asiatic : Idioms & Phrases
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afro-asiatic
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noun a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa
Afrasian language; Afroasiatic; Afrasian; Afroasiatic language; Hamito-Semitic.
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asiatic beetle
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noun introduced into United States from the Orient; larvae feed on roots of sugarcane and other grasses
Anomala orientalis; Oriental beetle.
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asiatic black bear
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noun bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia
Ursus thibetanus; Selenarctos thibetanus; black bear.
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asiatic buffalo
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noun an Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animal
Bubalus bubalis; water ox; water buffalo.
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asiatic cholera
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noun an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food
Indian cholera; cholera; epidemic cholera.
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asiatic cockroach
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noun dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
oriental roach; blackbeetle; oriental cockroach; Blatta orientalis.
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asiatic flu
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noun influenza caused by the Asian virus that was first isolated in 1957
Asian influenza.
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asiatic flying squirrel
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noun nocturnal rodent of Asia having furry folds of skin between forelegs and hind legs enabling it to move by gliding leaps
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asiatic shrew mole
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noun shrew mole of eastern Asia
Uropsilus soricipes.
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asiatic sweetleaf
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noun deciduous shrub of eastern Asia bearing decorative bright blue fruit
Symplocus paniculata; sapphire berry.
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austro-asiatic
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noun a family of languages spoken in southern and southeastern Asia
Austro-Asiatic; Munda-Mon-Khmer.
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austro-asiatic language
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noun a family of languages spoken in southern and southeastern Asia
Austro-Asiatic; Munda-Mon-Khmer.