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aardvark a large mammal with a long snout, long ears, a long tail, and with long fur mostly around its legs. Aardvarks are active at night, when they use their powerful claws to dig open ant or termite nests. They catch their food with their long, sticky tongue. Aardvarks live in southern and central Africa. Although they are sometimes called anteaters, aardvarks are not closely related to any other kind of mammal.
albatross a very large sea bird found mostly in the Southern Hemisphere. Albatrosses have webbed feet, long narrow wings, and hooked beaks.
alder a tree or shrub of the birch family that grows in mostly cool, damp areas and drops its leaves every year.
anchovy a small fish that is related to the herring and is used for food. Anchovies are found mostly in warm ocean waters.
Apache a member of a North American Indian people living mostly in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
appetizer An appetizer is a small dish of food that is served before the main part of a meal. Appetizers are served mostly at restaurants. The prices for appetizers are less than the prices for main dishes.
armadillo a mammal whose body is protected by hard, bony plates. Armadillos live in Central and South America, and the southern United States. Some kinds of armadillos are only six inches long; other kinds grow up to four feet in length. They eat mostly insects and are related to sloths and anteaters.
asteroid a small, rocky, planet-like body that circles the sun and is mostly found between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars. The size of an asteroid can vary from very tiny to six hundred miles across.
Bay of Bengal a bay of the Indian Ocean bordered mostly by India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar.
blackbird a common songbird, the males of which are black or mostly black. Crows and grackles are blackbirds.
brittle Brittle is a kind of candy that is made in thin, flat sheets. When the candy is cool and dry, it breaks easily. Brittle contains mostly sugar, but it also has peanuts in it or nuts like walnuts, almonds, or pecans. [1/2 definitions]
buffalo In the United States, people use the word "buffalo" for the animal whose scientific name is "American bison." This "buffalo" is a large animal with hooves and horns that lives mostly in the western states. [1/2 definitions]
butterfly an insect with four large wings that flies mostly in the daytime. Butterflies are closely related to moths but have thinner bodies and are usually more brightly colored.
by and large in general; mostly.
campaign A campaign is an effort to get someone elected to a position such as president, governor, mayor, or senator. This type of campaign can be called a "political campaign." A campaign is also all the people who are involved in the effort to get someone elected. During a campaign, people put up signs, talk to people in neighborhoods, create ads for TV and radio, and do a lot of other things. The candidate takes part in the campaign also, mostly by talking to people, making speeches, and appearing on TV or in online videos. [1/3 definitions]
Canada Canada is a country in North America. It is to the north of the United States, and it is the second largest country in the world. Canada has a lot of land for farming in the south and many forests in the north. In the west, there are very high mountains. Canada also has many lakes. Some of them are very large. Of course, Canada has large cities too, such as Toronto and Montreal. In some parts of Canada, people speak mostly English, and in other parts they speak mostly French.
caribou A caribou is a kind of deer. Caribou have long legs and a long neck. They live in very cold parts of North America, mostly in Canada and Alaska. A caribou is really the same as a reindeer, but caribou is the name people use for reindeer that live wild in North America.
carwash A carwash is a place of business where people can get their car washed. A carwash uses mostly machines to wash the cars. A carwash sometimes offers machines or services to clean the inside of cars too.
catfish a fish with no scales and a large head, found mostly in fresh water. Catfish have long feelers around the mouth that look like a cat's whiskers.
cell A cell is a very small room that someone stays in or lives inside. Prisoners in jails live in cells. Very religious people who live in a community by themselves usually have cells too, but they use them mostly for sleeping and praying. [1/2 definitions]
chalk a soft, white limestone that comes mostly from tiny sea shells. [1/3 definitions]