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BRONTOTHERIUM n.
A genus of large extinct mammals from the miocene strata of western North America. They were allied to the rhinoceros, but the skull bears a pair of powerful horn cores in front of the orbits, and the fore feet were four-toed. See Illustration in Appendix.
BROTHER n. 4 definitions
A male person who has the same father and mother with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case he is more definitely called a half brother, or brother of the half blood. Two of us in the churchyard lie, My sister and my brother. Wordsworth.
BROTHER GERMAN n.
A brother by both the father's and mother's side, in contradistinction to a uterine brother, one by the mother only. Bouvier.
BROTHER-IN-LAW n.
The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husband of one's wife's sister.
BROTHERHOOD n. 4 definitions
The state of being brothers or a brother.
BROTHERLINESS n.
The state or quality of being brotherly.
BROTHERLY a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to brothers; such as is natural for brothers; becoming to brothers; kind; affectionate; as, brotherly love.
CHEIROTHERIUM n.
A genus of extinct animals, so named from fossil footprints rudely resembling impressions of the human hand, and believed to have been made by labyrinthodont reptiles. See Illustration in Appendix.
DEINOTHERIUM n.
See Dinotherium.
DINOTHERE; DINOTHERIUM n.
A large extinct proboscidean mammal from the miocene beds of Europe and Asia. It is remarkable fora pair of tusks directed downward from the decurved apex of the lower jaw.
EEL-MOTHER n.
The eelpout.
ENDOTHERMIC a.
to, a reaction which occurs with absorption of heat; formed by such a reaction; as, an endothermic substance; -- opposed to exothermic.
EXOTHERMIC a.
Characterized by, or formed with, evolution of heat; as, an exothermic reaction; -- opposed to endothermic.
FOREMOTHER n.
A female ancestor.
FOTHER n. 3 definitions
A wagonload; a load of any sort. [Obs.] Of dung full many a fother. Chaucer.
GEOTHERMOMETER n.
A thermometer specially constructed for measuring temperetures at a depth below the surface of the ground.
GODMOTHER n.
A woman who becomes sponsor for a child in baptism. See Godfather
GRANDMOTHER n.
The mother of one's father or mother.
GRANDMOTHERLY a.
Like a grandmother in age or manner; kind; indulgent.
GREAT-GRANDMOTHER n.
The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother.
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