--- title: P — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics description: The 1498 words of the English dictionary under P, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / P # P — The English dictionary The words of the English dictionary under P: 1498 words, every meaning and example parsed by Mova; the ↗ after a sentence leads to the word's page, with every sentence's syntax tree and pragmatics. 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[2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/4/) … [77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/77/) **pa** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, old-fashioned) Pa is a word for father or dad, used mostly in old stories and in some families.[↗](pa/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (abbreviation) p.a. means per annum, Latin for each year, as in a salary of 30,000 pounds p.a.[↗](pa/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) Pa is the short symbol for pascal, the unit for measuring pressure.[↗](pa/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (abbreviation) PA can mean a personal assistant (a helper at work) or a public address system (loudspeakers).[↗](pa/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (New Zealand, Maori) A pa is a Maori village or hill fort, often with fences and ditches.[↗](pa/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pa came home from the fields at sunset.[↗](pa/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ma and Pa sat by the fire and told stories.[↗](pa/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The job pays 25,000 pounds p.a.[↗](pa/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Air pressure is measured in pascals, written Pa.[↗](pa/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The weather map showed 1010 hPa over the city.[↗](pa/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The head teacher spoke over the PA system.[↗](pa/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited an old Maori pa on a hill.[↗](pa/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Her PA arranges all her meetings.[↗](pa/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · You see yo' pa pull his shut off?[↗](pa/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Mordell, 4137 Leidy Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.[↗](pa/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](pa/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Published by the Dropsie College Philadelphia Pa.[↗](pa/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](pa/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **pac** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (US, politics) PAC: political action committee, a group that collects money to help elect politicians or support causes.[↗](pac/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Part of names, such as Pac-Man (a famous video game) and the Pac-12 (a group of US university sports teams).[↗](pac/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Short for package or pack in some names and shops.[↗](pac/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pac-Man eats dots and runs from ghosts.[↗](pac/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The PAC spent money on adverts before the election.[↗](pac/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A super PAC can spend huge amounts on political adverts.[↗](pac/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad played Pac-Man when he was a boy.[↗](pac/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The news said many PACs gave money to both parties.[↗](pac/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Pac-Man was made in Japan in 1980.[↗](pac/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pace** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pace is one step, or the length of one step.[↗](pace/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Pace is how fast someone moves or how fast something happens.[↗](pace/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To pace is to walk up and down, often because you are worried.[↗](pace/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To pace yourself is to go at a speed you can keep up.[↗](pace/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The garden is 20 paces long.[↗](pace/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He walks at a pace of 4 km an hour.[↗](pace/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each pace is about 1 meter.[↗](pace/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She runs at a steady pace.[↗](pace/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Pace yourself, or you will be tired before the end.[↗](pace/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Count ten paces from the tree and dig.[↗](pace/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad paced up and down, waiting for news.[↗](pace/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Little brother could not keep pace with us.[↗](pace/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Work at your own pace.[↗](pace/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · On the high-road the pace was quicker yet.[↗](pace/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And it was so, that when they that bore the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling.[↗](pace/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.6.13, JPS 1917)[↗](pace/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **pachycephalosaurus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pachycephalosaurus was a plant-eating dinosaur with a very thick, dome-shaped skull, which lived in North America about 66 million years ago.[↗](pachycephalosaurus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pachycephalosaurus had a skull 25 centimetres thick.[↗](pachycephalosaurus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Its name means «thick-headed lizard».[↗](pachycephalosaurus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Pachycephalosaurus walked on two legs.[↗](pachycephalosaurus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It lived at the same time as T. rex.[↗](pachycephalosaurus/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some scientists think Pachycephalosaurus butted heads like goats.[↗](pachycephalosaurus/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Its dome was ringed with bony knobs.[↗](pachycephalosaurus/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pachyderm** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large mammal with very thick skin, such as an elephant, rhinoceros or hippopotamus.[↗](pachyderm/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (humorous) A big, heavy, clumsy person or thing.[↗](pachyderm/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The elephant is the most famous pachyderm.[↗](pachyderm/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The zoo's pachyderms were splashing in the mud.[↗](pachyderm/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rhinoceros is a pachyderm with folds in its skin.[↗](pachyderm/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists no longer use «pachyderm» as a real animal group.[↗](pachyderm/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Elephant's Child was a curious little pachyderm.[↗](pachyderm/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hippos and elephants are both called pachyderms.[↗](pachyderm/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pacific** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean on Earth, between Asia and Australia on one side and the Americas on the other.[↗](pacific/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Pacific (adjective, formal) means peaceful or wanting peace.[↗](pacific/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Pacific is the biggest ocean in the world.[↗](pacific/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · New Zealand is in the South Pacific.[↗](pacific/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We flew across the Pacific to Japan.[↗](pacific/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Ring of Fire circles the Pacific Ocean.[↗](pacific/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hawaii is a group of islands in the Pacific.[↗](pacific/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · California is on the Pacific coast.[↗](pacific/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · No cradle is so comfortable as the long, rocking swell of the Pacific.[↗](pacific/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pacification** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Making people calm or stopping them being angry.[↗](pacification/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal, history) Bringing peace to an area by force, often by an army, so that people stop fighting back.