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capri
(encz) | Capri, |
Capri
(gcide) | Capri \Ca"pri\, n.
Wine produced on the island of Capri, commonly a light, dry,
white wine.
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capri
(wn) | Capri
n 1: an island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in
southern Italy; a tourist attraction noted for beautiful
scenery |
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capri
(encz) | Capri, |
capric acid
(encz) | capric acid, n: |
capriccio
(encz) | capriccio,capriccio n: [hud.] skladba rozmarného rázu Zdeněk Brož; Jiří
Drbálek |
caprice
(encz) | caprice,kapric n: Jiří Drbálekcaprice,rozmar n: Jiří Šmoldascaprice,vrtoch n: Jiří Šmoldas |
capricious
(encz) | capricious,kapriciózní adj: Jiří Drbálekcapricious,rozmarný adj: capricious,vrtošivý adj: Jiří Šmoldas |
capriciously
(encz) | capriciously,rozmarně adv: Jiří Šmoldas |
capriciousness
(encz) | capriciousness,rozmarnost n: |
capricorn
(encz) | capricorn,kozoroh n: Zdeněk Brož |
capricornus
(encz) | Capricornus,souhvězdí Kozoroh n: [astr.] mykhal |
caprifig
(encz) | caprifig, n: |
caprimulgid
(encz) | caprimulgid, n: |
caprimulgiform bird
(encz) | caprimulgiform bird, n: |
caprine
(encz) | caprine,kozí Zdeněk Brožcaprine,kozlí Zdeněk Brož |
caprine animal
(encz) | caprine animal, n: |
capriole
(encz) | capriole,kapriola Zdeněk Brožcapriole,poskok n: Zdeněk Brožcapriole,výskok n: Zdeněk Brož |
order caprimulgiformes
(encz) | order Caprimulgiformes, n: |
tropic of capricorn
(encz) | Tropic of Capricorn,obratník Kozoroha [zem.] Tolda |
capriccio
(czen) | capriccio,capriccion: [hud.] skladba rozmarného rázu Zdeněk Brož; Jiří
Drbálek |
Balistes capriscus
(gcide) | Trigger \Trig"ger\, n. [For older tricker, from D. trekker, fr.
trekken to draw, pull. See Trick, n.]
1. A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.
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2. (Mech.) A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a
catch or detent as a means of releasing it; especially
(Firearms), the part of a lock which is moved by the
finger to release the cock and discharge the piece.
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Trigger fish (Zool.), a large plectognath fish ({Balistes
Carolinensis} or Balistes capriscus) common on the
southern coast of the United States, and valued as a food
fish in some localities. Its rough skin is used for
scouring and polishing in the place of sandpaper. Called
also leather jacket, and turbot.
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capric
(gcide) | oenanthylous \oe*nan"thyl*ous\, a. (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid formerly supposed
to be the acid of oenanthylic ether, but now known to be a
mixture of higher acids, especially capric acid. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Capric \Cap"ric\, a. [L. caper goat.] (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to capric acid or its derivatives.
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Capric acid (also called decanoic acid), C9H19.CO.OH,
Caprylic acid (also called octanoic acid), C7H15.CO2.H,
and Caproic acid (also called hexanoic acid),
C5H11.CO2.H, are fatty acids occurring in small
quantities in butter, cocoanut oil, etc., united with
glycerin; they are colorless oils, or white crystalline
solids, of an unpleasant odor like that of goats or sweat.
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Capric
(gcide) | oenanthylous \oe*nan"thyl*ous\, a. (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid formerly supposed
to be the acid of oenanthylic ether, but now known to be a
mixture of higher acids, especially capric acid. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Capric \Cap"ric\, a. [L. caper goat.] (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to capric acid or its derivatives.
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Capric acid (also called decanoic acid), C9H19.CO.OH,
Caprylic acid (also called octanoic acid), C7H15.CO2.H,
and Caproic acid (also called hexanoic acid),
C5H11.CO2.H, are fatty acids occurring in small
quantities in butter, cocoanut oil, etc., united with
glycerin; they are colorless oils, or white crystalline
solids, of an unpleasant odor like that of goats or sweat.
