an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan
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Afghan |
Afghani |
Pashto |
Pashtu |
Paxto |
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a member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan
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Pashtoon |
Pashtun |
Pathan |
Pushtun |
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"Pathans are the predominant ethnic group in Afghanistan"
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an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan
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Afghan |
Afghani |
Pashto |
Pashtu |
Paxto |
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an ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan
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Pashtun |
Pathan |
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a member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan
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Pashtoon |
Pashtun |
Pathan |
Pushtun |
sample sentences
"Pathans are the predominant ethnic group in Afghanistan"
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an artificial international language using characters (as mathematical symbols) instead of words to express ideas
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Pasigraphy |
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tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States
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Paspalum dilatatum |
dallis grass |
dallisgrass |
paspalum |
low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems
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Paspalum distichum |
knotgrass |
perennial tropical American grass used as pasture grass in arid areas of the Gulf States
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Bahia grass |
Paspalum notatum |
a member of the Algonquian people related to the Malecite and living in northeastern Maine and New Brunswick
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Passamaquody |
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small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe
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English sparrow |
Passer domesticus |
house sparrow |
two names for the suborder of typical songbirds
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Oscines |
Passeres |
suborder Oscines |
suborder Passeres |
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oscine, oscine bird
Meliphagidae, family Meliphagidae
Prunellidae, family Prunellidae
Alaudidae, family Alaudidae
Motacillidae, family Motacillidae
Fringillidae, family Fringillidae
Coerebidae, family Coerebidae, Dacninae, family Dacninae
Passeridae, family Passeridae
Ploceidae, family Ploceidae
Drepanididae, family Drepanididae
Muscicapidae, family Muscicapidae
Turdidae, family Turdidae
Sylviidae, family Sylviidae
Timaliidae, family Timaliidae
Parulidae, family Parulidae
Paradisaeidae, family Paradisaeidae
Icteridae, family Icteridae
Oriolidae, family Oriolidae
Sturnidae, family Sturnidae
Corvidae, family Corvidae
Cracticidae, family Cracticidae
Mimidae, family Mimidae
Xenicidae, family Xenicidae, Acanthisittidae, family Acanthisittidae
Certhiidae, family Certhiidae
Sittidae, family Sittidae
Paridae, family Paridae
Irenidae, family Irenidae
Hirundinidae, family Hirundinidae
Artamidae, family Artamidae
Thraupidae, family Thraupidae
Laniidae, family Laniidae
Ptilonorhynchidae, family Ptilonorhynchidae
Cinclidae, family Cinclidae
Vireonidae, family Vireonidae
Bombycillidae, family Bombycillidae
true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds
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Passeridae |
family Passeridae |
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largest order of birds comprising about half the known species; rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; the four suborders are Eurylaimi and Tyranni and Menurae and Oscines or Passeres
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Passeriformes |
order Passeriformes |
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a genus of small North American finches including the New World buntings
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Passerina |
genus Passerina |
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small deep blue North American bunting
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Passerina cyanea |
indigo bird |
indigo bunting |
indigo finch |
a naval battle in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Passero in which the Spanish navy was destroyed by France and England while attempting to recover Sicily and Sardinia from Italy (1719)
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Cape Passero |
Passero |
a cape that forms the southeastern corner of the island of Sicily
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Cape Passero |
Passero Cape |
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Brazilian passionflower cultivated for its deep purple fruit
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Passiflora edulis |
granadilla |
purple granadillo |
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tropical American passion flower with finely dissected bracts; stems malodorous when crushed
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Passiflora foetida |
love-in-a-mist |
running pop |
wild water lemon |
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of southern United States; having an insipid berry the size of a hen egg
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Passiflora incarnata |
maypop |
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West Indian passionflower; cultivated for its yellow edible fruit
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Jamaica honeysuckle |
Passiflora laurifolia |
yellow granadilla |
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West Indian passionflower with edible apple-sized fruit
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Passiflora maliformis |
sweet calabash |
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tropical American passionflower yielding the large granadilla fruit
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Passiflora quadrangularis |
giant granadilla |
granadilla |
tropical woody tendril-climbing vines
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Passifloraceae |
family Passifloraceae |
passionflower family |
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