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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun l. The plant Scandix Pecten. Also called lady's-comb, shepherd's-needle, and needle chervil.
- noun The thorny woodcock, Murex tribulus or M. tenuispina, a beautiful and delicate shell with long slender spines, found in the Indian Ocean. See cut under
murex .
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