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Boort
(gcide) | Boort \Boort\, n.
See Bort.
[1913 Webster] |
Brevoortia
(gcide) | Brevoortia \Brevoortia\ n.
a genus of fishes consisting of the menhaden.
Syn: genus Brevoortia.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Brevoortia tyrannus
(gcide) | menhaden \men*ha"den\, n. (Zool.)
An American marine fish (Brevoortia tyrannus) of the
Herring family (Clupeidae), chiefly valuable for its oil
and as a component of fertilizers; -- called also
mossbunker, bony fish, chebog, pogy, hardhead,
whitefish, etc.
[1913 Webster] |
door-to-door
(gcide) | door-to-door \door-to-door\ adj.
1. direct without intermediate changes of vehicle; -- of e.g.
journeys or deliveries; as, the limousine offers direct
door-to-door service.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. omitting no one; from the door of one house to that of the
next; as, a door-to-door solicitation, canvass, or
campaign.
Syn: house-to-house.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Voortreker
(gcide) | Voortreker \Voor"trek`er\, n. [D. (in South Africa).]
One who treks before or first; a pioneer. [South Africa]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
brevoortia
(wn) | Brevoortia
n 1: menhaden [syn: Brevoortia, genus Brevoortia] |
brevoortia tyrannis
(wn) | Brevoortia tyrannis
n 1: shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal
and oil and fertilizer [syn: menhaden, {Brevoortia
tyrannis}] |
genus brevoortia
(wn) | genus Brevoortia
n 1: menhaden [syn: Brevoortia, genus Brevoortia] |
jan hendrix oort
(wn) | Jan Hendrix Oort
n 1: Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and
proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992) [syn:
Oort, Jan Hendrix Oort] |
oort
(wn) | Oort
n 1: Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and
proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992) [syn:
Oort, Jan Hendrix Oort] |
oort cloud
(wn) | Oort cloud
n 1: (astronomy) a hypothetical huge collection of comets
orbiting the sun far beyond the orbit of Pluto;
perturbations (as by other stars) can upset a comet's orbit
and may send it tumbling toward the sun |