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| polyp |
a small water animal with a soft body and a mouth surrounded by tentacles. Polyps attach themselves to rocks or other underwater objects. Corals, sea anemones, and jellyfish spend part of their lives as polyps and part of their lives floating freely. |
| pupa |
an insect in a middle stage of its development, after it is a larva. Pupas do not eat or move; they are changing into their adult form. Many kinds of insects, including butterflies, spend their time as a pupa inside a cocoon. |
| pursue |
to spend time doing; work at; practice. [1/2 definitions] |
| scrimp |
to save in every way possible; to spend very little. |
| sea anemone |
a small sea animal with many tentacles. It looks like a flower. Sea anemones are related to jellyfish, but unlike jellyfish they spend their entire lives attached to underwater objects. |
| spent |
the past tense and past participle of "spend." |
| stay1 |
to spend time in a place. [1/6 definitions] |
| street |
the people who use, live on, or spend time on a certain street. [1/2 definitions] |
| summer |
to spend the summer. [1/2 definitions] |
| tight |
(informal) not willing to spend or share. [1/7 definitions] |
| use |
to spend; consume. [1/9 definitions] |
| walrus |
a large mammal with tusks and thick, brown skin. Walruses are the largest pinnipeds or mammals with four flippers instead of feet. They spend much of their time on beaches or on frozen ocean in Arctic regions. Walruses are closely related to sea lions and seals. |
| waste |
to use or spend in a careless way or for little or no return. [1/11 definitions] |
| winter |
to spend the winter. [1/4 definitions] |
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