Definition of curious

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Curious (a.) Careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to research or inquiry; habitually inquisitive; prying; -- sometimes with after or of.

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Exquisitive :: Exquisitive (a.) Eager to discover or learn; curious.
Myzostomata :: Myzostomata (n. pl.) An order of curious parasitic worms found on crinoids. The body is short and disklike, with four pairs of suckers and five pairs of hook-bearing parapodia on the under side..
Incuriousness :: Incuriousness (n.) Unconcernedness; incuriosity.
Stickler :: Stickleback (v. t.) Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag, sharpling, and prickleback..
Inquisitive :: Inquisitive (a.) Given to examination, investigation, or research; searching; curious..
Langaha :: Langaha (n.) A curious colubriform snake of the genus Xyphorhynchus, from Madagascar. It is brownish red, and its nose is prolonged in the form of a sharp blade..
Quaint :: Quaint (a.) Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression..
Oddly :: Oddly (adv.) In a peculiar manner; strangely; queerly; curiously.
Starost :: Starnose (n.) A curious American mole (Condylura cristata) having the nose expanded at the end into a stellate disk; -- called also star-nosed mole.
Mask Shell :: Mask shell () Any spiral marine shell of the genus Persona, having a curiously twisted aperture..
Incuriously :: Incuriously (adv.) In an curious manner.
Curious :: Curious (a.) Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed; elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill.
Curiously :: Curiously (adv.) In a curious manner.
Peer :: Peer (v. i.) To look narrowly or curiously or intently; to peep; as, the peering day..
Conceited :: Conceited (a.) Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.
Monkflower :: Monkflower (n.) A name of certain curious orchids which bear three kinds of flowers formerly referred to three genera, but now ascertained to be sexually different forms of the same genus (Catasetum tridentatum, etc.)..
Bird Fancier :: Bird fancier () One who takes pleasure in rearing or collecting rare or curious birds.
Speculative :: Speculative (a.) Of or pertaining to vision; also, prying; inquisitive; curious..
Pry :: Pry (n.) Curious inspection; impertinent peeping.
Manakin :: Manakin (n.) Any one of numerous small birds belonging to Pipra, Manacus, and other genera of the family Pipridae. They are mostly natives of Central and South America. some are bright-colored, and others have the wings and tail curiously ornamented. The name is sometimes applied to related birds of other families..
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