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Cover , cov·er / ˈkəvər/ • v. [tr.] 1. (often be covered) put something such as a cloth or lid on top of or in front of (something) in order to protect or co… point , point / point/ • n. 1. the tapered, sharp end of a tool, weapon, or other object: the point of his dagger a pencil point. ∎ Archaeol. a pointed flake… Buried soil , buried soil Soil covered by an alluvial, colluvial, aeolian, glacial, or organic deposit, and that is a product of a former period of pedogenesis. In… Operculum , operculum
1. In animals, a lid or cover, sometimes hinged, occurring, for example, in some cylindrical rugose corals, some bryozoans, and in gastropo… Pooter , pooter A device that is used to collect and transfer small animals. It consists of a jar, sealed by a cover pierced by two tubes pointing in opposite… Covered Wagon , COVERED WAGON, the means of transcontinental transportation used for two centuries of American history. The covered wagon was fundamentally a wagon b…
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