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- English Word Chablis Definition A white wine made near Chablis, a town in France.
- English Word Chablis Definition a white wine resembling Chablis{1}, but made elsewhere, as in California.
- English Word Chabouk Definition Alt. of Chabuk
- English Word Chabuk Definition A long whip, such as is used in the East in the infliction of punishment.
- English Word Chace Definition See 3d Chase, n., 3.
- English Word Chace Definition To pursue. See Chase v. t.
- English Word Chachalaca Definition The Texan guan (Ortalis vetula).
- English Word Chacma Definition A large species of African baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius); -- called also ursine baboon. [See Illust. of Baboon.]
- English Word Chaconne Definition An old Spanish dance in moderate three-four measure, like the Passacaglia, which is slower. Both are used by classical composers as themes for variations.
- English Word Chad Definition See Shad.
- English Word Chaetetes Definition A genus of fossil corals, common in the lower Silurian limestones.
- English Word Chaetiferous Definition Bearing setae.
- English Word Chaetodont Definition A marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae. The chaetodonts have broad, compressed bodies, and usually bright colors.
- English Word Chaetodont Definition Of or pertaining to the Chaetodonts or the family Chaetodontidae.
- English Word Chaetognath Definition Of or pertaining to the Chaetognatha.
- English Word Chaetognatha Definition An order of free-swimming marine worms, of which the genus Sagitta is the type. They have groups of curved spines on each side of the head.
- English Word Chaetopod Definition Pertaining to the Chaetopoda.
- English Word Chaetopod Definition One of the Chaetopoda.
- English Word Chaetopoda Definition A very extensive order of Annelida, characterized by the presence of lateral setae, or spines, on most or all of the segments. They are divided into two principal groups: Oligochaeta, including the earthworms and allied forms, and Polychaeta, including most of the marine species.
- English Word Chaetotaxy Definition The arrangement of bristles on an insect.