| slovo | definícia |
beetle
(mass) | beetle
- chrobák |
beetle
(encz) | beetle,brouk n: |
Beetle
(gcide) | Beetle \Bee"tle\, v. i. [See Beetlebrowed.]
To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang;
to jut.
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To the dreadful summit of the cliff
That beetles o'er his base into the sea. --Shak.
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Each beetling rampart, and each tower sublime.
--Wordsworth.
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Beetle
(gcide) | Beetle \Bee"tle\ (b[=e]"t'l), n. [OE. betel, AS. b[imac]tl,
b?tl, mallet, hammer, fr. be['a]tan to beat. See Beat, v.
t.]
1. A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
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2. A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering
process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; --
called also beetling machine. --Knight.
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Beetle
(gcide) | Beetle \Bee"tle\ (b[=e]"t'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beetled
(-t'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Beetling.]
1. To beat with a heavy mallet.
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2. To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle
or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods.
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Beetle
(gcide) | Beetle \Bee"tle\, n. [OE. bityl, bittle, AS. b[imac]tel, fr.
b[imac]tan to bite. See Bite, v. t.]
Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the
outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when
they are folded up. See Coleoptera.
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Beetle mite (Zool.), one of many species of mites, of the
family Oribatid[ae], parasitic on beetles.
Black beetle, the common large black cockroach ({Blatta
orientalis}).
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beetle
(wn) | beetle
adj 1: jutting or overhanging; "beetle brows" [syn: beetle,
beetling]
n 1: insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to
form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
2: a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually
wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or
for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing [syn:
mallet, beetle]
v 1: be suspended over or hang over; "This huge rock beetles
over the edge of the town" [syn: overhang, beetle]
2: fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle; "He beetled up the
staircase"; "They beetled off home"
3: beat with a beetle |
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bean beetle
(mass) | bean beetle
- lienka |
beetle
(mass) | beetle
- chrobák |
lady beetle
(mass) | lady beetle
- lienka |
ladybeetle
(mass) | ladybeetle
- lienka |
ladybird beetle
(mass) | ladybird beetle
- lienka |
may beetle
(mass) | may beetle
- chrúst |
maybeetle
(mass) | maybeetle
- chrúst |
bean beetle
(encz) | bean beetle,beruška n: slady |
beetle
(encz) | beetle,brouk n: |
beetles
(encz) | beetles,brouci n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
blackbeetle
(encz) | blackbeetle,šváb n: Zdeněk Brož |
carabid beetle
(encz) | carabid beetle, n: |
carpet beetle
(encz) | carpet beetle, n: |
clerid beetle
(encz) | clerid beetle, n: |
click beetle
(encz) | click beetle, n: |
colorado beetle
(encz) | colorado beetle,mandelinka n: Zdeněk Brož |
darkling beetle
(encz) | darkling beetle, n: |
darkling groung beetle
(encz) | darkling groung beetle, n: |
deathwatch beetle
(encz) | deathwatch beetle, n: |
dorbeetle
(encz) | dorbeetle, n: |
dung beetle
(encz) | dung beetle,druh brouka n: Zdeněk Broždung beetle,hovnivál Zdeněk Brož |
dung-beetle
(encz) | dung-beetle,druh brouka n: Zdeněk Broždung-beetle,hovnivál Zdeněk Brož |
elaterid beetle
(encz) | elaterid beetle, n: |
fire beetle
(encz) | fire beetle, n: |
flea beetle
(encz) | flea beetle, n: |
flour beetle
(encz) | flour beetle, n: |
green june beetle
(encz) | green June beetle, n: |
