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An oyster which has the gills tinged with a green pigment, said to be due to an abnormal condition of the blood.

• Greenfinch
  A European finch (Ligurinus chloris); -- called also green bird, green linnet, green grosbeak, green olf, greeny, and peasweep.
• Greenroom
  The retiring room of actors and actresses in a theater.
• Pigmentation
  A deposition, esp. an excessive deposition, of coloring matter; as, pigmentation of the liver.
• Whichsoever
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one (of two or more) which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• Bloodless
  Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless cheeks; lifeless; dead.
• Bloodulf
  The European bullfinch.
• Conditioning
  of Condition
• Greenfish
  See Bluefish, and Pollock.
• Greensand
  A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of a green color, mixed with sand and a trace of phosphate of lime.
• Pigmented
  Colored; specifically (Biol.), filled or imbued with pigment; as, pigmented epithelial cells; pigmented granules.
• BLOODBOLTERED
  Having the hair matted with clotted blood. [Obs. & R.] The blood-boltered Banquo smiles upon me. Shak.
• Bloodlet
  bleed; to let blood.
• Blood vessel
  Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein.
• Conditional
  Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise.
• Greengage
  A kind of plum of medium size, roundish shape, greenish flesh, and delicious flavor. It is called in France Reine Claude, after the queen of Francis I. See Gage.
• Greenshank
  A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus canescens); -- called also greater plover.
• Pigmentous
  Pigmental.
• BLOODSHOTTEN
  Bloodshot. [Obs.]
• Abnormal
  Not conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular.
• Bloodletter
  One who, or that which, lets blood; a phlebotomist.

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