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spatula
(encz) | spatula,lžička n: [chem.] Jan Hradil |
spatula
(encz) | spatula,špachtle n: Jan Hradil |
Spatula
(gcide) | Spatula \Spat"u*la\ (?; 135), n. [L. spatula, spathula, dim. of
spatha a spatula: F. spatule. See Spade for digging.]
An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat
flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in
compounding prescriptions, etc. Cf. Palette knife, under
Palette.
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spatula
(wn) | spatula
n 1: a turner with a narrow flexible blade
2: a hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread
soft substances |
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spatula
(encz) | spatula,lžička n: [chem.] Jan Hradilspatula,špachtle n: Jan Hradil |
spatula-shaped
(encz) | spatula-shaped, adj: |
spatulate
(encz) | spatulate, adj: |
spatulate leaf
(encz) | spatulate leaf, n: |
Lepidosteus spatula
(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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Spatula clypeata
(gcide) | Shoveler \Shov"el*er\, n. [Also shoveller.]
1. One who, or that which, shovels.
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2. (Zool.) A river duck (Spatula clypeata), native of
Europe and America. It has a large bill, broadest towards
the tip. The male is handsomely variegated with green,
blue, brown, black, and white on the body; the head and
neck are dark green. Called also broadbill, spoonbill,
shovelbill, and maiden duck. The Australian shoveler,
or shovel-nosed duck (Spatula rhynchotis), is a similar
species.
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Spatula rhynchotis
(gcide) | Shoveler \Shov"el*er\, n. [Also shoveller.]
1. One who, or that which, shovels.
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2. (Zool.) A river duck (Spatula clypeata), native of
Europe and America. It has a large bill, broadest towards
the tip. The male is handsomely variegated with green,
blue, brown, black, and white on the body; the head and
neck are dark green. Called also broadbill, spoonbill,
shovelbill, and maiden duck. The Australian shoveler,
or shovel-nosed duck (Spatula rhynchotis), is a similar
species.
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Spatulate
(gcide) | Spatulate \Spat"u*late\, a. [NL. spatulatus.] (Nat. Hist.)
Shaped like spatula, or like a battledoor, being roundish,
with a long, narrow, linear base. [Also written
spathulate.]
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spatula
(wn) | spatula
n 1: a turner with a narrow flexible blade
2: a hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread
soft substances |
spatula-shaped
(wn) | spatula-shaped
adj 1: (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a
narrow base [syn: spatulate, spatula-shaped] |
spatulate
(wn) | spatulate
adj 1: (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a
narrow base [syn: spatulate, spatula-shaped] |
spatulate leaf
(wn) | spatulate leaf
n 1: spatula-shaped leaf; having a broad rounded apex and narrow
base |
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