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adjective
- Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty
- Not compulsory; optional, discretionary or elective
- That grants permission or power to do something
- (biology) (of an organism) Able to live under widely different environmental conditions (especially either aerobically or anaerobically)
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| fauna |
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noun (plural: faunae or faunas)
- animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
- a book, cataloguing the animals of a country etc.
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| fecundity |
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noun
- the ability to produce offspring
- the ability to cause growth
- the number, rate, or capacity of offspring production
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| feral |
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noun
- (Australia) (colloquial) a contemptible young person, a lout.
adjective
- wild, untamed, especially of domesticated animals having returned to the wild
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| ferine |
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adjective
- feral
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| ferment |
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noun
- Something, such as a yeast that causes fermentation.
- A state of agitation or of turbulent change.
- A catalyst.
verb
- To produce alcohol by allowing yeast to act on sugars in a mixture, to brew.
- To stir up, agitate, cause unrest.
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| Flora |
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noun
- (proper noun) (Roman mythology) The goddess of flowers, guardian of the flora
- (given name, female).
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| food chain |
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noun
- The feeding relationships between species in a biotic community.
- (idiom) a hierarchy
- With my promotion this month I will continue my steady journey to the top of the food chain.
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| food web |
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noun
- (biology) a diagram showing the organisms that eat other organisms in a particular ecosystem, predators being higher in the web than their prey
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| footprint |
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noun
- The impression of the foot; a trace or footmark; as, "Footprints of the Creator."
- Space required by a piece of equipment. Eg: This computer has a smaller footprint.
- (computer) Amount of hard drive space required for a program.
- (computer) The audit trail left by a crashed program
- Profession or lifestyle, as in...
- He is following in his father's footprints.
- The surface space occupied by a structure
- the footprint of a building.
- A company's geographic market presence. Eg. The store, which is slated to open next month, increases the company's footprint in the market to 14 locations.
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