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belarus
(mass) | Belarus
- Bielorusko |
belarusian
(mass) | Belarusian
- bieloruština |
belarussian
(mass) | Belarussian
- Bielorus |
belarus
(encz) | Belarus,Bělorusko [zem.] n: |
Belarus
(gcide) | Byelorussia \Byelorussia\ n.
a European country east of Poland, formerly a part of the
Soviet Union. After the breakup of the Soviet Union the name
was changed to Belarus.
Syn: Belarus, Belorussia, White Russia.
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Larus argentatus
(gcide) | Gull \Gull\, n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. Corn. gullan, W. gwylan.]
(Zool.)
One of many species of long-winged sea birds of the genus
Larus and allied genera.
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Note: Among the best known American species are the herring
gull (Larus argentatus), the great black-backed gull
(L. murinus) the laughing gull (L. atricilla), and
Bonaparte's gull (L. Philadelphia). The common
European gull is Larus canus.
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Gull teaser (Zool.), the jager; -- also applied to certain
species of terns.
[1913 Webster]Herring \Her"ring\ (h[e^]r"r[i^]ng), n. [OE. hering, AS.
h[ae]ring; akin to D. haring, G. h[aum]ring, hering, OHG.
haring, hering, and prob. to AS. here army, and so called
because they commonly move in large numbers. Cf. Harry.]
(Zool.)
One of various species of fishes of the genus Clupea, and
allied genera, esp. the common round or English herring
(Clupea harengus) of the North Atlantic. Herrings move in
vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and
America, where they are salted and smoked in great
quantities.
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Herring gull (Zool.), a large gull which feeds in part upon
herrings; esp., Larus argentatus in America, and {Larus
cachinnans} in England. See Gull.
Herring hog (Zool.), the common porpoise.
King of the herrings. (Zool.)
(a) The chim[ae]ra (Chimaera monstrosa) which follows the
schools of herring. Called also rabbit fish in the U.
K. See Chim[ae]ra.
(b) The opah.
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Larus atricilla
(gcide) | Laughing \Laugh"ing\, a. & n.
from Laugh, v. i.
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Laughing falcon (Zool.), a South American hawk
(Herpetotheres cachinnans); -- so called from its notes,
which resemble a shrill laugh.
Laughing gas (Chem.), nitrous oxide, also called
hyponitrous oxide, or protoxide of nitrogen; -- so called
from the exhilaration and laughing which it sometimes
produces when inhaled. It has been much used as an
anaesthetic agent, though now its use is primarily in
dentistry
Laughing goose (Zool.), the European white-fronted goose.
Laughing gull. (Zool.)
(a) A common European gull (Xema ridibundus); -- called
also pewit, black cap, red-legged gull, and {sea
crow}.
(b) An American gull (Larus atricilla). In summer the head
is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer
primaries black.
Laughing hyena (Zool.), the spotted hyena. See Hyena.
Laughing jackass (Zool.), the great brown kingfisher
(Dacelo gigas), of Australia; -- called also {giant
kingfisher}, and gogobera.
Laughing owl (Zool.), a peculiar owl ({Sceloglaux
albifacies}) of New Zealand, said to be on the verge of
extinction. The name alludes to its notes.
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Larus cachinnans
(gcide) | Herring \Her"ring\ (h[e^]r"r[i^]ng), n. [OE. hering, AS.
h[ae]ring; akin to D. haring, G. h[aum]ring, hering, OHG.
haring, hering, and prob. to AS. here army, and so called
because they commonly move in large numbers. Cf. Harry.]
(Zool.)
One of various species of fishes of the genus Clupea, and
allied genera, esp. the common round or English herring
(Clupea harengus) of the North Atlantic. Herrings move in
vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and
America, where they are salted and smoked in great
quantities.
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Herring gull (Zool.), a large gull which feeds in part upon
herrings; esp., Larus argentatus in America, and {Larus
cachinnans} in England. See Gull.
Herring hog (Zool.), the common porpoise.
King of the herrings. (Zool.)
