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Words related to cosmopolitan
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cattle egret
a small, white egret (Bubulcus ibis), an Old World bird that has expanded its range to North and South America: it often feeds on insects attracted to cattle and other grazing animals -
corn earworm
the larva of the noctuid moth Heliothis armigera, which feeds on maize and many other crop plants -
easternize
(usually initial capital letter) to influence with ideas, customs, etc., characteristic of eastern Asia. -
elapid
(zoology) Any of many species of snakes of the family Elapidae, including the cobras, mambas, and coral snakes. -
haskalah
an 18th–19th-century movement among central and eastern European Jews, begun in Germany under the leadership of Moses Mendelssohn, designed to make Jews and Judaism more cosmopolitan in character by promoting knowledge of and contributions to the secular arts and sciences and encouraging adoption of the dress, customs, and language of the general population. -
khapra beetle
a tiny cosmopolitan beetle, Trogoderma granarium, that is a pest of stored grain and other dried organic matter.