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d.

abbr.

1. Zoology dam

2. date

3. daughter

4. died

5. dose

6. Chiefly British penny ( ¹/₁₂ of a shilling)

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d.

abbreviation for

1. (Breeds) (in animal pedigrees) dam

2. daughter

3. (Currencies) currency Brit penny or pennies

4. (Mathematics) diameter

5. died

6. (Currencies) dinar(s)

7. (Currencies) dollar(s)

8. (Currencies) drachma(s)

[(sense 3 and 6) Latin denarius]

D.

abbreviation for

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) politics US Democrat(ic)

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) government Department

3. (Units) dinar(s)

4. (Sociology) Don (a Spanish title)

5. (Sociology) Duchess

6. (Sociology) Duke

7. (Education) (in the US and Canada) Doctor

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