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capric acid
(gcide) | Rutic \Ru"tic\ (r[udd]"t[i^]k), a. [Cf. Rutaceous.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or obtained from, rue (Ruta); as, rutic
acid, now commonly called capric acid.
[1913 Webster]Capric \Cap"ric\, a. [L. caper goat.] (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to capric acid or its derivatives.
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Capric acid (also called decanoic acid), C9H19.CO.OH,
Caprylic acid (also called octanoic acid), C7H15.CO2.H,
and Caproic acid (also called hexanoic acid),
C5H11.CO2.H, are fatty acids occurring in small
quantities in butter, cocoanut oil, etc., united with
glycerin; they are colorless oils, or white crystalline
solids, of an unpleasant odor like that of goats or sweat.
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Capric acid
(gcide) | Rutic \Ru"tic\ (r[udd]"t[i^]k), a. [Cf. Rutaceous.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or obtained from, rue (Ruta); as, rutic
acid, now commonly called capric acid.
[1913 Webster]Capric \Cap"ric\, a. [L. caper goat.] (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to capric acid or its derivatives.
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Capric acid (also called decanoic acid), C9H19.CO.OH,
Caprylic acid (also called octanoic acid), C7H15.CO2.H,
and Caproic acid (also called hexanoic acid),
C5H11.CO2.H, are fatty acids occurring in small
quantities in butter, cocoanut oil, etc., united with
glycerin; they are colorless oils, or white crystalline
solids, of an unpleasant odor like that of goats or sweat.
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Capriccio
(gcide) | Capriccio \Ca*pric"cio\ (k[.a]*pr[=e]t"ch[-o]), n. [It. See
Caprice.]
1. (Mus.) A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions
from the theme; a fantasia; -- often called caprice.
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2. A caprice; a freak; a fancy. --Shak.
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Capriccioso
(gcide) | Capriccioso \Ca*pric*cio"so\ (k[.a]*pr[=e]t*ch[=o]"s[-o]), a.
[It.] (Mus)
In a free, fantastic style.
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Caprice
(gcide) | Caprice \Ca*price"\ (k[.a]*pr[=e]s"), n. [F. caprice, It.
capriccio, caprice (perh. orig. a fantastical goat leap), fr.
L. caper, capra, goat. Cf Capriole, Cab, Caper, v. i.]
1. An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action,
proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion.
"Caprices of appetite." --W. Irving.
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2. (Mus.) See Capriccio.
Syn: Freak; whim; crotchet; fancy; vagary; humor; whimsey;
fickleness.
[1913 Webster]Capriccio \Ca*pric"cio\ (k[.a]*pr[=e]t"ch[-o]), n. [It. See
Caprice.]
1. (Mus.) A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions
from the theme; a fantasia; -- often called caprice.
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2. A caprice; a freak; a fancy. --Shak.
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caprice
(gcide) | Caprice \Ca*price"\ (k[.a]*pr[=e]s"), n. [F. caprice, It.
capriccio, caprice (perh. orig. a fantastical goat leap), fr.
L. caper, capra, goat. Cf Capriole, Cab, Caper, v. i.]
1. An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action,
proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion.
"Caprices of appetite." --W. Irving.
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2. (Mus.) See Capriccio.
Syn: Freak; whim; crotchet; fancy; vagary; humor; whimsey;
fickleness.
[1913 Webster]Capriccio \Ca*pric"cio\ (k[.a]*pr[=e]t"ch[-o]), n. [It. See
Caprice.]
1. (Mus.) A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions
from the theme; a fantasia; -- often called caprice.
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2. A caprice; a freak; a fancy. --Shak.
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Capricious
(gcide) | Capricious \Ca*pri"cious\ (k[.a]*pr[i^]sh"[u^]s), a. [Cf. F.
capricieux, It. capriccioso.]
Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly;
freakish; whimsical; changeable. "Capricious poet." --Shak.
"Capricious humor." --Hugh Miller.
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A capricious partiality to the Romish practices.
--Hallam.
