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Alae
(gcide) | ala \a"la\ ([=a]"l[.a]), n.; pl. Al[ae] ([=a]"l[=e]). [L., a
wing.] (Biol.)
A winglike organ, or part.
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Alae
(gcide) | ala \a"la\ ([=a]"l[.a]), n.; pl. Al[ae] ([=a]"l[=e]). [L., a
wing.] (Biol.)
A winglike organ, or part.
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Balaena
(gcide) | Balaena \Balaena\ n.
type genus of the Balaenidae: Greenland whales.
Syn: genus Balaena.
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Balaena cisarctica
(gcide) | Right whale \Right" whale`\ (Zool.)
(a) The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale ({Balaena
mysticetus}), from whose mouth the best whalebone is
obtained.
(b) Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the
Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale (Balaena cisarctica),
and the Pacific right whale (Balaena Sieboldii); a bone
whale.
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Pygmy right whale (Zool.), a small New Zealand whale
(Neobalaena marginata) which is only about sixteen feet
long. It produces short, but very elastic and tough,
whalebone.
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Balaena mysticetus
(gcide) | Right whale \Right" whale`\ (Zool.)
(a) The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale ({Balaena
mysticetus}), from whose mouth the best whalebone is
obtained.
(b) Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the
Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale (Balaena cisarctica),
and the Pacific right whale (Balaena Sieboldii); a bone
whale.
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Pygmy right whale (Zool.), a small New Zealand whale
(Neobalaena marginata) which is only about sixteen feet
long. It produces short, but very elastic and tough,
whalebone.
[1913 Webster]Bowhead \Bow"head`\, n. (Zool.)
The great Arctic or Greenland whale. ({Bal[ae]na
mysticetus}). See Baleen, and Whale.
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Balaena Sieboldii
(gcide) | Right whale \Right" whale`\ (Zool.)
(a) The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale ({Balaena
mysticetus}), from whose mouth the best whalebone is
obtained.
(b) Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the
Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale (Balaena cisarctica),
and the Pacific right whale (Balaena Sieboldii); a bone
whale.
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Pygmy right whale (Zool.), a small New Zealand whale
(Neobalaena marginata) which is only about sixteen feet
long. It produces short, but very elastic and tough,
whalebone.
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Balaeniceps
(gcide) | Balaeniceps \Balaeniceps\ n.
type genus of the Balaenicipitidae: shoebills.
Syn: genus Balaeniceps.
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Balaeniceps rex
(gcide) | Shoebill \Shoe"bill`\, n. (Zool.)
A large African wading bird (Balaeniceps rex) allied to the
storks and herons, and remarkable for its enormous broad
swollen bill. It inhabits the valley of the White Nile. See
Illust. (l.) of Beak.
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Balaenicipitidae
(gcide) | Balaenicipitidae \Balaenicipitidae\ n.
a family comprising the shoebills.
Syn: family Balaenicipitidae.
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Balaenidae
(gcide) | Balaenidae \Balaenidae\ n.
a family comprising the right whales.
Syn: family Balaenidae.
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Balaenoidea
(gcide) | Balaenoidea \Bal`[ae]*noi"de*a\, n. [NL., from L. balaena whale
+ -oid.] (Zool.)
A division of the Cetacea, including the right whale and all
other whales having the mouth fringed with baleen. See
Baleen.
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Balaenoptera
(gcide) | Balaenoptera \Balaenoptera\ n.
the type genus of the Balaenopteridae.
Syn: genus Balaenoptera.
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Balaenoptera physalus
(gcide) | Rorqual \Ror"qual\, n. [Norw. rorqualus a whale with folds.]
(Zool.)
A very large North Atlantic whalebone whale ({Physalus
antiquorum}, or Balaenoptera physalus). It has a dorsal
fin, and strong longitudinal folds on the throat and belly.
Called also razorback.
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Note: It is one of the largest of the whales, somethimes
becoming nearly one hundred feet long, but it is more
slender than the right whales, and is noted for its
swiftness. The name is sometimes applied to other
related species of finback whales.
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Balaenoptera rostrata
(gcide) | Pike \Pike\, n. [F. pique; perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. W. pig
a prick, a point, beak, Arm. pik pick. But cf. also L. picus
woodpecker (see Pie magpie), and E. spike. Cf. Pick, n. &
v., Peak, Pique.]
1. (Mil.) A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long
wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is
now superseded by the bayonet.
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2. A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a
shield or target. --Beau. & Fl.
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3. A hayfork. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser.
