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tetradon
(gcide) | Tetrodon \Tet"ro*don\, n. [Tetra- + Gr. ?, ?, tooth.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of plectognath fishes belonging
to Tetrodon and allied genera. Each jaw is furnished with
two large, thick, beaklike, bony teeth. [Written also
tetradon.]
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Note: The skin is usually spinous, and the belly is capable
of being greatly distended by air or water. It includes
the swellfish, puffer
(a), and similar species.
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Tetradon
(gcide) | Tetradon \Tet"ra*don\, n. (Zool.)
See Tetrodon.
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Eucalyptus tetradonta
(gcide) | Stringy \String"y\, a.
1. Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous;
filamentous; as, a stringy root.
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2. Capable of being drawn into a string, as a glutinous
substance; ropy; viscid; gluely.
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Stringy bark (Bot.), a name given in Australia to several
trees of the genus Eucalyptus (as {Eucalyptus
amygdalina}, Eucalyptus obliqua, {Eucalyptus
capitellata}, Eucalyptus macrorhyncha, {Eucalyptus
piperita}, Eucalyptus pilularis, & {Eucalyptus
tetradonta}), which have a fibrous bark used by the
aborigines for making cordage and cloth.
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tetradon
(gcide) | Tetrodon \Tet"ro*don\, n. [Tetra- + Gr. ?, ?, tooth.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of plectognath fishes belonging
to Tetrodon and allied genera. Each jaw is furnished with
two large, thick, beaklike, bony teeth. [Written also
tetradon.]
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Note: The skin is usually spinous, and the belly is capable
of being greatly distended by air or water. It includes
the swellfish, puffer
(a), and similar species.
[1913 Webster]Tetradon \Tet"ra*don\, n. (Zool.)
See Tetrodon.
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tetradont
(gcide) | Tetrodont \Tet"ro*dont\, a. (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the tetrodons. -- n. A tetrodon. [Written
also tetradont, and tetraodont.]
[1913 Webster]Tetradont \Tet"ra*dont\, a. & n. (Zool.)
See Tetrodont.
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Tetradont
(gcide) | Tetrodont \Tet"ro*dont\, a. (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the tetrodons. -- n. A tetrodon. [Written
also tetradont, and tetraodont.]
[1913 Webster]Tetradont \Tet"ra*dont\, a. & n. (Zool.)
See Tetrodont.
[1913 Webster] Tetradrachm |
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