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A division of Carnivora, including the dogs, wolves, and foxes.

One of the Cyprinidae, or Carp family, as the goldfish, barbel, etc.

One of the Cystidea.

An order of Crinoidea, mostly fossils of the Paleozoic rocks. They were usually roundish or egg-shaped, and often unsymmetrical; some were sessile, others had short stems.

One of the Cystidea.

Same as Cystidean.

Same as Cystidea.

Cell-like; -- applied to the corpuscles of lymph, blood, chyle, etc.

A kind of zooid of Siphonophora which has an elongated or even vermiform body, with one tentacle, but no mouth. See Siphonophora.

A female servant whose business is the care of the dairy.

A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one.

Like the dartos; dartoic; as, dartoid tissue.

Of or pertaining to David, the king and psalmist of Israel, or to his family.

A dairymaid. [Obs.]

Cleft into ten parts.

Capable of being decided; determinable.

To cut off; to separate. [Obs.] Our seat denies us traffic here; The sea, too near, decides us from the rest. Fuller.

Free from ambiguity; unequivocal; unmistakable; unquestionable; clear; evident; as, a decided advantage. "A more decided taste for science." Prescott.

In a decided manner; indisputably; clearly; thoroughly.

Means of forming a decision. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.