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skin: [noun] the integument of an animal (such as a fur-bearing mammal or a bird) separated from the body usually with its hair or feathers. a usually unmounted specimen of a vertebrate (as in a museum). the hide or pelt of a game or domestic animal. the pelt of an animal prepared for use as a trimming or in a garment — compare 4hide. a sheet ...
The word, which has plural forms of either pinnae or pinnas, can also refer to another projecting body party, such as a feather, wing, or fin— pinna is Latin for "feather" or "wing"—or to a leaflet or primary division of a pinnate leaf or frond. The word auricle is also used to refer to the pinna of the ear, but is more commonly used to ...
sickness; an unhealthy condition of body or mind; wickedness… See the full definition Games & Quizzes Games & Quizzes Word of the Day Grammar Wordplay Word Finder Thesaurus Join MWU Shop Books ...
antigen: [noun] any substance (such as an immunogen or a hapten) foreign to the body that evokes an immune response either alone or after forming a complex with a larger molecule (such as a protein) and that is capable of binding with a product (such as an antibody or T cell) of the immune response.
sponge: [noun] an elastic porous mass of interlacing horny fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals (phylum Porifera) and is able when wetted to absorb water. a piece of sponge (as for scrubbing). a porous rubber or cellulose product used similarly to a sponge. any of a phylum (Porifera) of aquatic chiefly marine ...
luminous: [adjective] emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light. of or relating to light or to luminous flux.
noun. 1. : fat contained in adipose tissue. In talking about fats, it is important to distinguish between dietary lipids—what you consume in foods—as opposed to body fat or blood lipids—those that are stored in adipose tissue or that circulate in the blood. W. Virgil Brown and Donald A. Smith, in Total Nutrition: The Only Guide You'll ...
