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embryo Hide phonetics
noun [C] plural embryos
an animal that is developing either in its mother's womb or in an egg, or a plant that is developing in a seed:
Between the eighth week of development and birth a human embryo is called a foetus.
phôi

juvenile Hide phonetics
adjective
1 FORMAL OR LEGAL relating to a young person who is not yet old enough to be considered an adult:
juvenile crime/offenders

2 DISAPPROVING silly and typical of a child:
juvenile behaviour
a juvenile sense of humour

scavenge Hide phonetics
verb [I or T]
1 to look for or obtain food or other objects in other people's rubbish:
The flood has left villagers and animals desperately scavenging for food.
We managed to scavenge a lot of furniture from the local rubbish dump.

2 If a wild animal scavenges, it feeds on the flesh of dead decaying animals.

terrestrial Hide phonetics
adjective
1 FORMAL relating to the planet Earth
Compare extraterrestrial.

2 SPECIALIZED (of animals) living on the land rather than in the sea or air

3 FORMAL describes television channels which are broadcast from stations on the ground and do not use satellites
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decay Hide phonetics
verb [I or T]
to (cause something to) become gradually damaged, worse or less:
Sugar makes your teeth decay.
The role of the extended family has been decaying for some time.
Pollution has decayed the surface of the stonework on the front of the cathedral.
the smell of decaying meat
gây thối rữa

swift (BIRD) Hide phonetics
noun [C]
a small bird with curved pointed wings that can fly very fast
chim én

jumble Hide phonetics
noun
1 [S] an untidy and confused mixture of things, feelings or ideas:
He rummaged through the jumble of papers on his desk.
a jumble of thoughts/ideas

2 [U] UK things you no longer want that are sold at a jumble sale
mớ lộn xộn

burial Hide phonetics
noun [C or U]
the act of putting a dead body into the ground, or the ceremony connected with this:
We went back to Ireland for my uncle's burial.
mai táng

specimen Hide phonetics
noun [C]
1 something shown or examined as an example; a typical example:
He has a collection of rare insect specimens.
Museums will pay large amounts of money for good dinosaur fossil specimens.
Astronauts brought back specimens of moon rock.

2 a small amount of blood or urine used for testing:
They took blood and urine specimens for analysis.
mẫu vật

invertebrate Hide phonetics
noun [C] SPECIALIZED
an animal with no spine:
Invertebrates, such as worms, are the main diet of these water birds.
động vật ko xương sống

quarry (HOLE) Hide phonetics
noun [C]
a large artificial hole in the ground where stone, sand, etc. is dug out of the ground for use as building material:
a granite/limestone/marble/slate quarry
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