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  • 101celeriac — noun Etymology: irregular from celery Date: 1743 a celery (Apium graveolens rapaceum) grown for its knobby edible root …

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  • 102knapweed — noun Etymology: Middle English knopwed, from knop knop + wed weed Date: 15th century any of various weedy centaureas; especially a widely naturalized European perennial (Centaurea nigra) with tough wiry stems and knobby heads of purple flowers …

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  • 103knob — noun Etymology: Middle English knobbe; akin to Middle Low German knubbe knob Date: 14th century 1. a. a rounded protuberance ; lump b. a small rounded ornament or handle 2. a rounded usually isolated hill or mountain • knobbed adjective • knobby …

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  • 104mountain bike — noun Date: 1983 an all terrain bicycle with wide knobby tires, straight handlebars, and typically 18 to 21 gears • mountain bike intransitive verb • mountain biker noun …

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  • 105nodule — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin nodulus, diminutive of nodus Date: 15th century a small mass of rounded or irregular shape: as a. a small rounded lump of a mineral or mineral aggregate b. a swelling on a leguminous root that contains… …

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  • 106tubercle — noun Etymology: Latin tuberculum, diminutive of tuber Date: 1578 1. a small knobby prominence or excrescence especially on a plant or animal ; nodule: as a. a protuberance near the head of a rib that articulates with the transverse process of a… …

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  • 107Dinosaur — For other uses, see Dinosaur (disambiguation). Dinosaurs Temporal range: Late Triassic–Late Cretaceous, 231.4–65.5 Ma …

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  • 108Immune system — A scanning electron microscope image of a single neutrophil (yellow), engulfing anthrax bacteria (orange). An immune system is a system of biological structures and processes within an organism that protects against disease by identifying and… …

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  • 109List of marine aquarium fish species — The following list of marine aquarium fish species commonly available in the aquarium trade is not a completely comprehensive list; certain rare specimens may sometimes be available commercially yet not be listed here. A brief section on each,… …

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  • 110Owl — For other uses, see Owl (disambiguation). Owl Temporal range: Late Paleocene–Recent …

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