(a) The chim[ae]ra (Chimaera monstrosa) which follows the
schools of herring. Called also rabbit fish in the U.
K. See Chim[ae]ra.
(b) The opah.
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Larus canus
(gcide) | Gull \Gull\, n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. Corn. gullan, W. gwylan.]
(Zool.)
One of many species of long-winged sea birds of the genus
Larus and allied genera.
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Note: Among the best known American species are the herring
gull (Larus argentatus), the great black-backed gull
(L. murinus) the laughing gull (L. atricilla), and
Bonaparte's gull (L. Philadelphia). The common
European gull is Larus canus.
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Gull teaser (Zool.), the jager; -- also applied to certain
species of terns.
[1913 Webster]Maa \Maa\, n. [See New a gull.] (Zool.)
The common European gull (Larus canus); -- called also
mar. See New, a gull.
[1913 Webster]Mew \Mew\, n. [AS. m?w, akin to D. meeuw, G. m["o]we, OHG. m?h,
Icel. m[=a]r.] (Zool.)
A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus);
called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.
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Larus eburneus
(gcide) | Serrator \Ser*ra"tor\, n. [NL.] (Zool.)
The ivory gull (Larus eburneus).
[1913 Webster]Ivory \I"vo*ry\ ([imac]"v[-o]*r[y^]), n.; pl. Ivories. [OE.
ivori, F. ivoire, fr. L. eboreus made of ivory, fr. ebur,
eboris, ivory, cf. Skr. ibha elephant. Cf. Eburnean.]
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1. The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance
constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of
dentine, characterized by the minuteness and close
arrangement of the tubes, as also by their double flexure.
It is used in manufacturing articles of ornament or
utility.
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Note: Ivory is the name commercially given not only to the
substance constituting the tusks of the elephant, but
also to that of the tusks of the hippopotamus and
walrus, the hornlike tusk of the narwhal, etc.
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2. The tusks themselves of the elephant, etc.
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3. Any carving executed in ivory. --Mollett.
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4. pl. Teeth; as, to show one's ivories. [Slang]
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Ivory black. See under Black, n.
Ivory gull (Zool.), a white Arctic gull (Larus eburneus).
Ivory nut (Bot.), the nut of a species of palm, the
Phytephas macroarpa, often as large as a hen's egg. When
young the seed contains a fluid, which gradually hardness
into a whitish, close-grained, albuminous substance,
resembling the finest ivory in texture and color, whence
it is called vegetable ivory. It is wrought into various
articles, as buttons, chessmen, etc. The palm is found in
New Grenada. A smaller kind is the fruit of the {Phytephas
microarpa}. The nuts are known in commerce as Corosso
nuts.
Ivory palm (Bot.), the palm tree which produces ivory nuts.
Ivory shell (Zool.), any species of Eburna, a genus of
marine gastropod shells, having a smooth surface, usually
white with red or brown spots.
Vegetable ivory, the meat of the ivory nut. See Ivory nut
(above).
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Larus glaucus
(gcide) | Burgomaster \Bur"go*mas`ter\, n. [D. burgemeester; burg borough
+ meester master; akin to G. burgemeister, b["u]rgermeister.
See 1st Borough, and Master.]
1. A chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland,
Flanders, and Germany, corresponding to mayor in England
and the United States; a burghmaster.
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2. (Zool.) An aquatic bird, the glaucous gull ({Larus
glaucus}), common in arctic regions.
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Larus marinus
(gcide) | Saddleback \Sad"dle*back`\, n.
1. Anything saddle-backed; esp., a hill or ridge having a
concave outline at the top.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) The harp seal.
(b) The great blackbacked gull (Larus marinus).
(c) The larva of a bombycid moth (Empretia stimulea)
which has a large, bright green, saddle-shaped patch
of color on the back.
[1913 Webster]Swartback \Swart"back`\, n. (Zool.)
The black-backed gull (Larus marinus); -- called also
swarbie. [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Waggel \Wag"gel\ (w[a^]g"g[e^]l), n. (Zool.)