Syn: Freakish; whimsical; fanciful; fickle; crotchety;
fitful; wayward; changeable; unsteady; uncertain;
inconstant; arbitrary. -- Ca*pri"cious*ly, adv. --
Ca*pri"cious*ness, n.
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Capriciously
(gcide) | Capricious \Ca*pri"cious\ (k[.a]*pr[i^]sh"[u^]s), a. [Cf. F.
capricieux, It. capriccioso.]
Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly;
freakish; whimsical; changeable. "Capricious poet." --Shak.
"Capricious humor." --Hugh Miller.
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A capricious partiality to the Romish practices.
--Hallam.
Syn: Freakish; whimsical; fanciful; fickle; crotchety;
fitful; wayward; changeable; unsteady; uncertain;
inconstant; arbitrary. -- Ca*pri"cious*ly, adv. --
Ca*pri"cious*ness, n.
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Capriciousness
(gcide) | Capricious \Ca*pri"cious\ (k[.a]*pr[i^]sh"[u^]s), a. [Cf. F.
capricieux, It. capriccioso.]
Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly;
freakish; whimsical; changeable. "Capricious poet." --Shak.
"Capricious humor." --Hugh Miller.
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A capricious partiality to the Romish practices.
--Hallam.
Syn: Freakish; whimsical; fanciful; fickle; crotchety;
fitful; wayward; changeable; unsteady; uncertain;
inconstant; arbitrary. -- Ca*pri"cious*ly, adv. --
Ca*pri"cious*ness, n.
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Capricorn
(gcide) | Capricorn \Cap"ri*corn\, n. [L. capricornus; caper goat + cornu
horn: cf. F. capricorne.]
1. (Astron.) The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun
enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See
Tropic.
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The sun was entered into Capricorn. --Dryden.
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2. (Astron.) A southern constellation, represented on ancient
monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its
fore part like a fish.
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Capricorn beetle (Zool.), any beetle of the family
Carambucid[ae]; one of the long-horned beetles. The
larv[ae] usually bore into the wood or bark of trees and
shrubs and are often destructive. See Girdler, Pruner.
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Capricorn beetle
(gcide) | Capricorn \Cap"ri*corn\, n. [L. capricornus; caper goat + cornu
horn: cf. F. capricorne.]
1. (Astron.) The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun
enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See
Tropic.
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The sun was entered into Capricorn. --Dryden.
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2. (Astron.) A southern constellation, represented on ancient
monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its
fore part like a fish.
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Capricorn beetle (Zool.), any beetle of the family
Carambucid[ae]; one of the long-horned beetles. The
larv[ae] usually bore into the wood or bark of trees and
shrubs and are often destructive. See Girdler, Pruner.
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Capricornus
(gcide) | Sign \Sign\, n. [F. signe, L. signum; cf. AS. segen, segn, a
sign, standard, banner, also fr. L. signum. Cf. Ensign,
Resign, Seal a stamp, Signal, Signet.]
That by which anything is made known or represented; that
which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a
proof. Specifically:
(a) A remarkable event, considered by the ancients as
indicating the will of some deity; a prodigy; an omen.
(b) An event considered by the Jews as indicating the divine
will, or as manifesting an interposition of the divine
power for some special end; a miracle; a wonder.
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Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of
the Spirit of God. --Rom. xv. 19.
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It shall come to pass, if they will not believe
thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first
sign, that they will believe the voice of the
latter sign. --Ex. iv. 8.
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(c) Something serving to indicate the existence, or preserve
the memory, of a thing; a token; a memorial; a monument.
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What time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty
men, and they became a sign. --Num. xxvi.
10.
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(d) Any symbol or emblem which prefigures, typifles, or
represents, an idea; a type; hence, sometimes, a picture.
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The holy symbols, or signs, are not barely
significative; but what they represent is as
certainly delivered to us as the symbols
themselves. --Brerewood.
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Saint George of Merry England, the sign of victory.
--Spenser.
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(e) A word or a character regarded as the outward
manifestation of thought; as, words are the sign of
ideas.
(f) A motion, an action, or a gesture by which a thought is
expressed, or a command or a wish made known.
