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INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849
Synonyms:
Department of the Interior; DoI; Interior; Interior Department
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Interior Department" is a kind of...):
executive department (a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States)
Meronyms (parts of "Interior Department"):
FWS; United States Fish and Wildlife Service; US Fish and Wildlife Service (an agency in the Department of the Interior that conserves and protects fish and wildlife and their habitats; assesses the environmental impact of pesticides and nuclear power site and hydroelectric dams and thermal pollution)
National Park Service (an agency of the Interior Department responsible for the national parks)
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