callosity

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Recent Examples of callosity The 17-year-old mother, named for a callosity near her blowhole that looks like a snow cone, no longer had the same girth or the dark black skin of a healthy right whale. David Abel, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2022 The callosity patterns, like fingerprints, are unique to each whale, allowing researchers who have pored over whale catalogue photos to recognize plenty in the wild. Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for callosity
Noun
  • Consider Your Water's Hardness Level Water hardness also plays a role in when your sink should be cleaned.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Water hardness is determined by the amount of minerals present in your water.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Related: ‘Neglected diseases’ are anything but neglected by the billion-plus people living with them One possible reason for this obduracy is that noma begins as a dental disease, and dental diseases have long been underappreciated global health concerns.
    John Button, STAT, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Andreas blames the obduracy of U.S. politicians and bureaucrats for the persistence of the drug wars, despite their evident failure and their huge financial and human costs.
    Russell Crandall, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
Noun
  • Even when Rode joined the force in the year 2000, masks weren't necessarily the norm, and firefighters would cough up black phlegm in the days after a fire.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Cannabis may act as an expectorant, helping to clear phlegm from the lungs and throat.
    Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024

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“Callosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/callosity. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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