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They made signs to his father, how he would have
him called. --Luke i. 62.
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(g) Hence, one of the gestures of pantomime, or of a language
of a signs such as those used by the North American
Indians, or those used by the deaf and dumb.
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Note: Educaters of the deaf distinguish between natural
signs, which serve for communicating ideas, and
methodical, or systematic, signs, adapted for the
dictation, or the rendering, of written language, word
by word; and thus the signs are to be distinguished
from the manual alphabet, by which words are spelled on
the fingers.
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(h) A military emblem carried on a banner or a standard.
--Milton.
(i) A lettered board, or other conspicuous notice, placed
upon or before a building, room, shop, or office to
advertise the business there transacted, or the name of
the person or firm carrying it on; a publicly displayed
token or notice.
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The shops were, therefore, distinguished by painted
signs, which gave a gay and grotesque aspect to the
streets. --Macaulay.
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(j) (Astron.) The twelfth part of the ecliptic or zodiac.
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Note: The signs are reckoned from the point of intersection
of the ecliptic and equator at the vernal equinox, and
are named, respectively, Aries ([Aries]), Taurus
([Taurus]), Gemini (II), Cancer ([Cancer]), Leo
([Leo]), Virgo ([Virgo]), Libra ([Libra]),
Scorpio ([Scorpio]), Sagittarius ([Sagittarius]),
Capricornus ([Capricorn]), {Aquarius ([Aquarius]),
Pisces ([Pisces]). These names were originally the
names of the constellations occupying severally the
divisions of the zodiac, by which they are still
retained; but, in consequence of the procession of the
equinoxes, the signs have, in process of time, become
separated about 30 degrees from these constellations,
and each of the latter now lies in the sign next in
advance, or to the east of the one which bears its
name, as the constellation Aries in the sign Taurus,
etc.
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(k) (Alg.) A character indicating the relation of quantities,
or an operation performed upon them; as, the sign +
(plus); the sign -- (minus); the sign of division /, and
the like.
(l) (Med.) An objective evidence of disease; that is, one
appreciable by some one other than the patient.
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Note: The terms symptom and and sign are often used
synonymously; but they may be discriminated. A sign
differs from a symptom in that the latter is perceived
only by the patient himself. The term sign is often
further restricted to the purely local evidences of
disease afforded by direct examination of the organs
involved, as distinguished from those evidence of
general disturbance afforded by observation of the
temperature, pulse, etc. In this sense it is often
called physical sign.
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(m) (Mus.) Any character, as a flat, sharp, dot, etc.
(n) (Theol.) That which, being external, stands for, or
signifies, something internal or spiritual; -- a term
used in the Church of England in speaking of an ordinance
considered with reference to that which it represents.
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An outward and visible sign of an inward and
spiritual grace. --Bk. of
Common Prayer.
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Note: See the Table of Arbitrary Signs, p. 1924.
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Sign manual.
(a) (Eng. Law) The royal signature superscribed at the top of
bills of grants and letter patent, which are then sealed
with the privy signet or great seal, as the case may be,
to complete their validity.
(b) The signature of one's name in one's own handwriting.
--Craig. Tomlins. Wharton.
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Syn: Token; mark; note; symptom; indication; signal; symbol;
type; omen; prognostic; presage; manifestation. See
Emblem.
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Caprid
(gcide) | Caprid \Cap"rid\, a. [L. caper, capra, goat.] (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the tribe of ruminants of which the goat,
or genus Capra, is the type.
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Caprification
(gcide) | Caprification \Cap`ri*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. caprificatio, fr.
caprificare to ripen figs by caprification, fr. caprificus
the wild fig; caper goat + ficus fig.]
The practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree,
branches of the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous
insects.
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Note: It is supposed that the little insects insure
fertilization by carrying the pollen from the male
flowers near the opening of the fig down to the female
flowers, and also accelerate ripening the fruit by
puncturing it. The practice has existed since ancient
times, but its benefit has been disputed.
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Caprifole
(gcide) | Caprifole \Cap"ri*fole\, n. [L. caper goat + folium leaf.]
The woodbine or honeysuckle. --Spenser.
