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clio
(encz) | Clio,řecká múza dějin Zdeněk Brož |
Clio
(gcide) | Victoria \Vic*to"ri*a\, prop. n. [NL.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen
Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and
Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five
feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches
high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a
diameter of nearly two feet.
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2. A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a
calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who
occupies a high seat in front.
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3. (Astron.) An asteroid discovered by Hind in 1850; --
called also Clio.
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4. One of an American breed of medium-sized white hogs with a
slightly dished face and very erect ears.
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Victoria cross, a bronze Maltese cross, awarded for valor
to members of the British army or navy. It was first
bestowed in 1857, at the close of the Crimean war. The
recipients also have a pension of [pounds]10 a year.
Victoria green. (Chem.) See Emerald green, under Green.
Victoria lily (Bot.), the Victoria regia. See def. 1,
above.
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Clio
(gcide) | Clio \Cli"o\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? the proclaimer, fr. ? to call,
tell of, make famous.] (Class. Myth.)
The Muse who presided over history.
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Clio
(gcide) | Clione \Cli*o"ne\, n.
A genus of naked pteropods. One species ({Clione
papilonacea}), abundant in the Arctic Ocean, constitutes a
part of the food of the Greenland whale. It is sometimes
incorrectly called Clio.
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clio
(wn) | Clio
n 1: (Greek mythology) the Muse of history |
clio
(devil) | CLIO, n. One of the nine Muses. Clio's function was to preside over
history -- which she did with great dignity, many of the prominent
citizens of Athens occupying seats on the platform, the meetings being
addressed by Messrs. Xenophon, Herodotus and other popular speakers.
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clio
(encz) | Clio,řecká múza dějin Zdeněk Brož |
cliometric
(encz) | cliometric, |
cliometrician
(encz) | cliometrician, |
phylum cycliophora
(encz) | phylum Cycliophora, n: |
Clione
(gcide) | Clione \Cli*o"ne\, n.
A genus of naked pteropods. One species ({Clione
papilonacea}), abundant in the Arctic Ocean, constitutes a
part of the food of the Greenland whale. It is sometimes
incorrectly called Clio.
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Clione papilonacea
(gcide) | Clione \Cli*o"ne\, n.
A genus of naked pteropods. One species ({Clione
papilonacea}), abundant in the Arctic Ocean, constitutes a
part of the food of the Greenland whale. It is sometimes
incorrectly called Clio.
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clio
(wn) | Clio
n 1: (Greek mythology) the Muse of history |
clioquinol
(wn) | Clioquinol
n 1: drug used to treat certain fungal infection (as athlete's
foot) [syn: iodochlorhydroxyquin, Clioquinol] |
cycliophora
(wn) | Cycliophora
n 1: tiny marine organisms each the size of a period found in
great numbers on lobsters' lips; identified tentatively in
1995 as a new phylum or as possible link between Entoprocta
and Ectoprocta [syn: Cycliophora, phylum Cycliophora] |
phylum cycliophora
(wn) | phylum Cycliophora
n 1: tiny marine organisms each the size of a period found in
great numbers on lobsters' lips; identified tentatively in
1995 as a new phylum or as possible link between Entoprocta
and Ectoprocta [syn: Cycliophora, phylum Cycliophora] |
clio
(devil) | CLIO, n. One of the nine Muses. Clio's function was to preside over
history -- which she did with great dignity, many of the prominent
citizens of Athens occupying seats on the platform, the meetings being
addressed by Messrs. Xenophon, Herodotus and other popular speakers.
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