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Alcedo
(gcide) | Alcedo \Al*ce"do\, n. [L., equiv. to Gr. ?. See Halcyon.]
(Zool.)
A genus of perching birds, including the European kingfisher
(Alcedo ispida). See Halcyon.
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alcedo
(wn) | Alcedo
n 1: type genus of the Alcedinidae [syn: Alcedo, {genus
Alcedo}] |
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chalcedony
(encz) | chalcedony,chalcedon n: Zdeněk Brož |
chalcedon
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Alcedo ispida
(gcide) | Kingfisher \King"fish`er\ (k[i^]ng"f[i^]sh`[~e]r), n. (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the family
Alcedinid[ae]. Most of them feed upon fishes which they
capture by diving and seizing them with the beak; others feed
only upon reptiles, insects, etc. About one hundred and fifty
species are known. They are found in nearly all parts of the
world, but are particularly abundant in the East Indies.
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Note: The belted king-fisher of the United States ({Ceryle
alcyon}) feeds upon fishes. It is slate-blue above,
with a white belly and breast, and a broad white ring
around the neck. A dark band crosses the breast. The
common European species (Alcedo ispida), which is
much smaller and brighter colored, is also a fisher.
See Alcedo. The wood kingfishers (Halcyones), which
inhabit forests, especially in Africa, feed largely
upon insects, but also eat reptiles, snails, and small
Crustacea, as well as fishes. The giant kingfisher of
Australia feeds largely upon lizards and insects. See
Laughing jackass, under Laughing.
[1913 Webster]Alcedo \Al*ce"do\, n. [L., equiv. to Gr. ?. See Halcyon.]
(Zool.)
A genus of perching birds, including the European kingfisher
(Alcedo ispida). See Halcyon.
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Calcedon
(gcide) | Calcedon \Cal"ce*don\, n. [See Chalcedony.]
A foul vein, like chalcedony, in some precious stones.
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Calcedonian
(gcide) | Calcedonic \Cal`ce*don"ic\, Calcedonian \Cal`ce*do"ni*an\, a.
See Chalcedonic.
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Calcedonic
(gcide) | Calcedonic \Cal`ce*don"ic\, Calcedonian \Cal`ce*do"ni*an\, a.
See Chalcedonic.
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calcedony
(gcide) | Chalcedony \Chal*ced"o*ny\ (k[a^]l*s[e^]d"[-o]*n[y^] or
k[a^]l"s[-e]*d[-o]*n[y^]; 277), n.; pl. Chalcedonies
(-n[i^]z). [ L. chalcedonius, fr. Gr. CHalkhdw`n Chalcedon, a
town in Asia Minor, opposite to Byzantium: cf. calc['e]doine,
OE. calcidoine, casidoyne. Cf. Cassidony.] (Min.)
A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having
usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax.
[Written also calcedony.]
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Note: When chalcedony is variegated with with spots or
figures, or arranged in differently colored layers, it
is called agate; and if by reason of the thickness,
color, and arrangement of the layers it is suitable for
being carved into cameos, it is called onyx.
Chrysoprase is green chalcedony; carnelian, a flesh
red, and sard, a brownish red variety.
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Chalcedonic
(gcide) | Chalcedonic \Chal"ce*don"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to chalcedony.
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Chalcedonies
(gcide) | Chalcedony \Chal*ced"o*ny\ (k[a^]l*s[e^]d"[-o]*n[y^] or
k[a^]l"s[-e]*d[-o]*n[y^]; 277), n.; pl. Chalcedonies
(-n[i^]z). [ L. chalcedonius, fr. Gr. CHalkhdw`n Chalcedon, a
town in Asia Minor, opposite to Byzantium: cf. calc['e]doine,
OE. calcidoine, casidoyne. Cf. Cassidony.] (Min.)
A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having
usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax.
[Written also calcedony.]
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Note: When chalcedony is variegated with with spots or
figures, or arranged in differently colored layers, it
is called agate; and if by reason of the thickness,
color, and arrangement of the layers it is suitable for
being carved into cameos, it is called onyx.
Chrysoprase is green chalcedony; carnelian, a flesh
red, and sard, a brownish red variety.
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Chalcedony
(gcide) | Chalcedony \Chal*ced"o*ny\ (k[a^]l*s[e^]d"[-o]*n[y^] or
k[a^]l"s[-e]*d[-o]*n[y^]; 277), n.; pl. Chalcedonies
(-n[i^]z). [ L. chalcedonius, fr. Gr. CHalkhdw`n Chalcedon, a
town in Asia Minor, opposite to Byzantium: cf. calc['e]doine,
OE. calcidoine, casidoyne. Cf. Cassidony.] (Min.)
A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having
usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax.
[Written also calcedony.]
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Note: When chalcedony is variegated with with spots or
figures, or arranged in differently colored layers, it
is called agate; and if by reason of the thickness,
color, and arrangement of the layers it is suitable for
being carved into cameos, it is called onyx.
