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A cuplike sucker on the feet of certain insects.

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  • CERTAINTY
    Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity. Of a certainty, certainly. (more info) 1. The quality, state, or condition, of being certain. The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes. Fisher Ames. 2. A fact or truth
  • SUCKER STATE
    Illinois; -- a nickname.
  • CERTAINNESS
    Certainty.
  • CERTAIN
    1. Certainty. Gower. 2. A certain number or quantity. Chaucer.
  • SUCKER
    A shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment from the body of the plant. Any one of numerous species of North American fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family Catostomidæ; so
  • CERTAINLY
    Without doubt or question; unquestionably.
  • BLOODSUCKER
    Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudo medicinalis), and related species. 2. One who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one guilty of bloodshed; a murderer. Shak. 3. A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an
  • ASCERTAINMENT
    The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke.
  • ASCERTAINABLE
    That may be ascertained. -- As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n. -- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv.
  • GOATSUCKER
    One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europæus); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat
  • SEERSUCKER
    A light fabric, originally made in the East Indies, of silk and linen, usually having alternating stripes, and a slightly craped or puckered surface; also, a cotton fabric of similar appearance.
  • UNCERTAINTY
    1. The quality or state of being uncertain. 2. That which is uncertain; something unknown. Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty. L'Estrange.
  • WIND-SUCKER
    The kestrel. B. Jonson. (more info) 1. A horse given to wind-sucking Law.
  • UNCERTAINLY
    In an uncertain manner.
  • BOGSUCKER
    The American woodcock; -- so called from its feeding among the bogs.
  • INCERTAIN
    Uncertain; doubtful; unsteady. -- In*cer"tain*ly, adv. Very questionable and of uncertain truth. Sir T. Browne.
  • ROCKSUCKER
    A lamprey.
  • HONEYSUCKER
    See HONEY
  • ASCERTAINER
    One who ascertains.
  • LUMPSUCKER
    The lumprish.
  • MUDSUCKER
    A woodcock.
  • INCERTAINTY
    Uncertainty. Shak.

 

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