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4. A pick. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Raymond.
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5. A pointed or peaked hill. [R.]
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6. A large haycock. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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7. A turnpike; a toll bar. --Dickens.
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8. (Zool.) sing. & pl. A large fresh-water fish ({Esox
lucius}), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a
food fish; -- called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and
jack.
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Note: Blue pike, grass pike, green pike, wall-eyed pike, and
yellow pike, are names, not of true pike, but of the
wall-eye. See Wall-eye.
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Gar pike. See under Gar.
Pike perch (Zool.), any fresh-water fish of the genus
Stizostedion (formerly Lucioperca). See Wall-eye,
and Sauger.
Pike pole, a long pole with a pike in one end, used in
directing floating logs.
Pike whale (Zool.), a finback whale of the North Atlantic
(Bal[ae]noptera rostrata), having an elongated snout; --
called also piked whale.
Sand pike (Zool.), the lizard fish.
Sea pike (Zool.), the garfish
(a) .
[1913 Webster]Doegling \D[oe]g"ling\, n. [Native name in Faroe Islands.]
(Zool.)
The beaked whale (Bal[ae]noptera rostrata), from which
d[oe]gling oil is obtained.
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Balaenopteridae
(gcide) | Balaenopteridae \Balaenopteridae\ n.
1. rorquals; blue whales.
Syn: family Balaenopteridae.
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Cynoscephalae
(gcide) | Cynoscephalae \Cynoscephalae\ n.
1. the battle that ended the second Macedonian War (197 BC);
the Romans defeated King Philip of Macedon.
Syn: battle of Cynoscephalae.
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Neobalaena marginata
(gcide) | Right whale \Right" whale`\ (Zool.)
(a) The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale ({Balaena
mysticetus}), from whose mouth the best whalebone is
obtained.
(b) Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the
Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale (Balaena cisarctica),
and the Pacific right whale (Balaena Sieboldii); a bone
whale.
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Pygmy right whale (Zool.), a small New Zealand whale
(Neobalaena marginata) which is only about sixteen feet
long. It produces short, but very elastic and tough,
whalebone.
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Palaeechini
(gcide) | Paleechinoidea \Pa`le*["e]ch`i*noi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL. See
Paleo-, and Echinoidea.] (Zool.)
An extinct order of sea urchins found in the Paleozoic rocks.
They had more than twenty vertical rows of plates. Called
also Palaeechini. [Written also Palaeechinoidea.]
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Palaeechinoidea
(gcide) | Paleechinoidea \Pa`le*["e]ch`i*noi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL. See
Paleo-, and Echinoidea.] (Zool.)
An extinct order of sea urchins found in the Paleozoic rocks.
They had more than twenty vertical rows of plates. Called
also Palaeechini. [Written also Palaeechinoidea.]
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Palaeichthyes
(gcide) | Paleichthyes \Pa`le*ich"thy*es\, n. pl. [NL. See Paleo-, and
Ichthyology.] (Zool.)
A comprehensive division of fishes which includes the
elasmobranchs and ganoids. [Written also Pal[ae]ichthyes.]
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Palaemon serratus
(gcide) | Prawn \Prawn\, n. [OE. prane, of unknown origin; cf. L. perna a
sea mussel.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of large shrimplike Crustacea
having slender legs and long antenn[ae]. They mostly belong
to the genera Pandalus, Pal[ae]mon, Pal[ae]monetes, and
Peneus, and are much used as food. The common English prawn
is Pal[ae]mon serratus.
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Note: The name is often applied to any large shrimp.
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Palaeo-
(gcide) | palaeo- \palaeo-\, Palaeo- \Pa"l[ae]*o-\
See Paleo-.
[1913 Webster]Paleo- \Pa"le*o-\ [Gr. palaio`s, adj.]
A combining form meaning old, ancient; as, palearctic,
paleontology, paleothere, paleography. [Written also
pal[ae]o-.]
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palaeo-
(gcide) | palaeo- \palaeo-\, Palaeo- \Pa"l[ae]*o-\
See Paleo-.
[1913 Webster]Paleo- \Pa"le*o-\ [Gr. palaio`s, adj.]
A combining form meaning old, ancient; as, palearctic,
paleontology, paleothere, paleography. [Written also
pal[ae]o-.]
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palaeogaean
(gcide) | Paleogaean \Pa`le*o*g[ae]"an\, a. [Paleo- + Gr. gai^a the
earth.] (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Eastern hemisphere. [Written also
pal[ae]og[ae]an.]
