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Zebub :: Zebub (n.) A large noxious fly of Abyssinia, which like the tsetse fly, is destructive to cattle..

Abyssinian :: Abyssinian (n.) A native of Abyssinia.

Byssus :: Byssus (n.) A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk..

Heteromyaria :: Heteromyaria (n. pl.) A division of bivalve shells, including the marine mussels, in which the two adductor muscles are very unequal. See Dreissena, and Illust. under Byssus..

Abyssal :: Abyssal (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable..

Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb -- usually followed by up.

Abysm :: Abysm (n.) An abyss; a gulf.

Mocha :: Mocha (n.) An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain..

Sangu :: Sangu (n.) The Abyssinian ox (Bos / Bibos, Africanus), noted for the great length of its horns. It has a hump on its back..

Kousso :: Kousso (n.) An Abyssinian rosaceous tree (Brayera anthelmintica), the flowers of which are used as a vermifuge..

Byssus :: Byssus (n.) Asbestus.

Gulf :: Gulf (n.) A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin,.

Amharic :: Amharic (n.) The Amharic language (now the chief language of Abyssinia).

Coffee :: Coffee (n.) The beans or berries (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea, growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and other warm regions of Asia and Africa, and also in tropical America..

Deep :: Deep (n.) That which is deep, especially deep water, as the sea or ocean; an abyss; a great depth..

Abyss :: Abyss (n.) Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth.

Byssuses :: Byssuses (pl. ) of Byssu.

Madoqua :: Madoqua (n.) A small Abyssinian antelope (Neotragus Saltiana), about the size of a hare..

Guereza :: Guereza (n.) A beautiful Abyssinian monkey (Colobus guereza), having the body black, with a fringe of long, silky, white hair along the sides, and a tuft of the same at the end of the tail. The frontal band, cheeks, and chin are white..

Byssin :: Byssin (n.) See Byssus, n., 1..

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