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  • 61cirripede — ▪ crustacean Introduction       any of the marine crustaceans of the infraclass Cirripedia (subphylum Crustacea). The best known are the barnacles. Adult cirripedes other than barnacles are internal parasites of marine invertebrates such as crabs …

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  • 62impregnate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. fertilize, fecundate, pollinate, inseminate, get in trouble (inf.), get in a family way (inf.), knock up (sl.); infuse, soak, permeate, saturate. See reproduction, insertion, mixture. II (Roget s… …

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  • 63pollinate — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. fertilize, pollenate, cross fertilize, breed; see fertilize 2 …

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  • 64Cross-fertilized — Cross fertilize Cross fer ti*lize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cross fertilized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cross fertilizing}.] (Bot.) To fertilize, as the stigmas of a flower or plant, with the pollen from another individual of the same species. [Webster 1913… …

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  • 65Cross-fertilizing — Cross fertilize Cross fer ti*lize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cross fertilized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cross fertilizing}.] (Bot.) To fertilize, as the stigmas of a flower or plant, with the pollen from another individual of the same species. [Webster 1913… …

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  • 66Impregnate — Im*preg nate ([i^]m*pr[e^]g n[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impregnated} ( n[asl]*t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Impregnating} ( n[asl]*t[i^]ng).] [LL. impraegnatus, p. p. of impraegnare to impregnate, fr. L. pref. im in + praegnans pregnant. See… …

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  • 67Impregnated — Impregnate Im*preg nate ([i^]m*pr[e^]g n[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impregnated} ( n[asl]*t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Impregnating} ( n[asl]*t[i^]ng).] [LL. impraegnatus, p. p. of impraegnare to impregnate, fr. L. pref. im in + praegnans pregnant …

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  • 68Impregnating — Impregnate Im*preg nate ([i^]m*pr[e^]g n[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impregnated} ( n[asl]*t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Impregnating} ( n[asl]*t[i^]ng).] [LL. impraegnatus, p. p. of impraegnare to impregnate, fr. L. pref. im in + praegnans pregnant …

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  • 69male — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French masle, male, adjective & noun, from Latin masculus more at masculine Date: 14th century 1. a. a male person ; a man or a boy b. an individual that produces small usually motile gametes (as… …

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  • 70Flowering plant — Flowering plants Temporal range: Early Cretaceous Recent …

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