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| phylum of worms with bilateral symmetry and soft, usually flattened bodies |
| cold-blooded vertebrate such as turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians and tuatara |
| guest (ɡɛst) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person who is entertained, taken out to eat, etc, and paid for by another |
| 2. | a. a person who receives hospitality at the home of another: a weekend guest |
| b. (as modifier): the guest room | |
| 3. | a. a person who receives the hospitality of a government, establishment, or organization |
| b. (as modifier): a guest speaker | |
| 4. | a. an actor, contestant, entertainer, etc, taking part as a visitor in a programme in which there are also regular participants |
| b. (as modifier): a guest appearance | |
| 5. | a patron of a hotel, boarding house, restaurant, etc |
| 6. | zoology a nontechnical name for inquiline |
| 7. | informal be my guest do as you like |
| —vb | |
| 8. | (intr) (in theatre and broadcasting) to be a guest: to guest on a show |
| [Old English giest guest, stranger, enemy; related to Old Norse gestr, Gothic gasts, Old High German gast, Old Slavonic gostǐ, Latin hostis enemy] | |