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Caprifoliaceous
(gcide) | Caprifoliaceous \Cap"ri*fo`li*a`ceous\, a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Honeysuckle family of
plants (Caprifoliac[ae].
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Capriform
(gcide) | Capriform \Cap"ri*form\, a. [L. caper goat + -form.]
Having the form of a goat.
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Caprigenous
(gcide) | Caprigenous \Ca*prig"e*nous\, a. [L. caprigenus; caper goat +
gegnere to produce.]
Of the goat kind.
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Caprimulgidae
(gcide) | Caprimulgidae \Caprimulgidae\ n. [L. capris goat + mulgere to
milk.]
a widely distributed natural family of nocturnally active
birds including the whip-poor-will ({Caprimulgus
vociferus}), the chuck-will's-widow ({Caprimulgus
carolinensis}), and the common nighthawk ({Chordeiles
minor}); -- called popularly the goatsuckers or
nightjars. The nighthawks are sometimes active during the
day.
Syn: goatsuckers, nightjars, family Caprimulgidae.
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The family . . . is alternately known as the
nightjars (derived from the "churring" sounds of
several species -- "jarring" the night air), or
goatsuckers, a nonsense name that should be
discontinued as it has its origin in the
preposterous myth that the birds sucked the milk
of nanny goats until they were dry. --Terence
Michael Short
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Caprimulgiformes
(gcide) | Caprimulgiformes \Caprimulgiformes\ n.
an order of birds including the goatsuckers
(Caprimulgidae), frogmouths, and the oilbird (guacharo)
(family Steatornithidae).
Syn: order Caprimulgiformes.
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Caprimulgus
(gcide) | Caprimulgus \Caprimulgus\ n.
the type genus of the Caprimulgidae, including the
whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus) and the
chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis).
Syn: genus Caprimulgus.
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Caprimulgus carolinensis
(gcide) | Caprimulgus \Caprimulgus\ n.
the type genus of the Caprimulgidae, including the
whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus) and the
chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis).
Syn: genus Caprimulgus.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]Caprimulgidae \Caprimulgidae\ n. [L. capris goat + mulgere to
milk.]
a widely distributed natural family of nocturnally active
birds including the whip-poor-will ({Caprimulgus
vociferus}), the chuck-will's-widow ({Caprimulgus
carolinensis}), and the common nighthawk ({Chordeiles
minor}); -- called popularly the goatsuckers or
nightjars. The nighthawks are sometimes active during the
day.
Syn: goatsuckers, nightjars, family Caprimulgidae.
[PJC]
The family . . . is alternately known as the
nightjars (derived from the "churring" sounds of
several species -- "jarring" the night air), or
goatsuckers, a nonsense name that should be
discontinued as it has its origin in the
preposterous myth that the birds sucked the milk
of nanny goats until they were dry. --Terence
Michael Short
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the Americas)Chuck-Will's-widow \Chuck`-Will's-wid"ow\, n. (Zool.)
A large whippoorwill-like bird (a species of goatsucker)
(Caprimulgus carolinensis, formerly {Antrostomus
Carolinensis}), of the southern United States; -- so called
from its note.
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Caprimulgus Europaeus
(gcide) | Goatsucker \Goat"suck`er\, n. (Zool.)
One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to
Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species
(Caprimulgus Europ[ae]us); -- so called from the mistaken
notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also
goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, {night
hawk}, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk,
and dorhawk.
[1913 Webster]nighthawk \nighthawk\ n.
1. A person who likes to be active late at night; a {night
owl}.
Syn: night owl, nightbird.
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2. (Zool.) Any of several mainly nocturnal North American
goatsuckers, especially Chordeiles minor, or the related
European goatsucker Caprimulgus europaeus, also called
the nightjar.
Syn: bullbat, mosquito hawk.
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Caprimulgus europaeus
(gcide) | Goatsucker \Goat"suck`er\, n. (Zool.)
One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to
Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species
(Caprimulgus Europ[ae]us); -- so called from the mistaken
notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also
goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, {night
hawk}, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk,
and dorhawk.