ground beetle
(encz) | ground beetle, n: |
japanese beetle
(encz) | Japanese beetle,malý zelený brouk Zdeněk Brož |
june beetle
(encz) | June beetle, |
lady beetle
(encz) | lady beetle,beruška n: slady |
ladybeetle
(encz) | ladybeetle,beruška n: slady |
ladybird beetle
(encz) | ladybird beetle,beruška n: slady |
lamellicorn beetle
(encz) | lamellicorn beetle, n: |
leaf beetle
(encz) | leaf beetle, n: |
long-horned beetle
(encz) | long-horned beetle, n: |
longicorn beetle
(encz) | longicorn beetle, n: |
may beetle
(encz) | may beetle,chroust n: Zdeněk Brož |
maybeetle
(encz) | maybeetle,chroust n: Zdeněk Brož |
melolonthid beetle
(encz) | melolonthid beetle, n: |
oil beetle
(encz) | oil beetle, n: |
potato beetle
(encz) | potato beetle, n: |
rhinoceros beetle
(encz) | rhinoceros beetle, n: |
rose beetle
(encz) | rose beetle, n: |
rove beetle
(encz) | rove beetle, n: |
sacred beetle
(encz) | sacred beetle,skarabeus pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
sawyer beetle
(encz) | sawyer beetle, n: |
scarabaeid beetle
(encz) | scarabaeid beetle, n: |
searcher beetle
(encz) | searcher beetle, n: |
seed beetle
(encz) | seed beetle, n: |
snapping beetle
(encz) | snapping beetle, n: |
snout beetle
(encz) | snout beetle, n: |
spruce bark beetle
(encz) | spruce bark beetle, n: |
stag beetle
(encz) | stag beetle, n: |
stag-beetle
(encz) | stag-beetle,roháč n: [zoo.] Rostislav Svoboda |
tiger beetle
(encz) | tiger beetle, n: |
water beetle
(encz) | water beetle,potápník n: [zoo.] PetrV |
whirligig beetle
(encz) | whirligig beetle, n: |
Ambrosia beetle
(gcide) | Ambrosia beetle \Ambrosia beetle\ (Zool.)
A bark beetle that makes and feeds on ambrosia[4].
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Asparagus beetle
(gcide) | Asparagus \As*par"a*gus\ ([a^]s*p[a^]r"[.a]*g[u^]s), n. [L., fr.
Gr. 'aspa`ragos, 'asfa`ragos; cf. sparga^n to swell with sap
or juice, and Zend [,c]paregha prong, sprout, Pers. asparag,
Lith. spurgas sprout, Skr. sphurj to swell. Perh. the Greek
borrowed from the Persian. Cf. Sparrowgrass.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of perennial plants belonging to the
natural order Liliace[ae], and having erect much
branched stems, and very slender branchlets which are
sometimes mistaken for leaves. Asparagus racemosus is a
shrubby climbing plant with fragrant flowers.
Specifically: The Asparagus officinalis, a species
cultivated in gardens.
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2. The young and tender shoots of Asparagus officinalis,
which form a valuable and well-known article of food.
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Note: This word was formerly pronounced sparrowgrass; but
this pronunciation is now confined exclusively to
uneducated people.
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Asparagus beetle (Zool.), a small beetle ({Crioceris
asparagi}) injurious to asparagus.
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Bacon beetle
(gcide) | Bacon \Ba"con\, n. [OF. bacon, fr. OHG. bacho, bahho, flitch of
bacon, ham; akin to E. back. Cf. Back the back side.]
The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the
flesh of a pig salted or fresh.
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Bacon beetle (Zool.), a beetle (Dermestes lardarius)
which, especially in the larval state, feeds upon bacon,
woolens, furs, etc. See Dermestes.
To save one's bacon, to save one's self or property from
harm or loss. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster] BaconDermestes \Der*mes"tes\, n. [NL., from Gr. dermhsth`s; de`rma
skin + root of ? to eat.] (Zool.)
A genus of coleopterous insects, the larv[ae] of which feed
animal substances. They are very destructive to dries meats,
skins, woolens, and furs. The most common species is
Dermestes lardarius, known as the bacon beetle.
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bacon beetle
(gcide) | Bacon \Ba"con\, n. [OF. bacon, fr. OHG. bacho, bahho, flitch of
bacon, ham; akin to E. back. Cf. Back the back side.]