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Palaeographer
(gcide) | Palaeographer \Pa`l[ae]*og"ra*pher\, n.,
Same as Paleographer.
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Palaeographic
(gcide) | Palaeographic \Pa`l[ae]*o*graph"ic\, a.,
Same as Paleographic.
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palaeolithic
(gcide) | palaeolithic \palaeolithic\ adj.
Same as paleolithic.
Syn: paleolithic.
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palaeology
(gcide) | palaeology \palaeology\ n.
The study of (especially prehistoric) antiquities.
Syn: paleology.
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palaeontologist
(gcide) | palaeontologist \palaeontologist\ n.
A specialist in paleontology.
Syn: paleontologist.
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palaeontology
(gcide) | palaeontology \palaeontology\ n.
The branch of archeology that studies fossil organisms and
related remains.
Syn: paleontology, fossilology.
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palaeopathology
(gcide) | palaeopathology \palaeopathology\ n.
The study of diseases of former times (as inferred from
fossil evidence).
Syn: paleopathology.
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Palaeornis Alexandri
(gcide) | Ring \Ring\, n. [AS. hring, hrinc; akin to Fries. hring, D. & G.
ring, OHG. ring, hring, Icel. hringr, DAn. & SW. ring; cf.
Russ. krug'. Cf. Harangue, Rank a row,Rink.]
A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a
circular line or hoop.
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2. Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other
precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the
ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a
wedding ring.
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Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer.
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The dearest ring in Venice will I give you. --Shak.
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3. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports
are performed; an arena.
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Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring,
Where youthful charioteers contend for glory. --E.
Smith.
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4. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence,
figuratively, prize fighting. "The road was an
institution, the ring was an institution." --Thackeray.
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5. A circular group of persons.
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And hears the Muses in a ring
Aye round about Jove's alter sing. --Milton.
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6. (Geom.)
(a) The plane figure included between the circumferences
of two concentric circles.
(b) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or
other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an
axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other
figure.
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7. (Astron. & Navigation) An instrument, formerly used for
taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring
suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through
which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the
graduated inner surface opposite.
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8. (Bot.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the
spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of Sporangium.
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9. A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a
selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute
offices, obtain contracts, etc.
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The ruling ring at Constantinople. --E. A.
Freeman.
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Ring armor, armor composed of rings of metal. See {Ring
mail}, below, and Chain mail, under Chain.
Ring blackbird (Zool.), the ring ousel.
Ring canal (Zool.), the circular water tube which surrounds
the esophagus of echinoderms.
Ring dotterel, or Ringed dotterel. (Zool.) See
Dotterel, and Illust. of Pressiroster.
Ring dropper, a sharper who pretends to have found a ring
(dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy
it as valuable, it being worthless.
Ring fence. See under Fence.
Ring finger, the third finger of the left hand, or the next
the little finger, on which the ring is placed in
marriage.
Ring formula (Chem.), a graphic formula in the shape of a
closed ring, as in the case of benzene, pyridine, etc. See
Illust. under Benzene.
Ring mail, a kind of mail made of small steel rings sewed
upon a garment of leather or of cloth.
Ring micrometer. (Astron.) See Circular micrometer, under
Micrometer.
Saturn's rings. See Saturn.
Ring ousel. (Zool.) See Ousel.
Ring parrot (Zool.), any one of several species of Old
World parrakeets having a red ring around the neck,
especially Palaeornis torquatus, common in India, and
Palaeornis Alexandri of Java.
Ring plover. (Zool.)
(a) The ringed dotterel.
(b) Any one of several small American plovers having a
dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover
(Aegialitis semipalmata).
Ring snake (Zool.), a small harmless American snake
(Diadophis punctatus) having a white ring around the
neck. The back is ash-colored, or sage green, the belly of
an orange red.
Ring stopper. (Naut.) See under Stopper.
Ring thrush (Zool.), the ring ousel.
The prize ring, the ring in which prize fighters contend;
prize fighters, collectively.
The ring.
(a) The body of sporting men who bet on horse races.
[Eng.]
(b) The prize ring.
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Palaeornis torquatus
(gcide) | Ring \Ring\, n. [AS. hring, hrinc; akin to Fries. hring, D. & G.
ring, OHG. ring, hring, Icel. hringr, DAn. & SW. ring; cf.
Russ. krug'. Cf. Harangue, Rank a row,Rink.]
A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a
circular line or hoop.
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2. Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other
precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the
ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a
wedding ring.