[1913 Webster]nighthawk \nighthawk\ n.
1. A person who likes to be active late at night; a {night
owl}.
Syn: night owl, nightbird.
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2. (Zool.) Any of several mainly nocturnal North American
goatsuckers, especially Chordeiles minor, or the related
European goatsucker Caprimulgus europaeus, also called
the nightjar.
Syn: bullbat, mosquito hawk.
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Caprimulgus vociferus
(gcide) | Caprimulgus \Caprimulgus\ n.
the type genus of the Caprimulgidae, including the
whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus) and the
chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis).
Syn: genus Caprimulgus.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]Caprimulgidae \Caprimulgidae\ n. [L. capris goat + mulgere to
milk.]
a widely distributed natural family of nocturnally active
birds including the whip-poor-will ({Caprimulgus
vociferus}), the chuck-will's-widow ({Caprimulgus
carolinensis}), and the common nighthawk ({Chordeiles
minor}); -- called popularly the goatsuckers or
nightjars. The nighthawks are sometimes active during the
day.
Syn: goatsuckers, nightjars, family Caprimulgidae.
[PJC]
The family . . . is alternately known as the
nightjars (derived from the "churring" sounds of
several species -- "jarring" the night air), or
goatsuckers, a nonsense name that should be
discontinued as it has its origin in the
preposterous myth that the birds sucked the milk
of nanny goats until they were dry. --Terence
Michael Short
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Caprine
(gcide) | Caprine \Cap"rine\, a. [L. caprinus.]
Of or pertaining to a goat; as, caprine gambols.
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Capriole
(gcide) | Capriole \Cap"ri*ole\, v. i.
To perform a capriole. --Carlyle.
[1913 Webster]Capriole \Cap"ri*ole\, n. [F. capriole, cabriole, It. capriola,
fr. L. caper goat. Cf. Caper, v. i. Cabriole, Caprice,
Cheveril.]
1. (Man.) A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards
only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the
hind legs when at the height of the leap.
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2. A leap or caper, as in dancing. "With lofty turns and
caprioles." --Sir J. Davies.
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Capriped
(gcide) | Capriped \Cap"ri*ped\, a. [L. capripers; caper goat + pes pedis,
foot.]
Having feet like those of a goat.
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Lonicera Caprifolium
(gcide) | Honeysuckle \Hon"ey*suc`kle\, n. [Cf. AS. hunis[=u]ge privet.
See Honey, and Suck.] (Bot.)
One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for
their beauty, and some for their fragrance.
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Note: The honeysuckles are properly species of the genus
Lonicera; as, Lonicera Caprifolium, and {Lonicera
Japonica}, the commonly cultivated fragrant kinds;
Lonicera Periclymenum, the fragrant woodbine of
England; Lonicera grata, the American woodbine, and
Lonicera sempervirens, the red-flowered trumpet
honeysuckle. The European fly honeysuckle is {Lonicera
Xylosteum}; the American, Lonicera ciliata. The
American Pinxter flower (Azalea nudiflora) is often
called honeysuckle, or false honeysuckle. The name
Australian honeysuckle is applied to one or more
trees of the genus Banksia. See French honeysuckle,
under French.
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Oxalis caprina
(gcide) | goatsfoot \goatsfoot\ n.
A short-stemmed South African plant (Oxalis caprina) with
bluish flowers.
Syn: goat's foot, Oxalis caprina.
[WordNet 1.5]Goat \Goat\ (g[=o]t), n. [OE goot, got, gat, AS. g[=a]t; akin to
D. geit, OHG. geiz, G. geiss, Icel. geit, Sw. get, Dan. ged,
Goth. gaits, L. haedus a young goat, kid.] (Zool.)
A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several
species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat ({Capra
hircus}), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.
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Note: The Cashmere and Angora varieties of the goat have
long, silky hair, used in the manufacture of textile
fabrics. The wild or bezoar goat (Capra [ae]gagrus),
of Asia Minor, noted for the bezoar stones found in its
stomach, is supposed to be one of the ancestral species
of the domestic goat. The Rocky Mountain goat
(Haplocercus montanus) is more nearly related to the
antelopes. See Mazame.
