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cathari
(wn) | Cathari
n 1: a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th
and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism [syn:
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Catharical
(gcide) | Cathartic \Ca*thar"tic\, Catharical \Ca*thar"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?,
fr. ? to cleanse, fr. ? pure; akin to F. chaste.]
1. (Med.) Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by
stool; purgative.
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2. Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna, as
cathartic acid.
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Catharine wheel
(gcide) | Catharine wheel \Cath"a*rine wheel`\
See catherine wheel.
[1913 Webster]Catherine wheel \Cath"er*ine wheel`\ [So called from St.
Catherine of Alexandria, who is represented with a wheel, in
allusion to her martyrdom.]
1. (Geoth.Arth.) Same as Rose window and Wheel window.
Called also Catherine-wheel window.
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2. (Pyrotechny) A revolving piece of fireworks resembling in
form the window of the same name. [Written also {Catharine
wheel}.]
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Catharist
(gcide) | Catharist \Cath"a*rist\, n. [LL. catharista, fr. Gr. ? clean,
pure.]
One aiming at or pretending to a greater purity of like than
others about him; -- applied to persons of various sects. See
Albigenses.
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Catharista atrata
(gcide) | Urubu \U*ru*bu"\, n. [Cf. Pg. urub['u] a certain Brazilian
bird.] (Zool.)
The black vulture (Catharista atrata). It ranges from the
Southern United States to South America. See Vulture.
[1913 Webster]Vulture \Vul"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OE. vultur, L. vultur: cf. OF.
voltour, F. vautour.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to
Vultur, Cathartes, Catharista, and various other genera
of the family Vulturidae.
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Note: In most of the species the head and neck are naked or
nearly so. They feed chiefly on carrion. The condor,
king vulture, turkey buzzard, and black vulture
(Catharista atrata) are well known American species.
The griffin, lammergeir, and Pharaoh's chicken, or
Egyptian vulture, are common Old World vultures.
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