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luvian
(wn) | Luvian
n 1: an Anatolian language [syn: Luwian, Luvian] |
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antediluvian
(encz) | antediluvian,předpotopní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
diluvian
(encz) | diluvian,diluviální adj: Zdeněk Brož |
antediluvian
(gcide) | antediluvian \an`te*di*lu"vi*an\
([a^]n`t[-e]*d[i^]*l[=u]"v[i^]*an), a.
Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's
time; hence, antiquated; as, an antediluvian vehicle. -- n.
One who lived before the Deluge.
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Diluvian
(gcide) | Diluvian \Di*lu"vi*an\, a. [Cf. F. diluvien.]
Of or pertaining to a deluge, esp. to the Noachian deluge;
diluvial; as, of diluvian origin. --Buckland.
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Pluvian
(gcide) | Pluvian \Plu"vi*an\, n. (Zool.)
The crocodile bird.
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Pluvianus aegypticus
(gcide) | Crocodile \Croc"o*dile\ (kr[o^]k"[-o]*d[imac]l; 277), n. [L.
crocodilus, Gr. kroko`deilos: cf. F. crocodile. Cf.
Cookatrice.]
1. (Zool.) A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of
several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or
eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa,
Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched
by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the
Nile (Crocodilus vulgaris, or Crocodilus Niloticus).
The Florida crocodile (Crocodilus Americanus) is much
less common than the alligator and has longer jaws. The
name is also sometimes applied to the species of other
related genera, as the gavial and the alligator.
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2. (Logic) A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have
been first used by a crocodile.
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Crocodile bird (Zool.), an African plover ({Pluvianus
[ae]gypticus}) which alights upon the crocodile and
devours its insect parasites, even entering its open mouth
(according to reliable writers) in pursuit of files, etc.;
-- called also Nile bird. It is the trochilos of
ancient writers.
Crocodile tears, false or affected tears; hypocritical
sorrow; -- derived from the fiction of old travelers, that
crocodiles shed tears over their prey.
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Postdiluvian
(gcide) | Postdiluvial \Post`di*lu"vi*al\, Postdiluvian
\Post`di*lu"vi*an\, a. [Pref. post- + diluvial, diluvian.]
Being or happening after the flood in Noah's days.
[1913 Webster]Postdiluvian \Post`di*lu"vi*an\, n.
One who lived after the flood.
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antediluvian
(wn) | antediluvian
adj 1: of or relating to the period before the biblical flood;
"antediluvian man" [syn: antediluvian, antediluvial]
2: so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period;
"a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas";
"archaic laws" [syn: antediluvian, antiquated, archaic]
n 1: any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian
deluge [syn: antediluvian, antediluvian patriarch]
2: a very old person [syn: ancient, antediluvian] |
antediluvian patriarch
(wn) | antediluvian patriarch
n 1: any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian
deluge [syn: antediluvian, antediluvian patriarch] |
diluvian
(wn) | diluvian
adj 1: of or connected with a deluge [syn: diluvian,
diluvial] |
genus pluvianus
(wn) | genus Pluvianus
n 1: coursers [syn: Pluvianus, genus Pluvianus] |
luvian
(wn) | Luvian
n 1: an Anatolian language [syn: Luwian, Luvian] |
pluvianus
(wn) | Pluvianus
n 1: coursers [syn: Pluvianus, genus Pluvianus] |
pluvianus aegyptius
(wn) | Pluvianus aegyptius
n 1: African courser that feeds on insect parasites on
crocodiles [syn: crocodile bird, Pluvianus aegyptius] |
postdiluvian
(wn) | postdiluvian
adj 1: existing or occurring after Noah's flood
n 1: anything living after Noah's flood |
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