Chrysoprase is green chalcedony; carnelian, a flesh
red, and sard, a brownish red variety.
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Lilium Chalcedonicum
(gcide) | Lily \Lil"y\ (l[i^]l"[y^]), n.; pl. Lilies (l[i^]l"[i^]z).
[AS. lilie, L. lilium, Gr. lei`rion. Cf. Flower-de-luce.]
1. (Bot.) A plant and flower of the genus Lilium,
endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of
six colored pieces, six stamens, and a superior
three-celled ovary.
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Note: There are nearly fifty species, all found in the North
Temperate zone. Lilium candidum and {Lilium
longiflorum} are the common white lilies of gardens;
Lilium Philadelphicum is the wild red lily of the
Atlantic States. Lilium Chalcedonicum is supposed to
be the "lily of the field" in our Lord's parable;
Lilium auratum is the great gold-banded lily of
Japan.
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2. (Bot.) A name given to handsome flowering plants of
several genera, having some resemblance in color or form
to a true lily, as Pancratium, Crinum, Amaryllis,
Nerine, etc.
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3. That end of a compass needle which should point to the
north; -- so called as often ornamented with the figure of
a lily or fleur-de-lis.
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But sailing further, it veers its lily to the west.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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4. (Auction Bridge) A royal spade; -- usually in pl. See
Royal spade, below.
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African lily (Bot.), the blue-flowered {Agapanthus
umbellatus}.
Atamasco lily (Bot.), a plant of the genus Zephyranthes
(Zephyranthes Atamasco), having a white and pink
funnelform perianth, with six petal-like divisions
resembling those of a lily. --Gray.
Blackberry lily (Bot.), the Pardanthus Chinensis, the
black seeds of which form a dense mass like a blackberry.
Bourbon lily (Bot.), Lilium candidum. See Illust.
Butterfly lily. (Bot.) Same as Mariposa lily, in the
Vocabulary.
Lily beetle (Zool.), a European beetle ({Crioceris
merdigera}) which feeds upon the white lily.
Lily daffodil (Bot.), a plant of the genus Narcissus, and
its flower.
Lily encrinite (Paleon.), a fossil encrinite, esp.
Encrinus liliiformis. See Encrinite.
Lily hyacinth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Hyacinthus.
Lily iron, a kind of harpoon with a detachable head of
peculiar shape, used in capturing swordfish.
Lily of the valley (Bot.), a low perennial herb
(Convallaria majalis), having a raceme of nodding,
fragrant, white flowers.
Lily pad, the large floating leaf of the water lily. [U.
S.] --Lowell.
Tiger lily (Bot.), Lilium tigrinum, the sepals of which
are blotched with black.
Turk's-cap lily (Bot.) Lilium Martagon, a red lily with
recurved sepals; also, the similar American lily, {Lilium
superbum}.
Water lily (Bot.), the Nymph[ae]a, a plant with floating
roundish leaves, and large flowers having many petals,
usually white, but sometimes pink, red, blue, or yellow.
[See Illust. of Nymph[ae]a.]
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Lychins chalcedonica
(gcide) | maltese cross \maltese cross\ n. (Bot.)
A Eurasian garden perennial (Lychins chalcedonica) having
scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads.
Syn: scarlet lychnis, Lychins chalcedonica.
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2. A cross with triangular or arrow-shaped arms and the
points toward the center. See illustration under cross.
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alcedo
(wn) | Alcedo
n 1: type genus of the Alcedinidae [syn: Alcedo, {genus
Alcedo}] |
alcedo atthis
(wn) | Alcedo atthis
n 1: small kingfisher with greenish-blue and orange plumage
[syn: Eurasian kingfisher, Alcedo atthis] |
calcedony
(wn) | calcedony
n 1: a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz [syn:
chalcedony, calcedony] |
chalcedon
(wn) | Chalcedon
n 1: a former town on the Bosporus (now part of Istanbul); site
of the Council of Chalcedon [syn: Chalcedon, Kadikoy]
2: the fourth ecumenical council in 451 which defined the two
natures (human and divine) of Christ [syn: Chalcedon,
Council of Chalcedon] |
chalcedony
(wn) | chalcedony
n 1: a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz [syn:
chalcedony, calcedony] |
council of chalcedon
(wn) | Council of Chalcedon
n 1: the fourth ecumenical council in 451 which defined the two
natures (human and divine) of Christ [syn: Chalcedon,
Council of Chalcedon] |
genus alcedo
(wn) | genus Alcedo
n 1: type genus of the Alcedinidae [syn: Alcedo, {genus
Alcedo}] |
lychins chalcedonica
(wn) | Lychins chalcedonica
n 1: Eurasian garden perennial having scarlet flowers in dense
terminal heads [syn: scarlet lychnis, maltese cross,
Lychins chalcedonica] |
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