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noun
- A tool, such as a cane, used to ease pressure on the legs, and to aid stability, when walking
- A stick insect
- (slang) A playing card with the rank of seven.
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| wasp |
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noun (plural: wasps)
- Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet or bee
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| water beetle |
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noun
- Any of various freshwater aquatic beetles that have a smooth oval body and flattened hind legs adapted for swimming, and that carry an air bubble underneath their abdomens.
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| water boatman |
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noun
- Any of various aquatic insects of the family Corixidae that have paddle-shaped hind legs used for swimming.
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| water flea |
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noun
- Any of various aquatic crustacea characterised by their jumping or jerky mode of swimming; mostly species of Daphnia.
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| water strider |
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noun
- Any of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae, which rely on surface tension to walk on top of water.
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| weevil |
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noun
- Any of several small herbivorous beetles in the superfamily Curculionoidea. Many of them have a distinctive snout.
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| whirligig beetle |
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noun
- Any of various water beetles of the family Gyrinidae that swim rapidly in circles when alarmed.
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| White |
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proper noun
- a British surname from a nickname for someone with white hair
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| whitefly |
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noun (whitefl, ies)
- Any of various small insects of the family Aleyrodidae that have long wings, and a white body; often a garden pest
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| wiggler |
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noun
- Anything that wiggles
- The larva of a mosquito
- (physics) A magnet designed to make a beam of charged particles follow a curving path in a accelerator
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| wilt |
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noun
- The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.
- Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting.
verb
- (intransitive) To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).
- (intransitive) To fatigue; to lose strength.
- (transitive) To cause to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a flower).
- (transitive) To cause to fatigue; to exhaust.
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| wriggler |
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noun
- Anything that wriggles
- The larva of a mosquito
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