a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics | division of a group into opposing factions |
a worker who splits fish and removes the backbone | the act of rending or ripping or splitting something |
a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences | extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back) |
| an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity |
| (tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl |
| a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts |
| an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart |
| a lengthwise crack in wood |
| a promised or claimed share of loot or money |
| a bottle containing half the usual amount |