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A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc. Angora cat (Zoöl.), a variety of the domestic cat with very long and silky hair, generally of the brownish white color. Called also Angola cat. See Cat. -- Angora goat (Zoöl.), a variety of the domestic goat, reared for its long silky h…

A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setæ, but is without shelly plates.

Of or pertaining to trees; arboreal.

One who plants or who prunes trees. [Obs.] Evelyn.

The aurora borealis or aurora australis (northern or southern lights). Aurora borealis (, i. e., northern daybreak; popularly called northern lights. A luminous meteoric phenomenon, visible only at night, and supposed to be of electrical origin. This species of light usually appears in streams, ascending toward the zen…

Belonging to, or resembling, the aurora (the dawn or the northern lights); rosy. Her cheeks suffused with an auroral blush. Longfellow.

A kind of stout walking shoe, laced in front. A man who uses his balmorals to tread on your toes. George Eliot.

A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails.

Having two bodies.

Double-bodied, as a lion having one head and two bodies.

Bearing two flowers; two-flowered.

Having two perforations.

Relating to the blastophore.

A small West African chevrotain (Hyæmoschus aquaticus), resembling the musk deer.

Capable of being bored. [R.]

made of the skin of a goat or other animal. Hence: A drunkard. [Obs.] You're an absolute borachio. Congreve.

Pertaining to, or produced from, borax; containing boron; boric; as, boracic acid.

gray color occurring massive and in isometric crystals; in composition it is a magnesium borate with magnesium chloride.

Relating to, or obtained from, borax; containing borax.

A mucilaginous plant of the genus Borago (B. officinalis), which is used, esp. in France, as a demulcent and diaphoretic.