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Goat antelope (Zool), one of several species of antelopes,
which in some respects resemble a goat, having recurved
horns, a stout body, large hoofs, and a short, flat tail,
as the goral, thar, mazame, and chikara.
Goat fig (Bot.), the wild fig.
Goat house.
(a) A place for keeping goats.
(b) A brothel. [Obs.]
Goat moth (Zool.), any moth of the genus Cossus, esp. the
large European species (Cossus ligniperda), the larva of
which burrows in oak and willow trees, and requires three
years to mature. It exhales an odor like that of the
he-goat.
Goat weed (Bot.), a scrophulariaceous plant, of the genus
Capraria (Capraria biflora).
Goat's bane (Bot.), a poisonous plant ({Aconitum
Lucoctonum}), bearing pale yellow flowers, introduced from
Switzerland into England; wolfsbane.
Goat's foot (Bot.), a kind of wood sorrel ({Oxalis
caprina}) growing at the Cape of Good Hope.
Goat's rue (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Galega officinalis
of Europe, or Tephrosia Virginiana in the United
States).
Goat's thorn (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ({Astragalus
Tragacanthus}), found in the Levant.
Goat's wheat (Bot.), the genus Tragopyrum (now referred
to Atraphaxis).
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Tropic of Capricorn
(gcide) | Tropic \Trop"ic\, n. [F. tropique, L. tropicus of or belonging
to a turn, i. e., of the sun, Gr. ? of the solstice, ? (sc.
?) the tropic or solstice, fr. ? to turn. See Trope.]
1. (Astron.) One of the two small circles of the celestial
sphere, situated on each side of the equator, at a
distance of 23[deg] 28[min], and parallel to it, which the
sun just reaches at its greatest declination north or
south, and from which it turns again toward the equator,
the northern circle being called the Tropic of Cancer,
and the southern the Tropic of Capricorn, from the names
of the two signs at which they touch the ecliptic.
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2. (Geog.)
(a) One of the two parallels of terrestrial latitude
corresponding to the celestial tropics, and called by
the same names.
(b) pl. The region lying between these parallels of
latitude, or near them on either side.
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The brilliant flowers of the tropics bloom from
the windows of the greenhouse and the saloon.
--Bancroft.
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antilocapridae
(wn) | Antilocapridae
n 1: comprising only the pronghorns [syn: Antilocapridae,
family Antilocapridae] |
capri
(wn) | Capri
n 1: an island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in
southern Italy; a tourist attraction noted for beautiful
scenery |
capric acid
(wn) | capric acid
n 1: a fatty acid found in animal oils and fats; has an
unpleasant smell resembling goats [syn: capric acid,
decanoic acid] |
capriccio
(wn) | capriccio
n 1: an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules
for any specific musical form and is played with
improvisation |
caprice
(wn) | caprice
n 1: a sudden desire; "he bought it on an impulse" [syn:
caprice, impulse, whim] |
capricious
(wn) | capricious
adj 1: changeable; "a capricious summer breeze"; "freakish
weather" [syn: capricious, freakish]
2: determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by
necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian
rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical
persecutions" [syn: capricious, impulsive, whimsical] |
capriciously
(wn) | capriciously
adv 1: unpredictably; "the weather has been freakishly variable"
[syn: capriciously, freakishly]
2: in a capricious manner; "there were Turk's head lilies and
patches of iris , islands of brilliant blue set capriciously
in the green sea" |
capriciousness
(wn) | capriciousness
n 1: the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable
impulses [syn: capriciousness, unpredictability]
2: the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or
caprice than from reason or judgment; "I despair at the
flightiness and whimsicality of my memory" [syn:
flightiness, arbitrariness, whimsicality, whimsy,
whimsey, capriciousness] |
capricorn
(wn) | Capricorn
n 1: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in
Capricorn [syn: Capricorn, Goat]
2: a faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere;
between Sagittarius and Aquarius [syn: Capricornus,
Capricorn]
3: the tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
about December 22 to January 19 [syn: Capricorn, {Capricorn
the Goat}, Goat] |
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