[↗](pacification/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The army's pacification of the region was cruel.[↗](pacification/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Some history books use "pacification" to hide how violent the war was.[↗](pacification/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The pacification of the angry crowd took hours.[↗](pacification/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Pacification means making calm, sometimes by force.[↗](pacification/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The general wrote a report on the pacification campaign.[↗](pacification/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A dummy helps with the pacification of a crying baby (formal, jokey).[↗](pacification/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pacify** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To make someone who is angry or upset become calm and quiet.[↗](pacify/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To bring peace to a place, often by force, ending fighting there.[↗](pacify/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum pacified the crying baby with a song.[↗](pacify/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He tried to pacify his sister by giving her his sweets.[↗](pacify/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Nothing could pacify the angry customer.[↗](pacify/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog was pacified with a biscuit.[↗](pacify/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Roman army tried to pacify the rebel tribes.[↗](pacify/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A cuddle often pacifies a frightened child.[↗](pacify/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘Carry the child about the wood; perhaps that will pacify it.’[↗](pacify/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Should I pacify Myself for these things?[↗](pacify/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.57.6, JPS 1917)[↗](pacify/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The wrath of a king is as messengers of death; but a wise man will pacify it.[↗](pacify/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.16.14, JPS 1917)[↗](pacify/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **pack** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pack is a set of things wrapped or sold together: a pack of cards.[↗](pack/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A pack is a group of wild animals that live and hunt together: a pack of wolves.[↗](pack/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A pack is a bag you carry on your back: a backpack.[↗](pack/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To pack is to put things into a bag or box: pack your suitcase.[↗](pack/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A pack animal is an animal, such as a donkey or mule, that carries heavy loads on its back.[↗](pack/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mia buys 8 packs of cards.[↗](pack/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") A pack holds 3 cards.[↗](pack/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A pack has 6 juice boxes.[↗](pack/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") How many juice boxes are in 5 packs?[↗](pack/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tom shares a pack of 12 stickers among 3 friends.[↗](pack/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A pack of playing cards has 52 cards.[↗](pack/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Wolves live and hunt in packs.[↗](pack/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Pack your bag for the school trip.[↗](pack/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum packed sandwiches for lunch.[↗](pack/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Put your pack on your back and let's go.[↗](pack/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **package** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A parcel: something wrapped or in a box so it can be posted or delivered.[↗](package/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (US) A packet or box of something in a shop: a package of cookies.[↗](package/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A set of things offered together: a holiday package.[↗](package/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To put something into a box or wrapping.[↗](package/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A package came for you in the post.[↗](package/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each package has 8 pencils.[↗](package/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") How many in 5 packages?[↗](package/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We went on a package holiday to Spain.[↗](package/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The toys are packaged in plastic.[↗](package/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma sent me a care package of sweets.[↗](package/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't open a package if you don't know who it's from.[↗](package/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **packaging** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Packaging is the boxes, bags, plastic and paper that things are wrapped in when you buy them.[↗](packaging/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Packaging is also the way something is presented to make it look attractive.[↗](packaging/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The toy came in too much plastic packaging.[↗](packaging/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the cardboard packaging in the recycling bin.[↗](packaging/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Read the packaging to find the ingredients.[↗](packaging/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The company uses recyclable packaging.[↗](packaging/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep plastic packaging away from babies.[↗](packaging/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The packaging said "Keep refrigerated".[↗](packaging/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **packer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A packer is a person or machine that packs goods into boxes or containers.[↗](packer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) In the phrase «Green Bay Packers» it is the name of an American football team.[↗](packer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The packer filled each box with 12 eggs.[↗](packer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin works as a packer in a warehouse.[↗](packer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The machine is a fast packer.[↗](packer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The packers loaded our furniture into the van.[↗](packer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A packer can pack 60 boxes an hour; in 3 hours that is 180.[↗](packer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fruit packers work hard in the summer.[↗](packer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **packet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A packet is a small bag or box that holds things, like seeds or crisps.[↗](packet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A packet can also mean a small parcel sent by post.[↗](packet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Cost a packet» (UK, informal) means cost a lot of money.[↗](packet/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A packet has 12 stickers.[↗](packet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She bought 3 packets of seeds.[↗](packet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each packet costs 2 pounds.[↗](packet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many packets does he need for 50 sweets?[↗](packet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Read the back of the seed packet before planting.[↗](packet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He opened a packet of crisps.[↗](packet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The cheese comes in a packet of 10 slices.[↗](packet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · That new bike must have cost a packet\![↗](packet/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · An Ass and a Dog were on their travels together, and, as they went along, they found a sealed packet lying on the ground.[↗](packet/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **pact** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pact is a serious agreement or promise between people, groups or countries to do something or to help each other.