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  • English Word Coquette Definition A tropical humming bird of the genus Lophornis, with very elegant neck plumes. Several species are known. See Illustration under Spangle, v. t.
  • English Word Coquetted Definition of Coquet
  • English Word Coquetting Definition of Coquet
  • English Word Coquettish Definition Practicing or exhibiting coquetry; alluring; enticing.
  • English Word Coquettishly Definition In a coquettish manner.
  • English Word Coquilla nut Definition The fruit of a Brazilian tree (Attalea funifera of Martius.).
  • English Word Coquimbite Definition A mineral consisting principally of sulphate of iron; white copperas; -- so called because found in the province of Coquimbo, Chili.
  • English Word Coquina Definition A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and for building material, as in the fort at St. Augustine, Florida.
  • English Word Cor Definition A Hebrew measure of capacity; a homer.
  • English Word Cor- Definition A prefix signifying with, together, etc. See Com-.
  • English Word Cor/niculate Definition Horned; having horns.
  • English Word Cor/niculate Definition Having processes resembling small horns.
  • English Word Cora Definition The Arabian gazelle (Gazella Arabica), found from persia to North Africa.
  • English Word Coracle Definition A boat made by covering a wicker frame with leather or oilcloth. It was used by the ancient Britons, and is still used by fisherman in Wales and some parts of Ireland. Also, a similar boat used in Thibet and in Egypt.
  • English Word Coracoid Definition Shaped like a crow's beak.
  • English Word Coracoid Definition Pertaining to a bone of the shoulder girdle in most birds, reptiles, and amphibians, which is reduced to a process of the scapula in most mammals.
  • English Word Coracoid Definition The coracoid bone or process.
  • English Word Corage Definition See Courage
  • English Word Coral Definition The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa, and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa.
  • English Word Coral Definition The ovaries of a cooked lobster; -- so called from their color.
  • English Word Coral Definition A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.
  • English Word Coral fish Definition Any bright-colored fish of the genera Chaetodon, Pomacentrus, Apogon, and related genera, which live among reef corals.
  • English Word Coral-rag Definition Same as Corallian.
  • English Word Coraled Definition Having coral; covered with coral.
  • English Word Corallaceous Definition Like coral, or partaking of its qualities.
  • English Word Corallian Definition A deposit of coralliferous limestone forming a portion of the middle division of the oolite; -- called also coral-rag.
  • English Word Coralliferous Definition Containing or producing coral.
  • English Word Coralliform Definition resembling coral in form.
  • English Word Coralligena Definition Same as Anthozoa.
  • English Word Coralligenous Definition producing coral; coralligerous; coralliferous.