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noun (i, but usually in singular)
- (context, countable, uncountable) A pigmented keratinaceous growth that forms thin spires and grows out from a follicle on the human head, or the collection of them.
- Quotations
- Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs. - Chaucer
- And draweth new delights with hoary hairs. - Spenser
- Young man, comb your at home, not in the classroom.
- She said she couldn't go out with me Friday - she had to wash her .
- (uncountable) The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.
- The on a bear makes a warm fur coat.
- (context, zoology, countable) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
- (context, botany, countable) A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).
- (rfv-sense) (countable) A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.
- (obsolete) A haircloth. - Chaucer
- (countable) Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
- Just a little louder please - turn that knob a to the right.
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noun - A device of rope, straps etc, placed on the head of animal such as a horse to control it.
- A woman's garment covering the upper chest, a halter top.
| | hammerhead |
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noun (plural hammerheads)
- (Zoology) A shark of the genus Sphyrna or Zygí¦na, having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape. The Sphyrna zygí¦na is found in the North Atlantic. Called also hammer fish, and balance fish.
- (Zoology) A fresh-water fish; the stone-roller in the minnow family Cyprinidae.
- (Zoology) An African fruit bat Hypsignathus monstrosus -- so called from its large blunt nozzle.
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noun
- (archaic) A person who gathers the harvest.
- A machine that gathers the harvest.
| | hawk moth |
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noun (plural: hawk moths)
- Any moth of the family Sphingidae.
| | head louse |
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noun (plural: head lice)
- A parasitic insect, Pediculus humanus capitis, which lives among the hairs on the head of a human and feeds on blood.
| | hellgrammite |
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noun
- (alternative spelling of, hellgramite)
| | heteromorphic |
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adjective
- (biology) Having different forms in different stages of the life cycle
- Differing in size or structure from the normal
| | honey |
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noun
- (uncountable) A viscous, sweet substance produced from nectar by bees; (countable) a variety of this substance.
- A term of affection.
- Honey, could you take out the trash?
- (context, colloquial, countable) An attractive woman
- Man, there are some fine honeys here tonight!
- (colour) A yellowish-brown colour, like that of (the sweet substance) honey.
- <table><tr><td>honey colour: </td><td bgcolor="
- FDD378" width="80"> </td></tr></table>
adjective
- (colour) of a yellowish-brown colour, like that of honey.
| | honeybee |
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noun (honeybees)
- A species of bee, Apis mellifera, often kept commercially for honey, beeswax, and pollination of crops.
| | honeydew |
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noun
- a sweet sticky substance deposited on leaves by insects.
- a sweet sticky substance produced by the leaves of some plants.
- (colour) a light bluish green colour, like that of a honeydew melon.
- <table><tr><td>honeydew colour: </td><td bgcolor="
- C9DFA8?" width="80"> </td></tr></table>
- a melon with sweet green flesh, with a smooth greenish-white exterior.
adjective
- (colour) of a light bluish green colour, like that of a honeydew melon.
| | hopper |
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noun
- a temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.
- one who hops
- (context, localism, or, slang) a toilet's water tank/toilet seat (rfv-sense)
- She got off the just as the phone rang.
- an artificial fishing lure
- To catch a big fish, use a that jumps across the pond surface.
| | hornet |
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noun
- A large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown and yellow striped body and capable of inflicting a serious sting.
| | house cricket |
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noun
- a cricket of the species Acheta domestica.
| | housefly |
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noun (plural houseflies)
- the common fly, of the species Musca domestica that occurs in most homes; it can spread some diseases.
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