[↗](pact/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A pact can be a secret promise between friends («We made a pact to never tell»).[↗](pact/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We made a pact to stay friends forever.[↗](pact/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The two countries signed a pact of peace.[↗](pact/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The friends made a pact to keep the secret.[↗](pact/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They broke their pact and told the teacher.[↗](pact/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · NATO countries have a pact to defend each other.[↗](pact/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the wizard made a pact with a dragon.[↗](pact/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's make a pact: no phones at dinner.[↗](pact/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pad** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pad is a thick piece of soft material used to protect something or make it comfortable, like a knee pad.[↗](pad/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A pad is a block of sheets of paper fixed together, like a notepad.[↗](pad/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The pads of an animal's paw are the soft parts underneath.[↗](pad/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A pad is a flat area, like a launch pad for rockets or a lily pad.[↗](pad/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To pad means to walk softly and quietly.[↗](pad/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* To pad something means to fill it with soft material.[↗](pad/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* A pad can also be a narrow path worn through grass or woods by feet or animals.[↗](pad/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wear knee pads when you go skating.[↗](pad/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Write the shopping list on the notepad.[↗](pad/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The frog sat on a lily pad.[↗](pad/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat padded softly across the kitchen.[↗](pad/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The rocket stood on the launch pad.[↗](pad/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Press a clean pad on the cut to stop the bleeding.[↗](pad/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My dog's paw pads are rough.[↗](pad/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The cricket player put on his pads.[↗](pad/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And as they came up the pad, she was sitting at the door, twining straws.[↗](pad/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Woe to the women that sew cushions upon all elbows, and make pads for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls\![↗](pad/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.13.18, JPS 1917)[↗](pad/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Your pads also will I tear, and deliver My people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.[↗](pad/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.13.21, JPS 1917)[↗](pad/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **padded** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Filled or covered with soft material to make it comfortable or to protect: «a padded jacket», «a padded envelope».[↗](padded/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb, past) Walked softly and quietly: «The cat padded across the floor».[↗](padded/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Made longer with extra words or material that is not needed: «a padded essay».[↗](padded/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I wore my padded jacket in the snow.[↗](padded/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Send the glasses in a padded envelope.[↗](padded/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bike helmets are padded inside.[↗](padded/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat padded softly across the kitchen.[↗](padded/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The walls of the soft play room are padded.[↗](padded/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My essay was too short, so I padded it out with extra details.[↗](padded/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · His padded hands were so clumsy and the nuts were so small that he dropped almost as many as he put in the basket.[↗](padded/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **padding** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Soft material used to fill or cover something, to make it comfortable or to protect it.[↗](padding/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Extra words or material added to make something longer but not better.[↗](padding/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (computing) Space added around something on a screen or web page.[↗](padding/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Padding can also mean walking softly and quietly, with light steps.[↗](padding/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The helmet has thick padding inside.[↗](padding/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We stuffed the cushion with padding.[↗](padding/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The padding in my shoe makes it comfy.[↗](padding/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Rugby players wear padding on their shoulders.[↗](padding/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Pack the vase with lots of padding.[↗](padding/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Your story has too much padding; cut the boring parts.[↗](padding/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat was padding quietly down the hall.[↗](padding/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And so it happened with a fox, a hare, a boar, and a bear, till each prince had quite a following of young beasts padding along behind him.[↗](padding/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **paddle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A short pole with a flat wide end, used to move a canoe or small boat through water.[↗](paddle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To move a boat with a paddle.[↗](paddle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To walk in shallow water, such as at the beach or in a stream.[↗](paddle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A bat for table tennis (mainly American).[↗](paddle/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We paddled the canoe across the lake.[↗](paddle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hold your paddle with both hands.[↗](paddle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The children paddled at the edge of the sea.[↗](paddle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Always wear a life jacket when you paddle.[↗](paddle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ducks paddle with their webbed feet.[↗](paddle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby splashed in the paddling pool.[↗](paddle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Pass me a ping-pong paddle.[↗](paddle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "How dare you paddle around in my stream and stir up all the mud!" he shouted fiercely.[↗](paddle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt have a paddle among thy weapons; and it shall be, when thou sittest down abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee.[↗](paddle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.23.13, JPS 1917)[↗](paddle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **paddlefish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A paddlefish is a large freshwater fish with a long, flat, paddle-shaped snout, found in the rivers of the USA.[↗](paddlefish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The paddlefish has a long snout like a paddle.[↗](paddlefish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Paddlefish live in the Mississippi River.[↗](paddlefish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Paddlefish eat tiny animals called plankton.[↗](paddlefish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The paddlefish is an ancient kind of fish.[↗](paddlefish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Its snout helps the paddlefish sense food.[↗](paddlefish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Chinese paddlefish is now extinct.[↗](paddlefish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/4/) … [77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/77/) - ← previous: [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) - next →: [page 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/2/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)