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Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer.
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The dearest ring in Venice will I give you. --Shak.
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3. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports
are performed; an arena.
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Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring,
Where youthful charioteers contend for glory. --E.
Smith.
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4. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence,
figuratively, prize fighting. "The road was an
institution, the ring was an institution." --Thackeray.
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5. A circular group of persons.
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And hears the Muses in a ring
Aye round about Jove's alter sing. --Milton.
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6. (Geom.)
(a) The plane figure included between the circumferences
of two concentric circles.
(b) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or
other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an
axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other
figure.
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7. (Astron. & Navigation) An instrument, formerly used for
taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring
suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through
which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the
graduated inner surface opposite.
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8. (Bot.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the
spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of Sporangium.
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9. A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a
selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute
offices, obtain contracts, etc.
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The ruling ring at Constantinople. --E. A.
Freeman.
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Ring armor, armor composed of rings of metal. See {Ring
mail}, below, and Chain mail, under Chain.
Ring blackbird (Zool.), the ring ousel.
Ring canal (Zool.), the circular water tube which surrounds
the esophagus of echinoderms.
Ring dotterel, or Ringed dotterel. (Zool.) See
Dotterel, and Illust. of Pressiroster.
Ring dropper, a sharper who pretends to have found a ring
(dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy
it as valuable, it being worthless.
Ring fence. See under Fence.
Ring finger, the third finger of the left hand, or the next
the little finger, on which the ring is placed in
marriage.
Ring formula (Chem.), a graphic formula in the shape of a
closed ring, as in the case of benzene, pyridine, etc. See
Illust. under Benzene.
Ring mail, a kind of mail made of small steel rings sewed
upon a garment of leather or of cloth.
Ring micrometer. (Astron.) See Circular micrometer, under
Micrometer.
Saturn's rings. See Saturn.
Ring ousel. (Zool.) See Ousel.
Ring parrot (Zool.), any one of several species of Old
World parrakeets having a red ring around the neck,
especially Palaeornis torquatus, common in India, and
Palaeornis Alexandri of Java.
Ring plover. (Zool.)
(a) The ringed dotterel.
(b) Any one of several small American plovers having a
dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover
(Aegialitis semipalmata).
Ring snake (Zool.), a small harmless American snake
(Diadophis punctatus) having a white ring around the
neck. The back is ash-colored, or sage green, the belly of
an orange red.
Ring stopper. (Naut.) See under Stopper.
Ring thrush (Zool.), the ring ousel.
The prize ring, the ring in which prize fighters contend;
prize fighters, collectively.
The ring.
(a) The body of sporting men who bet on horse races.
[Eng.]
(b) The prize ring.
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palaeornithology
(gcide) | palaeornithology \palaeornithology\ n.
The paleobiology of birds.
Syn: paleornithology.
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Palaeotherium
(gcide) | Paleotherium \Pa`le*o*the"ri*um\
(p[=a]`l[-e]*[-o]*th[=e]"r[i^]*[u^]m), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
palaio`s ancient + qhri`on beast.] (Paleon.)
An extinct genus of herbivorous Tertiary mammals, once
supposed to have resembled the tapir in form, but now known
to have had a more slender form, with a long neck like that
of a llama. [Written also Pal[ae]otherium.]
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Palaeotype
(gcide) | Palaeotype \Pa"l[ae]*o*type\, n. [Pal[ae]o- + -type.] (Phon.)
A system of representing all spoken sounds by means of the
printing types in common use. --Ellis. --
Pa`l[ae]*o*typ"ic*al, a. -- Pa`l[ae]*o*typ"ic*al*ly, adv.
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Palaeotypical
(gcide) | Palaeotype \Pa"l[ae]*o*type\, n. [Pal[ae]o- + -type.] (Phon.)
A system of representing all spoken sounds by means of the
printing types in common use. --Ellis. --
Pa`l[ae]*o*typ"ic*al, a. -- Pa`l[ae]*o*typ"ic*al*ly, adv.
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Palaeotypically
(gcide) | Palaeotype \Pa"l[ae]*o*type\, n. [Pal[ae]o- + -type.] (Phon.)
A system of representing all spoken sounds by means of the
printing types in common use. --Ellis. --
Pa`l[ae]*o*typ"ic*al, a. -- Pa`l[ae]*o*typ"ic*al*ly, adv.
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palaeozoology
(gcide) | palaeozoology \palaeozoology\ n.
The study of fossil animals.
Syn: paleozoology.
