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Hornbug :: Hornbug (n.) A large nocturnal beetle of the genus Lucanus (as L. capreolus, and L. dama), having long, curved upper jaws, resembling a sickle. The grubs are found in the trunks of old trees..

Proboscis :: Proboscis (n.) A hollow organ or tube attached to the head, or connected with the mouth, of various animals, and generally used in taking food or drink; a snout; a trunk..

Spica :: Spica (n.) A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; -- so called from its resemblance to a spike of a barley..

Ostracion :: Ostracion (n.) A genus of plectognath fishes having the body covered with solid, immovable, bony plates. It includes the trunkfishes..

Cross-birth :: Cross-birth (n.) Any preternatural labor, in which the body of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm, or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus..

Trunk :: Trunk (n.) The body of an animal, apart from the head and limbs..

Heartwood :: Heartwood (n.) The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum..

Trunkfuls :: Trunkfuls (pl. ) of Trunkfu.

Truncal :: Truncal (a.) Of or pertaining to the trunk, or body..

Stock :: Stock (n.) The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk..

Thigh :: Thigh (n.) The proximal segment of the hind limb between the knee and the trunk. See Femur.

Coffer :: Coffer (n.) A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables..

Mail :: Mail (n.) A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried..

Margosa :: Margosa (n.) A large tree of genus Melia (M. Azadirachta) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. The M. Azedarach is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the Southern United States, where it is known as Pride of India, Pride of China, or bead tree. Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic..

Induviate :: Induviate (a.) Covered with induviae, as the upper part of the trunk of a palm tree..

Thorax :: Thorax (n.) The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal vertebrae, the ribs, and the sternum, and which the heart and lungs are situated; the chest..

Slam :: Slam (v. t.) To put in or on some place with force and loud noise; -- usually with down; as, to slam a trunk down on the pavement..

Alitrunk :: Alitrunk (n.) The segment of the body of an insect to which the wings are attached; the thorax.

Cycas :: Cycas (n.) A genus of trees, intermediate in character between the palms and the pines. The pith of the trunk of some species furnishes a valuable kind of sago..

Luggage :: Luggage (n.) That which is lugged; anything cumbrous and heavy to be carried; especially, a traveler's trunks, baggage, etc., or their contents..

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