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Yacare
- - A South American crocodilian (Jacare sclerops) resembling the alligator in size and habits. The eye orbits are connected together, and surrounded by prominent bony ridges. Called also spectacled alligator, and spectacled cayman.
Yarage
- - The power of moving, or being managed, at sea; -- said with reference to a ship.
Zonate
- - Divided by parallel planes; as, zonate tetraspores, found in certain red algae.
Zouave
- - One of an active and hardy body of soldiers in the French service, originally Arabs, but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Arab dress. (b) Hence, one of a body of soldiers who adopt the dress and drill of the Zouaves, as was done by a number of volunteer regiments in the army of the United States in the Civil War, 1861-65.
Zymase
- noun - a complex of enzymes that cause glycolysis; originally found in yeast but also present in higher organisms