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Tachyglossa :: Tachyglossa (n. pl.) A division of monotremes which comprises the spiny ant-eaters of Australia and New Guinea. See Illust. under Echidna.

Swanpan :: Swanny (a.) Swanlike; as, a swanny glossiness of the neck..

Subglottic :: Subglossal (a.) Situated under the tongue; sublingual.

Glossator :: Glossator (n.) A writer of glosses or comments; a commentator.

Daub :: Daub (v. t.) To flatter excessively or glossy.

Gossaries :: Gossaries (pl. ) of Glossar.

Japan :: "Japan (v. t.) To give a glossy black to, as shoes..

Hound''s-tongue :: Hound's-tongue (n.) A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue..

Matte :: Matte (n.) A dead or dull finish, as in gilding where the gold leaf is not burnished, or in painting where the surface is purposely deprived of gloss..

Glossology :: Glossology (n.) The science of language; comparative philology; linguistics; glottology.

Glossata :: Glossata (n. pl.) The Lepidoptera.

Varnish :: Varnish (n.) To lay varnish on; to cover with a liquid which produces, when dry, a hard, glossy surface; as, to varnish a table; to varnish a painting..

Linguistics :: Linguistics (n.) The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words; glossology..

Leaf-footed :: Leaf-footed (a.) Having leaflike expansions on the legs; -- said of certain insects; as, the leaf-footed bug (Leptoglossus phyllopus)..

Gymnoglossa :: Gymnoglossa (n. pl.) A division of gastropods in which the odontophore is without teeth.

Gloss :: Gloss (n.) A false or specious explanation.

Sandnecker :: Sandnecker (n.) A European flounder (Hippoglossoides limandoides); -- called also rough dab, long fluke, sand fluke, and sand sucker..

Saccoglossa :: Saccoglossa (n. pl.) Same as Pellibranchiata.

Vanjas :: Vanjas (n.) The Australian pied crow shrike (Strepera graculina). It is glossy bluish black, with the under tail coverts and the tips and bases of the tail feathers white..

Venus :: Venus (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Venus or family Veneridae. Many of these shells are large, and ornamented with beautiful frills; others are smooth, glossy, and handsomely colored. Some of the larger species, as the round clam, or quahog, are valued for food..

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