The young of the great black-backed gull (Larus marinus),
formerly considered a distinct species. [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Cob \Cob\, n. [Cf. AS. cop, copp, head, top, D. kop, G. kopf,
kuppe, LL. cuppa cup (cf. E. brainpan), and also W. cob tuft,
spider, cop, copa, top, summit, cobio to thump. Cf. Cop
top, Cup, n.]
1. The top or head of anything. [Obs.] --W. Gifford.
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2. A leader or chief; a conspicuous person, esp. a rich
covetous person. [Obs.]
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All cobbing country chuffs, which make their bellies
and their bags their god, are called rich cobs.
--Nash.
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3. The axis on which the kernels of maize or indian corn
grow. [U. S.]
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4. (Zool.) A spider; perhaps from its shape; it being round
like a head.
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5. (Zool.) A young herring. --B. Jonson.
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6. (Zool.) A fish; -- also called miller's thumb.
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7. A short-legged and stout horse, esp. one used for the
saddle. [Eng.]
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8. (Zool.) A sea mew or gull; esp., the black-backed gull
(Larus marinus). [Written also cobb.]
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9. A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large
size, as of coal, or stone.
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10. A cobnut; as, Kentish cobs. See Cobnut. [Eng.]
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11. Clay mixed with straw. [Prov. Eng.]
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The poor cottager contenteth himself with cob for
his walls, and thatch for his covering. --R. Carew.
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12. A punishment consisting of blows inflictod on tho
buttocas with a strap or a flat piece of wood. --Wright.
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13. A Spanish coin formerly current in Ireland, worth abiut
4s. 6d. [Obs.] --Wright.
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Cob coal, coal in rounded lumps from the size of an egg to
that of a football; -- called also cobbles. --Grose.
Cob loaf, a crusty, uneven loaf, rounded at top. --Wright.
Cob money, a kind of rudely coined gold and silver money of
Spanish South America in the eighteenth century. The coins
were of the weight of the piece of eight, or one of its
aliquot parts.
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Tylarus
(gcide) | Tylarus \Ty"la*rus\, n.; pl. Tylari. [NL., fr. Gr. ty`lh a
cushion.] (Zool.)
One of the pads on the under surface of the toes of birds.
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belarus
(wn) | Belarus
n 1: a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a
European soviet [syn: Belarus, Republic of Belarus,
Byelarus, Byelorussia, Belorussia, White Russia] |
belarusian
(wn) | Belarusian
adj 1: of or pertaining to Belarus or to the people or culture
of Belarus
n 1: the Slavic language spoken in Belarus [syn: Belarusian,
Byelorussian, White Russian] |
belarusian monetary unit
(wn) | Belarusian monetary unit
n 1: monetary unit in Belarus |
byelarus
(wn) | Byelarus
n 1: a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a
European soviet [syn: Belarus, Republic of Belarus,
Byelarus, Byelorussia, Belorussia, White Russia] |
capital of belarus
(wn) | capital of Belarus
n 1: the capital of Belarus and of the Commonwealth of
Independent States [syn: Minsk, capital of Belarus] |
genus larus
(wn) | genus Larus
n 1: type genus of the Laridae [syn: Larus, genus Larus] |
larus
(wn) | Larus
n 1: type genus of the Laridae [syn: Larus, genus Larus] |
larus argentatus
(wn) | Larus argentatus
n 1: large gull of the northern hemisphere [syn: herring gull,
Larus argentatus] |
larus canus
(wn) | Larus canus
n 1: the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America
[syn: mew, mew gull, sea mew, Larus canus] |
larus marinus
(wn) | Larus marinus
n 1: white gull having a black back and wings [syn: {black-
backed gull}, great black-backed gull, cob, {Larus
marinus}] |
larus ridibundus
(wn) | Larus ridibundus
n 1: small black-headed European gull [syn: laughing gull,
blackcap, pewit, pewit gull, Larus ridibundus] |
republic of belarus
(wn) | Republic of Belarus
n 1: a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a
European soviet [syn: Belarus, Republic of Belarus,
Byelarus, Byelorussia, Belorussia, White Russia] |
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