: Skate (n.) Any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch fishes of the genus Raia, having a long, slender tail, terminated by a small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. The skin is more or less spinose..

Pilose :: Pilose (a.) Covered with long, slender hairs; resembling long hairs; hairy; as, pilose pubescence..

Thorntail :: Thorntail (n.) A beautiful South American humming bird (Gouldia Popelairii), having the six outer tail feathers long, slender, and pointed. The head is ornamented with a long, pointed crest..

Thornbill :: Thornbill (n.) Any one of several species of small, brilliantly colored American birds of the genus Rhamphomicron. They have a long, slender, sharp bill, and feed upon honey, insects, and the juice of the sugar cane..

Vimen :: Vimen (n.) A long, slender, flexible shoot or branch..

Spire :: Spire (n.) A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat..

Running :: Running (a.) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a running vine..

Ovate-acuminate :: Ovate-acuminate (a.) Having an ovate form, but narrowed at the end into a slender point..

Film :: Film (n.) A slender thread, as that of a cobweb..

Tenotome :: Tenotome (n.) A slender knife for use in the operation of tenotomy.

Hyalonema :: Hyalonema (n.) A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together like the strands of a color. The stem of the Japanese species (H. Sieboldii), called glass-rope, has long been in use as an ornament. See Glass-rope..

Filaria :: Filaria (n.) A genus of slender, nematode worms of many species, parasitic in various animals. See Guinea worm..

Threadworm :: Threadworm (n.) Any long, slender nematode worm, especially the pinworm and filaria..

Acicular :: Acicular (a.) Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless..

Strigine :: Strigillose (a.) Set with stiff, slender bristles..

Slender :: Slender (superl.) Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet..

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