ostracoderm
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~ extinct fish-like jawless vertebrate having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoic
order Ostracodermi
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~ extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear
Ostracodermi
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~ extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear
ostrava
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~ an industrial city in northwestern Czech Republic in the Moravian lowlands; located in the coal mining area of Silesia
Ostrea gigas
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~ a large oyster native to Japan and introduced along the Pacific coast of the United States; a candidate for introduction in Chesapeake Bay
ostrea
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~ type genus of the family Ostreidae
ostrich
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~ fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird
ostrich fern
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~ tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
ostrich
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~ a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand)
Ostrogoth
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~ a member of the eastern group of Goths who created a kingdom in northern Italy around 500 AD
Ostrya carpinifolia
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~ medium-sized hop hornbeam of southern Europe and Asia Minor
Ostrya
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~ deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae
Ostryopsis
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~ deciduous monoecious shrubs of China and Mongolia resembling trees of the genus Ostrya; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae
Ostwald
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~ German chemist (1853-1932)
Ostyak
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~ a Ugric language (related to Hungarian) spoken by the Ostyak
Ostyak
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~ a member of the nomadic Ugrian people living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals)
Oswald
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~ United States assassin of President John F. Kennedy (1939-1963)
Otaheite arrowroot
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~ a starch obtained from the root of the pia
otalgia
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~ an ache localized in the middle or inner ear