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 doggy bag doggy bag /ˈdɔːgiː bæɡ/

noun

  1. A bag for food that a customer did not eat at a restaurant; the transparent pretense is that the food is taken home to feed the customer's dog  ( doggie bag , doggy bag )
    a bag for food that a customer did not eat at a restaurant; the transparent pretense is that the food is taken home to feed the customer's dog


 thresher shark thresher shark /ˈθrɛʃər ʃɑːrk/

noun

  1. Large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed  ( Alopius vulpinus , fox shark , thrasher , thresher , thresher shark )
    large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed


 atomic number 99 atomic number 99 /əˈtɒmɪk ˈnʌmbər naɪnti naɪn/

noun

  1. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons  ( atomic number 99 , E , einsteinium , Es )
    a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons


 predictor predictor /prɪˈdɪktɝ/

noun

  1. A computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival  ( predictor )
    a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival
  2. Information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events  ( predictor )
    information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events
      The weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance
    the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance
  3. Someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)  ( forecaster , predictor , prognosticator , soothsayer )
    someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)


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