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  2. List of onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds Achoo, Atishoo, the sound of a sneeze Ahem, a sound made to clear the throat or to draw attention ...

  3. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...

  4. White-crowned lapwing - Wikipedia

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    It is a wader which breeds on exposed sand or shingle near rivers. 2–3 eggs are laid in a ground scrape. The nest and young are defended noisily and aggressively against all intruders, up to and including the hippopotamus.

  5. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...

  6. Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis - Wikipedia

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    Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis is a common dicroglossid frog found in South Asia. [1] It is known under numerous common names, including Indian skipper frog or skittering frog. [2] ...

  7. Table manners - Wikipedia

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    It is also rude to slurp food, eat noisily or make noise with cutlery. Elbows should remain off the table. When one has finished eating, regardless of whether the plate is empty or not, this should be communicated to others by placing the knife and fork together on the plate at either the 6 o'clock position (facing upwards), or the 4 o'clock ...

  8. Glossary of Dorset dialect words - Wikipedia

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    Synonym for ill B'aint be not Ballyrag: To scold [1] Bandon Abandonment Bandy: A stick used for beating dung out of the way, usually long and sturdy with a bent end [1] Bandylags: Crooked/bowed legs Bankrout: Bankrupt Bantling Child Barken: Barley [2] Barry: Borrow [2] Batch: Hillock [2] Battenbuoard: A tool for tamping thatch on a roof [2] Baven

  9. Trinidad euphonia - Wikipedia

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    Synonyms; Euphonia chlorotica trinitatis [2] ... It forages noisily and actively, either alone or in small groups, and only occasionally with mixed species flocks. [9]