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Noun: telly  te-lee
Usage: Brit (=television)
  1. An electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen
    "the British call a tv set a telly"
    - television receiver, television, television set, tv, tv set, idiot box [N. Amer], boob tube [N. Amer], goggle box [Brit], TV, box [Brit]

Derived forms: tellies

Type of: receiver, receiving system

Part of: television, television system, TV

Encyclopedia: Telly

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Tellus
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telocentric chromosome
telomerase
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Telopea
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Telopea speciosissima
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