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Argas
(gcide) | Argas \Ar"gas\, n.
A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. The
famous Persian Argas, also called Miana bug, is {Argas
Persicus}; that of Central America, called talaje by the
natives, is Argas Talaje.
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sargasso
(encz) | sargasso, n: |
sargassum
(encz) | sargassum, n: |
sargassum fish
(encz) | sargassum fish, n: |
teargas
(encz) | teargas,slzný plyn |
vargas
(encz) | Vargas, |
Argas Persicus
(gcide) | Argas \Ar"gas\, n.
A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. The
famous Persian Argas, also called Miana bug, is {Argas
Persicus}; that of Central America, called talaje by the
natives, is Argas Talaje.
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Argas reflexus
(gcide) | Dove \Dove\ (d[u^]v), n. [OE. dove, duve, douve, AS. d[=u]fe;
akin to OS. d[=u]ba, D. duif, OHG. t[=u]ba, G. taube, Icel.
d[=u]fa, Sw. dufva, Dan. due, Goth. d[=u]b[=o]; perh. from
the root of E. dive.]
1. (Zool.) A pigeon of the genus Columba and various
related genera. The species are numerous.
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Note: The domestic dove, including the varieties called
fantails, tumblers, carrier pigeons, etc., was
derived from the rock pigeon (Columba livia) of
Europe and Asia; the turtledove of Europe, celebrated
for its sweet, plaintive note, is Columba turtur or
Turtur vulgaris; the ringdove, the largest of
European species, is Columba palumbus; the {Carolina
dove}, or Mourning dove, is Zenaidura macroura; the
sea dove is the little auk (Mergulus alle or {Alle
alle}). See Turtledove, Ground dove, and {Rock
pigeon}. The dove is a symbol of peace, innocence,
gentleness, and affection; also, in art and in the
Scriptures, the typical symbol of the Holy Ghost.
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2. A word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
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O my dove, . . . let me hear thy voice. --Cant. ii.
14.
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3. a person advocating peace, compromise or conciliation
rather than war or conflict. Opposite of hawk.
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Dove tick (Zool.), a mite (Argas reflexus) which infests
doves and other birds.
Soiled dove, a prostitute. [Slang] Dovecot |
Argas Talaje
(gcide) | Argas \Ar"gas\, n.
A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. The
famous Persian Argas, also called Miana bug, is {Argas
Persicus}; that of Central America, called talaje by the
natives, is Argas Talaje.
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Cargason
(gcide) | Cargason \Car"ga*son\, n. [F. cargaison, Sp. cargazon, LL.
cargare to load. See rgo.]
A cargo. [Obs.]
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Pargasite
(gcide) | Pargasite \Par"gas*ite\, n. [So called from Pargas, in Finland.]
(Min.)
A dark green aluminous variety of amphibole, or hornblende.
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Sargasso
(gcide) | Sargasso \Sar*gas"so\, n. [Sp. sargazo seaweed.] (Bot.)
The gulf weed. See under Gulf.
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Sargasso Sea, a large tract of the North Atlantic Ocean
where sargasso in great abundance floats on the surface.
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Sargasso Sea
(gcide) | Sargasso \Sar*gas"so\, n. [Sp. sargazo seaweed.] (Bot.)
The gulf weed. See under Gulf.
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Sargasso Sea, a large tract of the North Atlantic Ocean
where sargasso in great abundance floats on the surface.
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Sargassum
(gcide) | Sargassum \Sar*gas"sum\, n. [NL.]
A genus of algae including the gulf weed.
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Sargassum bacciferum
(gcide) | Gulf \Gulf\ (g[u^]lf), n. [F. golfe, It. golfo, fr. Gr. ko`lpos
bosom, bay, gulf, LGr. ko`lfos.]
1. A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or
basin,
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He then surveyed
Hell and the gulf between. --Milton.
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Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed.
--Luke xvi.
26.
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2. That which swallows; the gullet. [Obs.] --Shak.
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3. That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking
eddy. --Shak.
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A gulf of ruin, swallowing gold. --Tennyson.
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4. (Geog.) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the
land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico.
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5. (Mining) A large deposit of ore in a lode.
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Gulf Stream (Geog.), the warm ocean current of the North
Atlantic.
Note: It originates in the westward equatorial current, due
to the trade winds, is deflected northward by Cape St.
Roque through the Gulf of Mexico, and flows parallel to
the coast of North America, turning eastward off the
island of Nantucket. Its average rate of flow is said
to be about two miles an hour. The similar Japan
current, or Kuro-Siwo, is sometimes called the Gulf
Stream of the Pacific.
Gulf weed (Bot.), a branching seaweed ({Sargassum
bacciferum}, or sea grape), having numerous berrylike air
vessels, -- found in the Gulf Stream, in the Sargasso Sea,
and elsewhere.
[1913 Webster]gulfweed \gulf"weed`\ (g[u^]lf"w[=e]d`), n.
1. A brown seaweed (Sargassum bacciferum) with rounded
bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical
Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea.
Syn: sargassum, sargasso, Sargassum bacciferum.
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argasid
(wn) | argasid
n 1: tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the
under side of the head [syn: soft tick, argasid] |
argasidae
(wn) | Argasidae
n 1: soft ticks [syn: Argasidae, family Argasidae] |
family argasidae
(wn) | family Argasidae
n 1: soft ticks [syn: Argasidae, family Argasidae] |
genus sargassum
(wn) | genus Sargassum
n 1: a genus of protoctist |
getulio dornelles vargas
(wn) | Getulio Dornelles Vargas
n 1: Brazilian statesman who ruled Brazil as a virtual dictator
(1883-1954) [syn: Vargas, Getulio Dornelles Vargas] |
jorge mario pedro vargas llosa
(wn) | Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa
n 1: Peruvian writer (born in 1936) [syn: Vargas Llosa, {Mario
Vargas Llosa}, Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa] |
margasivsa
(wn) | Margasivsa
n 1: the ninth month of the Hindu calendar [syn: Aghan,
Margasivsa] |
mario vargas llosa
(wn) | Mario Vargas Llosa
n 1: Peruvian writer (born in 1936) [syn: Vargas Llosa, {Mario
Vargas Llosa}, Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa] |
sargasso
(wn) | sargasso
n 1: brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating
masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea
[syn: gulfweed, sargassum, sargasso, {Sargassum
bacciferum}] |
sargasso sea
(wn) | Sargasso Sea
n 1: a vast area of the North Atlantic from the West Indies to
the Azores that is dense with gulfweed |
sargassum
(wn) | sargassum
n 1: brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating
masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea
[syn: gulfweed, sargassum, sargasso, {Sargassum
bacciferum}] |
sargassum bacciferum
(wn) | Sargassum bacciferum
n 1: brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating
masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea
[syn: gulfweed, sargassum, sargasso, {Sargassum
bacciferum}] |
sargassum fish
(wn) | sargassum fish
n 1: small fantastically formed and colored fishes found among
masses of sargassum |
teargas
(wn) | teargas
n 1: a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not
damage them; used in dispersing crowds [syn: tear gas,
teargas, lacrimator, lachrymator]
v 1: attack with teargas; subject to teargas fumes; "The
students were teargassed during the riot" |
vargas
(wn) | Vargas
n 1: Brazilian statesman who ruled Brazil as a virtual dictator
(1883-1954) [syn: Vargas, Getulio Dornelles Vargas] |
vargas llosa
(wn) | Vargas Llosa
n 1: Peruvian writer (born in 1936) [syn: Vargas Llosa, {Mario
Vargas Llosa}, Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa] |
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