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lamplighter
lamplighter /ˈlæmˌplaɪtɝ/
noun
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(when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights
(
lamplighter
)
(when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights
Before electric streetlights, the lamplighter's job was to illuminate the streets at dusk.
Before electric streetlights, the lamplighter's job was to illuminate the streets at dusk.
celoma
celoma /sɪˈloʊmə/
noun
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[American, Non-standard]
A cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity
(
celom
[American] , celoma
[American, Non-standard] , coelom
)
a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity
family Mutillidae
family Mutillidae /ˈfæməli mjuːˈtɪlɪˌdeɪ/
noun
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A family of wasps
(
family Mutillidae
, Mutillidae
)
a family of wasps
vena supraorbitalis
vena supraorbitalis /ˈviːnə suːprəˌɔːrbɪˈtælɪs/
noun
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Drains the front of the scalp; unites with the supratrochlear vein to form the angular vein
(
supraorbital vein
, vena supraorbitalis
)
drains the front of the scalp; unites with the supratrochlear vein to form the angular vein
