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Clunky
- adjective - lacking grace in movement or posture;
- making a clunking sound
Clupea
- noun - type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings
Clusia
- noun - an aromatic tree of the genus Clusia having large white or yellow or pink flowers
Clutch
- noun - a collection of things or persons to be handled together
- a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism; "this year's model has an improved clutch"
- a number of birds hatched at the same time
- a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism; "he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other"
- a tense critical situation; "he is a good man in the clutch"
- a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand
- affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
- hold firmly, usually with one's hands; "She clutched my arm when she got scared"
- take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"
Coucal
- noun - Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw
Couche
- - Not erect; inclined; -- said of anything that is usually erect, as an escutcheon. (b) Lying on its side; thus, a chevron couch is one which emerges from one side of the escutcheon and has its apex on the opposite side, or at the fess point.
Coudee
- - A measure of length; the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger; a cubit.
Cougar
- noun - large American feline resembling a lion
Coughs
- noun - a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis
- exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion; "The smoker coughs all day"
Coulee
- - A stream; (Geol.) a stream of lava. Also, in the Western United States, the bed of a stream, even if dry, when deep and having inclined sides; distinguished from a ca, which has precipitous sides.