niger : Idioms & Phrases

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canis niger

  • noun reddish-grey wolf of southwestern North America
    red wolf; Canis rufus; maned wolf.
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capital of niger

  • noun the capital and largest city of Niger
    Niamey.
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esox niger

  • noun common in quiet waters of eastern United States
    chain pickerel; chain pike.
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helleborus niger

  • noun European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers
    Christmas rose; winter rose; black hellebore.
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hippotragus niger

  • noun large black East African antelope with sharp backward-curving horns
    sable antelope.
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hyoscyamus niger

  • noun poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine
    henbane; black henbane; stinking nightshade.
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ictiobus niger

  • noun fish of the lower Mississippi
    black buffalo.
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lathyrus niger

  • noun perennial of Europe and North Africa; foliage turns black in drying
    black pea.
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locus niger

  • noun a layer of deeply pigmented grey matter in the midbrain; associated with the striate body; is involved in metabolic disturbances associated with Parkinson's disease and with Huntington's disease
    substantia nigra; locus niger.
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niger franc

  • noun the basic unit of money in Niger
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niger river

  • noun an African river; flows into the South Atlantic
    Niger.
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niger-congo

  • noun a family of African language spoken in west Africa
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niger-kordofanian

  • noun the family of languages that includes most of the languages spoken in Africa south of the Sahara; the majority of them are tonal languages but there are important exceptions (e.g., Swahili or Fula)
    Niger-Kordofanian.
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niger-kordofanian language

  • noun the family of languages that includes most of the languages spoken in Africa south of the Sahara; the majority of them are tonal languages but there are important exceptions (e.g., Swahili or Fula)
    Niger-Kordofanian.
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nucleus niger

  • noun a layer of deeply pigmented grey matter in the midbrain; associated with the striate body; is involved in metabolic disturbances associated with Parkinson's disease and with Huntington's disease
    substantia nigra; locus niger.
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republic of niger

  • noun a landlocked republic in West Africa; gained independence from France in 1960; most of the country is dominated by the Sahara Desert
    Niger.
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sciurus niger

  • noun exceptionally large arboreal squirrel of eastern United States
    eastern fox squirrel; fox squirrel.
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