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Palaestra
(gcide) | Palaestra \Pa*l[ae]s"tra\, n.
See Palestra.
[1913 Webster]Palestra \Pa*les"tra\, n.; pl. L. Palestr[ae], E. Palestras.
[NL., fr. L. palaestra, Gr. ?, fr. ? to wrestle.] [Written
also pal[ae]stra.] (Antiq.)
(a) A wrestling school; hence, a gymnasium, or place for
athletic exercise in general.
(b) A wrestling; the exercise of wrestling.
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Palestrian |
palaestra
(gcide) | Palaestra \Pa*l[ae]s"tra\, n.
See Palestra.
[1913 Webster]Palestra \Pa*les"tra\, n.; pl. L. Palestr[ae], E. Palestras.
[NL., fr. L. palaestra, Gr. ?, fr. ? to wrestle.] [Written
also pal[ae]stra.] (Antiq.)
(a) A wrestling school; hence, a gymnasium, or place for
athletic exercise in general.
(b) A wrestling; the exercise of wrestling.
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Palaestric
(gcide) | Palaestric \Pa*l[ae]s"tric\, a.
See Palestric.
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Palaetiological
(gcide) | palaetiology \palaetiology\, Palaetiology \Pa*l[ae]`ti*ol"o*gy\,
n. [Pal[ae]o- + [ae]tiology.]
The science which explains, by the law of causation, the past
condition and changes of the earth; the explanation of past
events in terms of scientific causes, such as geological
causes. -- Pa*l[ae]`ti*o*log"ic*al, a.
Syn: paletiology.
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Palaetiologist
(gcide) | Palaetiologist \Pa*l[ae]`ti*ol"o*gist\, n.
One versed in pal[ae]tiology.
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Palaetiology
(gcide) | palaetiology \palaetiology\, Palaetiology \Pa*l[ae]`ti*ol"o*gy\,
n. [Pal[ae]o- + [ae]tiology.]
The science which explains, by the law of causation, the past
condition and changes of the earth; the explanation of past
events in terms of scientific causes, such as geological
causes. -- Pa*l[ae]`ti*o*log"ic*al, a.
Syn: paletiology.
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palaetiology
(gcide) | palaetiology \palaetiology\, Palaetiology \Pa*l[ae]`ti*ol"o*gy\,
n. [Pal[ae]o- + [ae]tiology.]
The science which explains, by the law of causation, the past
condition and changes of the earth; the explanation of past
events in terms of scientific causes, such as geological
causes. -- Pa*l[ae]`ti*o*log"ic*al, a.
Syn: paletiology.
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Phalaena
(gcide) | Phalaena \Pha*l[ae]"na\ (f[.a]*l[=e]"n[.a]), prop. n. [NL., fr.
Gr. fa`laina, fa`llaina, a kind of moth.] (Zool.)
A linn[ae]an genus which included the moths in general.
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Phalaenid
(gcide) | Phalaenid \Pha*l[ae]"nid\, n. [Gr. fa`laina, fa`llaina, a kind
of moth.] (Zool.)
Any moth of the family Phal[ae]nid[ae], of which the
cankerworms are examples; a geometrid.
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Phalaenopsis
(gcide) | Phalaenopsis \Phalaenopsis\ prop. n.
A genus of ornamental epiphytic orchids of Asia and
Australia.
Syn: genus Phalaenopsis.
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Phalaenoptilus Nutalli
(gcide) | Poor-will \Poor"-will`\, n. [So called in imitation of its
note.] (Zool.)
A bird of the Western United States ({Phal[ae]noptilus
Nutalli}) allied to the whip-poor-will.
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Salaeratus
(gcide) | Salaeratus \Sal`ae*ra"tus\, n.
See Saleratus.
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Scalae
(gcide) | Scala \Sca"la\, n.; pl. Scalae. [L., a ladder.]
1. (Surg.) A machine formerly employed for reducing
dislocations of the humerus.
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2. (Anat.) A term applied to any one of the three canals of
the cochlea.
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Tortrix scytalae
(gcide) | Tortrix \Tor"trix\, n. [NL., fr. L. torquere, tortum, to twist.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small moths of the
family Tortricidae, the larvae of which usually roll up
the leaves of plants on which they live; -- also called
leaf roller.
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2. (Zool.) A genus of tropical short-tailed snakes, which are
not venomous. One species (Tortrix scytalae) is
handsomely banded with black, and is sometimes worn alive
by the natives of Brazil for a necklace.
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