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ammodyte
ammodyte Zool. (ˈæmədaɪt) [ad. L. ammodytes, a. Gr. ἀµµοδύτης a sand-burrower; f. ἄµµος sand + δύτης diver, f. δύ-ειν to dive.] † 1. A venomous snake, the Sand-Natter, a species of Viper found in Southern Europe. Obs.1607 Topsell Serpents (1653) 763 By the same means that the poyson of the Viper, th...
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indiscrete
indiscrete, a. (ɪndɪˈskriːt) Also 7 indiscreet. [ad. L. indiscrēt-us unseparated, undistinguished: see in-3 and discrete, and cf. the differentiated indiscreet.] † 1. Not distinctly separate or distinguishable from contiguous objects or parts. Obs.1608 Topsell Serpents (1658) 629 The Ammodyte, indis...
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sand-eel
ˈsand-eel Also 4–5 sandel, 4 sandhell, 5 sawndel, 6 sand el. [f. sand n.2 + eel n.] 1. A fish of the genus Ammodytes, having a slender, cylindrical, silvery body resembling that of an eel.1307 Durh. Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 3 In c de makerell,..cccc di. merling. et sandelis. 1338 Ibid. 35 In Sandhells e...
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eel
▪ I. eel, n. (iːl) Forms: 1 ǽl, eol, 1–6 ele, 5–7 eele, 6 Sc. eill, (5 ȝele, 6 ye(e)le, 7 yeel), 6– eel. [Com. Teut.: OE. ǽl = MDu. ael (Du. aal), OHG. âl (Ger. aal), ON. áll (Da. aal, Sw. ål):—OTeut. *æ̂lo-z. The ultimate etymology is unknown; the hypothesis that the word is cogn. with the synonymo...
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sand
▪ I. † sand, n.1 Obs. Forms: 1–2 sand, sond, 3–6 sand(e, sond(e, 3 saand, sund, 5 saande, sonnd, sound(e, soonde, sownde, 4–5 Sc. saynd(e. [OE. sand, sǫnd str. fem., f. OTeut. *sand- in *sandjan to send.] 1. The action of sending; that which is sent, a message, present; (God's) dispensation or ordin...
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