gastropod

Definition: (noun) Any of various mollusks of the class Gastropoda, such as the snail, slug, cowrie, or limpet, characteristically having a single, usually coiled shell or no shell at all, a ventral muscular foot for locomotion, and eyes and feelers located on a distinct head. Synonyms: univalve. Usage: The sound of a shell crushing beneath…

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coppice

Definition: (noun) A thicket or grove of small trees or shrubs, especially one maintained by periodic cutting or pruning to encourage suckering, as in the cultivation of cinnamon trees for their bark. Synonyms: thicket, brush, copse, brushwood. Usage: They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render…

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Frase celebre di Michail Bulgakov

«Dalle quattro del pomeriggio la luce cominciava ad ardere nelle finestre delle case, in tondi globi elettrici, nei lampioni a gas, nei fanali delle case con i numeri illuminati, e nelle vetrate a tutta parete delle centrali elettriche, che evocavano il pensiero del futuro elettrico dell'umanità, terribile ed irrequieto, con le loro finestre a tutta…

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rubella

Definition: (noun) A mild contagious eruptive disease caused by a virus and capable of producing congenital defects in infants born to mothers infected during the first three months of pregnancy. Synonyms: German measles, epidemic roseola, three-day measles. Usage: The parents were relieved when the doctor said that their son's rubella would improve in a matter…

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Wie nahe wir einander sind – zur Hauptverkehrszeit!

Michail Genin(1927 – 2003), russischer Aphoristiker, veröffentlichte seit 1964 in der satirischen Zeitschrift »Krokodil«, seit 1970 ständiger Autor der »Literaturnaja Gaseta« und der Zeitung »Moskowski Komsomolez«, war Vorsitzender der Autorensektion des Moskauer Aphorismen-Clubs

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farrago

Definition: (noun) An assortment or a medley; a conglomeration. Synonyms: hodgepodge, omnium-gatherum, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, ragbag. Usage: If the farrago of newspaper clippings, stale coffee mugs, and chewed-on pencils strewn around the office was any indication, her boss had been at the office all night. Discuss

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