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californian
(encz) | Californian,Kaliforňan n: Jiří Šmoldas |
californian
(encz) | Californian,Kaliforňanka n: Jiří Šmoldas |
californian
(encz) | Californian,kalifornský adj: Jiří Šmoldas |
Californian
(gcide) | Californian \Cal`i*for"ni*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to California. -- n. A native or inhabitant
of California.
[1913 Webster] |
californian
(wn) | Californian
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of California or its
inhabitants; "Californian beaches"
n 1: a native or resident of California |
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californian
(encz) | Californian,Kaliforňan n: Jiří ŠmoldasCalifornian,Kaliforňanka n: Jiří ŠmoldasCalifornian,kalifornský adj: Jiří Šmoldas |
californians
(encz) | Californians,pl. od Californian Jiří Šmoldas |
pl. od californian
(czen) | pl. od Californian,Californians Jiří Šmoldas |
Geococcyx Californianus
(gcide) | Chaparral \Cha`par*ral"\, n. [Sp., fr. chaparro an evergeen
oak.]
1. A thicket of low evergreen oaks.
[1913 Webster]
2. An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets
of thorny shrubs and brambles.
[1913 Webster]
Chaparral cock; fem. Chaparral hen (Zool.), a bird of the
cuckoo family (Geococcyx Californianus), noted for
running with great speed. It ranges from California to
Mexico and eastward to Texas; -- called also {road
runner}, ground cuckoo, churea, and snake killer. It
is the state bird of New Mexico.
[1913 Webster +PJC] chapati |
Gymnogyps californianus
(gcide) | Condor \Con"dor\ (k[o^]n"d[o^]r; in defs. 2 & 3, k[-o]n"d[-o]r),
n. [Sp. condor, fr. Peruvian cuntur.]
1. (Zool.) A very large bird of the Vulture family
(Sarcorhamphus gryphus), found in the most elevated
parts of the Andes.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) The California vulture ({Gymnogyps
californianus}), also called California condor. [Local,
U. S.]
Note: In the late 20th century it is classed as an endangered
species. The California condor used to number in the
thousands and ranged along the entire west coast of the
United States. By 1982 only 21 to 24 individuals could
be identified in the wild. A breeding program was
instituted, and by 1996 over 50 birds were alive in
captivity. As of 1997, fewer than ten of the bred birds
had been reintroduced into the wild.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
3. A gold coin of Chile, bearing the figure of a condor, and
equal to twenty pesos. It contains 10.98356 grams of gold,
and is equivalent to about $7.29. Called also colon.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4. A gold coin of Colombia equivalent to about $9.65. It is
no longer coined.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]California condor \Cal`i*for"ni*a con"dor\ (Zool.)
a large vulture (Gymnogyps californianus), also called
California vulture.
Note: In the late 20th century it is classed as an endangered
species. The California condor used to number in the
thousands and ranged along the entire west coast of the
United States. By 1982 only 21 to 24 individuals could
be identified in the wild. A breeding program was
instituted, and by 1996 over 50 birds were alive in
captivity. As of 1997, fewer than ten of the bred birds
had been reintroduced into the wild.
[PJC] |
Zalophus Californianus
(gcide) | Sea lion \Sea" li"on\ (Zool.)
Any one of several large species of seals of the family
Otariidae native of the Pacific Ocean, especially the
southern sea lion (Otaria jubata) of the South American
coast; the northern sea lion (Eumetopias Stelleri) found
from California to Japan; and the black, or California, sea
lion (Zalophus Californianus), which is common on the rocks
near San Francisco.
[1913 Webster] |
californian
(wn) | Californian
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of California or its
inhabitants; "Californian beaches"
n 1: a native or resident of California |
geococcyx californianus
(wn) | Geococcyx californianus
n 1: speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and
Mexico to Texas [syn: roadrunner, chaparral cock,
Geococcyx californianus] |
gymnogyps californianus
(wn) | Gymnogyps californianus
n 1: North American condor; chiefly dull black; almost extinct
[syn: California condor, Gymnogyps californianus] |
zalophus californianus
(wn) | Zalophus californianus
n 1: often trained as a show animal [syn: California sea lion,
Zalophus californianus, Zalophus californicus] |
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