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Abalone :: Abalone (n.) A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks..

Microlepidoptera :: Microlepidoptera (n. pl.) A tribe of Lepidoptera, including a vast number of minute species, as the plume moth, clothes moth, etc..

Brood :: Brood (v. t.) The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the same age; offspring; progeny; as, a woman with a brood of children..

Tussock :: Tussock (n.) A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths. The body of these caterpillars is covered with hairs which form long tufts or brushes. Some species are very injurious to shade and fruit trees. Called also tussock caterpillar. See Orgyia.

Mooder :: Mooder (n.) Mother.

Mammothrept :: Mammothrept (n.) A child brought up by its grandmother; a spoiled child.

Smothery :: Smothery (a.) Tending to smother; stifling.

Grandam :: Grandam (n.) An old woman; specifically, a grandmother..

Smother :: Smother (v. t.) To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like; as, to smother a fire..

Smotheringly :: Smotheringly (adv.) In a smothering manner.

Slug :: Slug (n.) Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth which creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug..

Pearlaceous :: Pearlaceous (a.) Resembling pearl or mother-of-pearl; pearly in quality or appearance.

Phalaenid :: Phalaenid (n.) Any moth of the family Phalaenidae, of which the cankerworms are examples; a geometrid..

Lepidoptera :: Lepidoptera (n. pl.) An order of insects, which includes the butterflies and moths. They have broad wings, covered with minute overlapping scales, usually brightly colored..

Smudge :: Smudge (v. t.) To stifle or smother with smoke; to smoke by means of a smudge.

Sea Louse :: Sea louse () Any one of numerous species of isopod crustaceans of Cymothoa, Livoneca, and allied genera, mostly parasites on fishes..

Smoulder :: Smoulder (n.) Smoke; smother.

Stepson :: Stepsister (n.) A daughter of one's stepfather or stepmother by a former marriage.

Matriarch :: Matriarch (n.) The mother and ruler of a family or of her descendants; a ruler by maternal right.

Mammalia :: Mammalia (n. pl.) The highest class of Vertebrata. The young are nourished for a time by milk, or an analogous fluid, secreted by the mammary glands of the mother..

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