The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the
flesh of a pig salted or fresh.
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Bacon beetle (Zool.), a beetle (Dermestes lardarius)
which, especially in the larval state, feeds upon bacon,
woolens, furs, etc. See Dermestes.
To save one's bacon, to save one's self or property from
harm or loss. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster] BaconDermestes \Der*mes"tes\, n. [NL., from Gr. dermhsth`s; de`rma
skin + root of ? to eat.] (Zool.)
A genus of coleopterous insects, the larv[ae] of which feed
animal substances. They are very destructive to dries meats,
skins, woolens, and furs. The most common species is
Dermestes lardarius, known as the bacon beetle.
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Bark beetle
(gcide) | Bark beetle \Bark" bee`tle\ (Zool.)
A small beetle of many species (family Scolytid[ae]), which
in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees,
often doing great damage.
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Bee beetle
(gcide) | Bee \Bee\ (b[=e]), n. [AS. be['o]; akin to D. bij and bije,
Icel. b[=y], Sw. & Dan. bi, OHG. pini, G. biene, and perh.
Ir. beach, Lith. bitis, Skr. bha. [root]97.]
1. (Zool.) An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family
Apid[ae] (the honeybees), or family Andrenid[ae] (the
solitary bees.) See Honeybee.
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Note: There are many genera and species. The common honeybee
(Apis mellifica) lives in swarms, each of which has
its own queen, its males or drones, and its very
numerous workers, which are barren females. Besides the
Apis mellifica there are other species and varieties
of honeybees, as the Apis ligustica of Spain and
Italy; the Apis Indica of India; the Apis fasciata
of Egypt. The bumblebee is a species of Bombus. The
tropical honeybees belong mostly to Melipoma and
Trigona.
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2. A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united
labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a
quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee. [U. S.]
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The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day.
--S. G.
Goodrich.
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3. pl. [Prob. fr. AS. be['a]h ring, fr. b?gan to bend. See
1st Bow.] (Naut.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the
sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays
through; -- called also bee blocks.
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Bee beetle (Zool.), a beetle (Trichodes apiarius)
parasitic in beehives.
Bee bird (Zool.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the
European flycatcher, and the American kingbird.
Bee flower (Bot.), an orchidaceous plant of the genus
Ophrys (Ophrys apifera), whose flowers have some
resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects.
Bee fly (Zool.), a two winged fly of the family
Bombyliid[ae]. Some species, in the larval state, are
parasitic upon bees.
Bee garden, a garden or inclosure to set beehives in; an
apiary. --Mortimer.
Bee glue, a soft, unctuous matter, with which bees cement
the combs to the hives, and close up the cells; -- called
also propolis.
Bee hawk (Zool.), the honey buzzard.
Bee killer (Zool.), a large two-winged fly of the family
Asilid[ae] (esp. Trupanea apivora) which feeds upon
the honeybee. See Robber fly.
Bee louse (Zool.), a minute, wingless, dipterous insect
(Braula c[ae]ca) parasitic on hive bees.
Bee martin (Zool.), the kingbird (Tyrannus Carolinensis)
which occasionally feeds on bees.
Bee moth (Zool.), a moth (Galleria cereana) whose
larv[ae] feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in
beehives.
Bee wolf (Zool.), the larva of the bee beetle. See Illust.
of Bee beetle.
To have a bee in the head or To have a bee in the bonnet.
(a) To be choleric. [Obs.]
(b) To be restless or uneasy. --B. Jonson.
(c) To be full of fancies; to be a little crazy. "She's
whiles crack-brained, and has a bee in her head."
--Sir W. Scott.
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Beetle brow
(gcide) | Beetle brow \Bee"tle brow`\
An overhanging brow.
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Beetle mite
(gcide) | Beetle \Bee"tle\, n. [OE. bityl, bittle, AS. b[imac]tel, fr.
b[imac]tan to bite. See Bite, v. t.]
Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the
outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when
they are folded up. See Coleoptera.
