stawk
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stalk — (stawk) A nonliving bacterial appendage produced by the cell and extending from it … Dictionary of microbiology
stalk-eyed — /stawk uyd /, adj. Anat. having the eyes located on pedicels, as some crustaceans and dipterans. [1850 55] * * * … Universalium
stalkless — /stawk lis/, adj. 1. having no stalk. 2. Bot. sessile. [1690 1700; STALK1 + LESS] * * * … Universalium
estoc — /e stok /; Fr. /e stawk /, n., pl. estocs /e stoks /; Fr. /e stawk /. a thrusting sword of the 13th 17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section. [1820 30; < OF: lit., point (of a sword). See STOCK] * * * … Universalium
stalk — stalk1 stalklike, adj. /stawk/, n. 1. the stem or main axis of a plant. 2. any slender supporting or connecting part of a plant, as the petiole of a leaf, the peduncle of a flower, or the funicle of an ovule. 3. a similar structural part of an… … Universalium
stalk — I. /stɔk / (say stawk) noun 1. the stem or main axis of a plant. 2. any slender supporting or connecting part of a plant, as the petiole of a leaf, the peduncle of a flower, or the funicle of an ovule. 3. a similar structural part of an animal. 4 …
beanstalk — /been stawk /, n. the stem of a bean plant. [1790 1800; BEAN + STALK1] * * * … Universalium
Belostok — Russ. /byi lu stawk /, n. Bialystok. * * * … Universalium
Bialystok — /byah wi stawk/, n. a city in E Poland. 196,000. Russian, Belostok, Byelostok. * * * … Universalium
Byelostok — /byi lu stawk /, n. Russian name of Bialystok. * * * … Universalium
