Dubsar - Z (p. 14)

zooplankton, n.
(zooplanktons)

animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae
<noun.animal>

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hypernym

animal, creature, beast, animate being, brute, fauna

member holonym

zoopsia, n.

visual hallucination of animals; sometimes occurring in delirium tremens
<noun.state>

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hypernym

visual hallucination

zoospore, n.
(zoospores)

an asexual spore of some algae and fungi that moves by means of flagella
<noun.plant>

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hypernym

zoot suit, n.

a flashy suit of extreme cut
<noun.artifact>

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hypernym

suit, suit of clothes

zootoxin, n.
(zootoxins)

a toxin resembling bacterial toxins in its antigenic properties that is found in the fluids of certain animals
<noun.substance>

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hypernym

hyponym

zori, n.
(zoris)

a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes
<noun.artifact>

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hypernym

zoril, n.
(zorils)

muishond of northern Africa
<noun.animal>

Ictonyx frenata

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hypernym

member holonym

Ictonyx, genus Ictonyx

zoster, n.
(zosters)

eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia
<noun.state>

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hypernym

zoysia, n.

any of several creeping grasses of the genus Zoysia
<noun.plant>

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hypernym

member holonym

genus Zoysia, Zoisia, genus Zoisia

hyponym

Manila grass, Japanese carpet grass, Zoysia matrella Korean lawn grass, Japanese lawn grass, Zoysia japonica mascarene grass, Korean velvet grass, Zoysia tenuifolia

zucchini, n.
(zucchinis)

small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green
<noun.food>

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hypernym

part holonym

zucchini, courgette

marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small
<noun.plant>

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part meronym

zucchini, courgette

hypernym

marrow, marrow squash, vegetable marrow

zumbooruck, n.
(zumboorucks)

a camel cavalry used in the early modern era by Arab, Afghan, Persian, and Indian armies
<noun.group>

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hypernym

zumbooruk, n.
(zumbooruks)

a camel cavalry used in the early modern era by Arab, Afghan, Persian, and Indian armies
<noun.group>

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hypernym

zwieback, n.
(zwiebacks)

slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp
<noun.food>

Brussels biscuit

twice-baked bread

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hypernym

zydeco, n.
(zydecos)

music of southern Louisiana that combines French dance melodies with Caribbean music and blues
<noun.communication>

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hypernym

country music, country and western, C and W

zygodactyl, adj.

(of bird feet) having the first and fourth toes directed backward the second and third forward
<adj.all>

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antonym

zygodactyl foot, n.

a bird's foot having the first and fourth toes of each foot directed backward and the second and third forward
<noun.animal>

zygodactyl foot

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antonym

heterodactyl foot

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hypernym

zygoma, n.
(zygomas)

the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone
<noun.body>

arcus zygomaticus

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derivationally related form

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hypernym

part holonym

cheekbone, zygomatic bone, zygomatic, malar, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum

zygomatic, adj.

of or relating to the cheek region of the face
<adj.pert>

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derivationally related form

derived from/pertains to

zygomatic, n.
(zygomatics)

the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
<noun.body> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

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part meronym

jugale, jugal point zygoma, zygomatic arch, arcus zygomaticus zygomatic process

hypernym

part holonym

zygomatic arch, n.

the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone
<noun.body>

arcus zygomaticus

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derivationally related form

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hypernym

part holonym

cheekbone, zygomatic bone, zygomatic, malar, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum

zygomatic bone, n.

the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
<noun.body> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

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part meronym

jugale, jugal point zygoma, zygomatic arch, arcus zygomaticus zygomatic process

hypernym

part holonym

zygomatic process, n.

a slender process of the temporal bone that strengthens the zygomatic arch
<noun.body>

zygomatic process

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part holonym

cheekbone, zygomatic bone, zygomatic, malar, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum

hypernym

process, outgrowth, appendage

zygomorphic, adj.

capable of division into symmetrical halves by only one longitudinal plane passing through the axis
<adj.all>

bilaterally symmetrical

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antonym

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domain of synset (topic)

biology, biological science

zygomorphous, adj.

capable of division into symmetrical halves by only one longitudinal plane passing through the axis
<adj.all>

bilaterally symmetrical

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antonym

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domain of synset (topic)

biology, biological science

zygospore, n.
(zygospores)

a plant spore formed by two similar sexual cells
<noun.plant>

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hypernym

zygote, n.
(zygotes)

(genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell)
<noun.body>

fertilized ovum

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derivationally related form

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domain of synset (topic)

organism, being genetics, genetic science

hypernym

hyponym

heterozygote homozygote

zygotene, n.
(zygotenes)

the second stage of the prophase of meiosis
<noun.process>

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part holonym

hypernym

zygotic, adj.

of or relating to a zygote
<adj.pert>

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derivationally related form

derived from/pertains to

zymase, n.
(zymases)

a complex of enzymes that cause glycolysis; originally found in yeast but also present in higher organisms
<noun.substance>

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hypernym

zymogen, n.
(zymogens)

any of a group of compounds that are inactive precursors of enzymes and require some change (such as the hydrolysis of a fragment that masks an active enzyme) to become active
<noun.substance>

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hypernym

organic compound

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