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Lacerti
(gcide) | Lacertus \La*cer"tus\ (l[.a]*s[~e]r"t[u^]s), n.; pl. Lacerti
(-t[imac]). [L., the upper arm.] (Anat.)
A bundle or fascicle of muscular fibers.
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lacertid
(encz) | lacertid, n: |
lacertid lizard
(encz) | lacertid lizard, n: |
lacertilian
(encz) | lacertilian, adj: |
suborder lacertilia
(encz) | suborder Lacertilia, n: |
Lacertian
(gcide) | Lacertian \La*cer"tian\, a. [Cf. F. lacertien.] (Zool.)
Like a lizard; of or pertaining to the Lacertilia. -- n.
One of the Lacertilia.
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lacertid
(gcide) | lacertid \lacertid\ n.
Any lizard of the family Lacertidae, a family of Old World
terrestrial lizard.
Syn: lacertid lizard.
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Lacertidae
(gcide) | Lacertidae \Lacertidae\ n.
A natural family of Old World lizards.
Syn: family Lacertidae.
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Lacertilia
(gcide) | Lacertilia \Lac`er*til"i*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. lacertus a
lizard.] (Zool.)
An order of Reptilia, which includes the lizards.
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Note: They are closely related to the snakes, and like the
latter, usually have the body covered with scales or
granules. They usually have eyelids, and most of then
have well-formed legs; but in some groups
(amphisb[ae]na, glass-snake, etc.) the legs are absent
and the body is serpentlike. None are venomous, unless
Heloderma be an exception. The order includes the
chameleons, the Cionocrania, or typical lizards, and
the amphisb[ae]nas. See Amphisb[ae]na, Gecko, {Gila
monster}, and Lizard.
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Lacertilian
(gcide) | Lacertilian \Lac`er*til"i*an\ (-an), a. & n.
Same as Lacertian.
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Lacertiloid
(gcide) | Lacertiloid \La*cer"ti*loid\, a. [Lacertilia + -oid.] (Zool.)
Like or belonging to the Lacertilia.
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Lacertine
(gcide) | Lacertine \La*cer"tine\, a. (Zool.)
Lacertian.
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Macrochelys lacertina
(gcide) | Alligator \Al"li*ga`tor\, n. [Sp. el lagarto the lizard (el
lagarto de Indias, the cayman or American crocodile), fr. L.
lacertus, lacerta, lizard. See Lizard.]
1. (Zool.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile
family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader
snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower
jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal
notches. Besides the common species of the southern United
States, there are allied species in South America.
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2. (Mech.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens
like the movable jaw of an alligator; as,
(a) (Metal Working) a form of squeezer for the puddle
ball.;
(b) (Mining) a rock breaker;
(c) (Printing) a kind of job press, called also {alligator
press}.
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Alligator apple (Bot.), the fruit of the Anona palustris,
a West Indian tree. It is said to be narcotic in its
properties. --Loudon.
Alligator fish (Zool.), a marine fish of northwestern
America (Podothecus acipenserinus).
Alligator gar (Zool.), one of the gar pikes ({Lepidosteus
spatula}) found in the southern rivers of the United
States. The name is also applied to other species of gar
pikes.
Alligator pear (Bot.), a corruption of Avocado pear. See
Avocado.
Alligator snapper, Alligator tortoise, Alligator turtle
(Zool.), a very large and voracious turtle ({Macrochelys
lacertina}) inhabiting the rivers of the southern United
States. It sometimes reaches the weight of two hundred
pounds. Unlike the common snapping turtle, to which the
name is sometimes erroneously applied, it has a scaly head
and many small scales beneath the tail. This name is
sometimes given to other turtles, as to species of
Trionyx.
Alligator wood, the timber of a tree of the West Indies
(Guarea Swartzii).
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Siren lacertina
(gcide) | Siren \Si"ren\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ???: cf. F. sir[`e]ne.]
1. (Class. Myth.) One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according
to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island
near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness
that they lured mariners to destruction.
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Next where the sirens dwell you plow the seas;
Their song is death, and makes destruction please.
--Pope.
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2. An enticing, dangerous woman. --Shak.
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3. Something which is insidious or deceptive.
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Consumption is a siren. --W. Irving.
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4. A mermaid. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5. (Zool.) Any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren
or family Sirenidae, destitute of hind legs and pelvis,
and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They
inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern
United States. The more common species (Siren lacertina)
is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long.
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6. [F. sir[`e]ne, properly, a siren in sense 1.] (Acoustics)
An instrument for producing musical tones and for
ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per
second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds
are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A
form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed
air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog. [Written
also sirene, and syren.]
[1913 Webster]Mud \Mud\ (m[u^]d), n. [Akin to LG. mudde, D. modder, G. moder
mold, OSw. modd mud, Sw. modder mother, Dan. mudder mud. Cf.
Mother a scum on liquors.]
Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive.
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Mud bass (Zool.), a fresh-water fish ({Acantharchum
pomotis} or Acantharchus pomotis) of the Eastern United
States. It produces a deep grunting note.
Mud bath, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in
mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for
disease.
Mud boat, a large flatboat used in dredging.
Mud cat. See mud cat in the vocabulary.
Mud crab (Zool.), any one of several American marine crabs
of the genus Panopeus.
Mud dab (Zool.), the winter flounder. See Flounder, and
Dab.
Mud dauber (Zool.), a mud wasp; the mud-dauber.
Mud devil (Zool.), the fellbender.
Mud drum (Steam Boilers), a drum beneath a boiler, into
which sediment and mud in the water can settle for
removal.
Mud eel (Zool.), a long, slender, aquatic amphibian ({Siren
lacertina}), found in the Southern United States. It has
persistent external gills and only the anterior pair of
legs. See Siren.
Mud frog (Zool.), a European frog (Pelobates fuscus).
Mud hen. (Zool.)
(a) The American coot (Fulica Americana).
(b) The clapper rail.
Mud lark, a person who cleans sewers, or delves in mud.
[Slang]
Mud minnow (Zool.), any small American fresh-water fish of
the genus Umbra, as Umbra limi. The genus is allied to
the pickerels.
Mud plug, a plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler.
Mud puppy (Zool.), the menobranchus.
Mud scow, a heavy scow, used in dredging; a mud boat.
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Mud turtle, Mud tortoise (Zool.), any one of numerous
species of fresh-water tortoises of the United States.
Mud wasp (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
hymenopterous insects belonging to Pepaeus, and allied
genera, which construct groups of mud cells, attached,
side by side, to stones or to the woodwork of buildings,
etc. The female places an egg in each cell, together with
spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, to serve
as food for the larva. Called also mud dauber.
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family lacertidae
(wn) | family Lacertidae
n 1: Old World lizards [syn: Lacertidae, family Lacertidae] |
lacertid
(wn) | lacertid
n 1: Old World terrestrial lizard [syn: lacertid lizard,
lacertid] |
lacertid lizard
(wn) | lacertid lizard
n 1: Old World terrestrial lizard [syn: lacertid lizard,
lacertid] |
lacertidae
(wn) | Lacertidae
n 1: Old World lizards [syn: Lacertidae, family Lacertidae] |
lacertilia
(wn) | Lacertilia
n 1: true lizards; including chameleons and geckos [syn:
Sauria, suborder Sauria, Lacertilia, {suborder
Lacertilia}] |
lacertilian
(wn) | lacertilian
adj 1: of or relating to lizards [syn: saurian, lacertilian] |
suborder lacertilia
(wn) | suborder Lacertilia
n 1: true lizards; including chameleons and geckos [syn:
Sauria, suborder Sauria, Lacertilia, {suborder
Lacertilia}] |
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