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hirudo medicinalis
  • n  large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting
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hirundo nigricans
  • n  of Australia and Polynesia; nests in tree cavities
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hirundo pyrrhonota
  • n  North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls
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hirundo rustica
  • n  common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc.
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hispanic american
  • n  an American whose first language is Spanish
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hispid pocket mouse
  • n  large stiff-haired rodent of shortgrass prairies of United States
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hiss
  • n  a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
    the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience
  • n  a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
  • v  make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
  • v  move with a whooshing sound
  • v  express or utter with a hiss
  • v  show displeasure, as after a performance or speech
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hissing
  • n  a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
    the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience
  • v  make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
  • v  move with a whooshing sound
  • v  express or utter with a hiss
  • v  show displeasure, as after a performance or speech
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histaminase
  • n  enzyme that acts as a catalyst in converting histidine to histamine
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histamine
  • n  amine formed from histidine that stimulates gastric secretions and dilates blood vessels; released by the human immune system during allergic reactions
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