26 jamp street Flashcards
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apiary
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(n) a place where bees are kept for their honey
2
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- caper
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(n) a playful leap; a prank or mischievous adventure (caper in Latin means a “male goat”
3
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- lupine
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(adj) like a wolf; wolfish (from the Latin lupus, which means “wolf.”)
4
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- ovine
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(adj) resembling or relating to sheep
5
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serpentine
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(adj) like a snake or serpent in shape or movement; winding
6
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- simian
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(adj) having to do with monkeys or apes; monkeylike
7
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- equestrian
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(adj) of or relating to horseback riding (From the Latin equus, meaning “horse”)
8
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ornithologist
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(n) a person who studies birds (The Greek root ornith means “bird”)
9
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bovine
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(adj) cowlike
10
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omnivore
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(n) an animal that eats both plants and other animals