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Beetle mite (Zool.), one of many species of mites, of the
family Oribatid[ae], parasitic on beetles.
Black beetle, the common large black cockroach ({Blatta
orientalis}).
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Beetle-browed
(gcide) | Beetle-browed \Bee"tle-browed`\, a. [OE. bitelbrowed; cf. OE.
bitel, adj., sharp, projecting, n., a beetle. See Beetle an
insect.]
Having prominent, overhanging brows; hence, lowering or
sullen.
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Note: The earlier meaning was, "Having bushy or overhanging
eyebrows."
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Beetled
(gcide) | Beetle \Bee"tle\ (b[=e]"t'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beetled
(-t'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Beetling.]
1. To beat with a heavy mallet.
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2. To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle
or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods.
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Beetlehead
(gcide) | Beetlehead \Bee"tle*head`\, n. [Beetle a mallet + head.]
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1. A stupid fellow; a blockhead. --Sir W. Scott.
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2. (Zool.) The black-bellied plover, or bullhead ({Squatarola
helvetica}). See Plover.
[1913 Webster]Bullhead \Bull"head`\, n.
1. (Zool.)
(a) A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus
Uranidea, esp. Uranidea gobio of Europe, and
Uranidea Richardsoni of the United States; -- called
also miller's thumb.
(b) In America, several species of Amiurus; -- called
also catfish, horned pout, and bullpout.
(c) A marine fish of the genus Cottus; the sculpin.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) The black-bellied plover (Squatarola helvetica); --
called also beetlehead.
(b) The golden plover.
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3. A stupid fellow; a lubber. [Colloq.] --Jonson.
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4. (Zool.) A small black water insect. --E. Phillips.
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Bullhead whiting (Zool.), the kingfish of Florida
(Menticirrus alburnus).
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beetlehead
(gcide) | Beetlehead \Bee"tle*head`\, n. [Beetle a mallet + head.]
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1. A stupid fellow; a blockhead. --Sir W. Scott.
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2. (Zool.) The black-bellied plover, or bullhead ({Squatarola
helvetica}). See Plover.
[1913 Webster]Bullhead \Bull"head`\, n.
1. (Zool.)
(a) A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus
Uranidea, esp. Uranidea gobio of Europe, and
Uranidea Richardsoni of the United States; -- called
also miller's thumb.
(b) In America, several species of Amiurus; -- called
also catfish, horned pout, and bullpout.
(c) A marine fish of the genus Cottus; the sculpin.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) The black-bellied plover (Squatarola helvetica); --
called also beetlehead.
(b) The golden plover.
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3. A stupid fellow; a lubber. [Colloq.] --Jonson.
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4. (Zool.) A small black water insect. --E. Phillips.
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Bullhead whiting (Zool.), the kingfish of Florida
(Menticirrus alburnus).
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Beetle-headed
(gcide) | Beetle-headed \Bee"tle-head`ed\, a.
Dull; stupid. --Shak.
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Beetlestock
(gcide) | Beetlestock \Bee"tle*stock`\, n.
The handle of a beetle.
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Billbeetle
(gcide) | Billbeetle \Bill`bee"tle\, or Billbug \Bill"bug`\, n. (Zool.)
A weevil or curculio of various species, as the corn weevil.
See Curculio.
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billbeetles
(gcide) | Curculio \Cur*cu"li*o\ (k?r-r?"l?-?), n.; pl. Curculios (-?z).
[L., a grain weevil.] (Zool.)
One of a large group of beetles (Rhynchophora) of many
genera; -- called also weevils, snout beetles,
billbeetles, and billbugs. Many of the species are very
destructive, as the plum curculio, the corn, grain, and rice
weevils, etc.
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Black beetle
(gcide) | Beetle \Bee"tle\, n. [OE. bityl, bittle, AS. b[imac]tel, fr.
b[imac]tan to bite. See Bite, v. t.]
Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the
outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when
they are folded up. See Coleoptera.
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Beetle mite (Zool.), one of many species of mites, of the
family Oribatid[ae], parasitic on beetles.
