- litter, offspring
- ĕрчев, хунав
English-Chuvash dictionary. 2009.
litter, offspring
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litter — [n1] mess, debris clutter, collateral, confusion, detritus, disarray, disorder, garbage, hash, hodgepodge, jumble, jungle, junk, mishmash, muck, muddle, offal, rash, refuse, rubbish, rummage, scattering, scramble, shuffle, trash, untidiness,… … New thesaurus
Litter (animal) — For other meanings of litter, see Litter (disambiguation). A litter is the offspring at one birth of animals from the same mother and usually from one set of parents. The word is most often used for the offspring of mammals, but can be used for… … Wikipedia
offspring — 01. The rhinoceros fought hard to protect its [offspring] from a pack of hyenas. 02. A female dog generally has around 4 [offspring] per litter. 03. The [offspring] of a zebra must learn to run within minutes of birth in order to survive. 04. The … Grammatical examples in English
Offspring — This article is about a biological term. For the punk rock band, see The Offspring. For other uses, see Offspring (disambiguation). A frog in frogspawn. In biology, offspring is the product of reproduction, of a new organism produced by one or… … Wikipedia
litter — 1. A stretcher or portable couch for moving the sick or injured. 2. A group of animals of the same parents, born at the same time. SYN: brood (1). [Fr. litière; fr. lit, bed] * * * lit·ter lit ər n 1) a device (as a stretcher) for carrying a sick … Medical dictionary
litter — {{11}}litter (n.) c.1300, a bed, also bed like vehicle carried on men s shoulders (early 14c.), from Anglo Fr. litere portable bed, O.Fr. litiere litter, stretcher, bier; straw, bedding, from M.L. lectaria litter (altered in French by influence… … Etymology dictionary
litter — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French litere, from lit bed, from Latin lectus more at lie Date: 14th century 1. a. a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger b. a device (as a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
litter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. disorder, scraps; bedding; stretcher, palanquin; offspring, birth. See vehicle, uselessness, posterity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A mess] Syn. scattering, jumble, hodgepodge; see rash 1 , 3 . 2. [The… … English dictionary for students
litter — n 1. rubbish, scattered rubbish, refuse, debris, junk, trash, motley collection; tumble, tangle, shreds, odds and ends, hodgepodge, hash, mishmash, muddle, rummage; ollapodrida, Inf. stew, Inf.Duke s mixture, accumulation. 2. disorder, untidiness … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
litter — Synonyms and related words: air mattress, arsy varsiness, be confined, bear, bear a child, bear young, bed, bed down, bedding, bedstead, bier, bolster, brancard, break, bridle, brood, brush, bunk, cacolet, calve, camel litter, cast, clamjamfry,… … Moby Thesaurus
litter — 1. noun a) A platform mounted on two shafts, or a more elaborate construction, designed to be carried by two (or more) people to transport one (in luxury models sometimes more) third person(s) or (occasionally in the elaborate version) a cargo,… … Wiktionary
