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black whale |
black widow |
black willow |
black woman |
black-a-vised |
black-and-blue
| black-and-tan
| black-and-tan coonhound
| black-and-tan terrier
| black-and-white
| black-backed gull
black-and-blue
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective black-and-blue has 1 sense
- black-and-blue(s = adj.all) livid - discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin; "beaten black and blue"; "livid bruises"
CIDE DICTIONARY
black-and-blue, adj.
discolored by or as if by bruising; -- of skin. [WordNet 1.5]
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