Black beetle, the common large black cockroach ({Blatta
orientalis}).
[1913 Webster]Black \Black\ (bl[a^]k), a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[ae]c; akin to
Icel. blakkr dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[aum]ck ink, Dan. bl[ae]k,
OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not
akin to AS. bl[=a]c, E. bleak pallid. [root]98.]
1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the
color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark
color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a
color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.
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O night, with hue so black! --Shak.
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2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in
darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the
heavens black with clouds.
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I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.
--Shak.
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3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;
destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;
cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. "This day's black
fate." "Black villainy." "Arise, black vengeance." "Black
day." "Black despair." --Shak.
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4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;
foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.
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Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;
as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,
black-visaged.
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Black act, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a
felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to
hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or
disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for
malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been
called black acts.
Black angel (Zool.), a fish of the West Indies and Florida
(Holacanthus tricolor), with the head and tail yellow,
and the middle of the body black.
Black antimony (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,
Sb2S3, used in pyrotechnics, etc.
Black bear (Zool.), the common American bear ({Ursus
Americanus}).
Black beast. See {B[^e]te noire}.
Black beetle (Zool.), the common large cockroach ({Blatta
orientalis}).
Black bonnet (Zool.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza
Sch[oe]niclus}) of Europe.
Black canker, a disease in turnips and other crops,
produced by a species of caterpillar.
Black cat (Zool.), the fisher, a quadruped of North America
allied to the sable, but larger. See Fisher.
Black cattle, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in
distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]
Black cherry. See under Cherry.
Black cockatoo (Zool.), the palm cockatoo. See Cockatoo.
Black copper. Same as Melaconite.
Black currant. (Bot.) See Currant.
Black diamond. (Min.) See Carbonado.
Black draught (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of
senna and magnesia.
Black drop (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation
consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.
Black earth, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.
Black flag, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a
skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.
Black flea (Zool.), a flea beetle (Haltica nemorum)
injurious to turnips.
Black flux, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,
obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of
niter. --Brande & C.
Black Forest [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in
Baden and W["u]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient
Hercynian forest.
Black game, or Black grouse. (Zool.) See Blackcock,
Grouse, and Heath grouse.
Black grass (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus
Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.
Black gum (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or
pepperidge. See Tupelo.
Black Hamburg (grape) (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of
dark purple or "black" grape.
Black horse (Zool.), a fish of the Mississippi valley
(Cycleptus elongatus), of the sucker family; the
Missouri sucker.
Black lemur (Zool.), the Lemurniger of Madagascar; the
acoumbo of the natives.
Black list, a list of persons who are for some reason
thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list
of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made
for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See
Blacklist, v. t.
Black manganese (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,
MnO2.
Black Maria, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried
to or from jail.
Black martin (Zool.), the chimney swift. See Swift.
Black moss (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the
southern United States. See Tillandsia.
Black oak. See under Oak.
Black ocher. See Wad.
Black pigment, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,
or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of
printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.
Black plate, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.
Black quarter, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a
shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.
Black rat (Zool.), one of the species of rats ({Mus
rattus}), commonly infesting houses.
Black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3.
Black rust, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist
matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.
Black sheep, one in a family or company who is unlike the
rest, and makes trouble.
Black silver. (Min.) See under Silver.
Black and tan, black mixed or spotted with tan color or
reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of
dogs.
Black tea. See under Tea.
Black tin (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,
stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form
of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.
Black walnut. See under Walnut.
Black warrior (Zool.), an American hawk (Buteo Harlani).
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Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;
Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
[1913 Webster]Cockroach \Cock"roach\, n. [Sp. cucaracha.] (Zool.)
An orthopterous insect of the genus Blatta, and allied
genera.
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Note: The species are numerous, especially in hot countries.
Those most commonly infesting houses in Europe and
North America are Blatta orientalis, a large species
often called black beetle, and the Croton bug
(Blatta Germanica, formerly Ectobia Germanica),
also called the German cockroach.
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