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whale
(encz) | whale,velryba n: |
Whale
(gcide) | Whale \Whale\, n. [OE. whal, AS. hw[ae]l; akin to D. walvisch,
G. wal, walfisch, OHG. wal, Icel. hvalr, Dan. & Sw. hval,
hvalfisk. Cf. Narwhal, Walrus.] (Zool.)
Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one
of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred
feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and
baleen, or whalebone.
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Note: The existing whales are divided into two groups: the
toothed whales (Odontocete), including those that
have teeth, as the cachalot, or sperm whale (see {Sperm
whale}); and the baleen, or whalebone, whales
(Mysticete), comprising those that are destitute of
teeth, but have plates of baleen hanging from the upper
jaw, as the right whales. The most important species of
whalebone whales are the bowhead, or Greenland, whale
(see Illust. of Right whale), the Biscay whale, the
Antarctic whale, the gray whale (see under Gray), the
humpback, the finback, and the rorqual.
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Whale bird. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of large Antarctic petrels
which follow whaling vessels, to feed on the blubber and
floating oil; especially, Prion turtur (called also
blue petrel), and Pseudoprion desolatus.
(b) The turnstone; -- so called because it lives on the
carcasses of whales. [Canada]
Whale fin (Com.), whalebone. --Simmonds.
Whale fishery, the fishing for, or occupation of taking,
whales.
Whale louse (Zool.), any one of several species of degraded
amphipod crustaceans belonging to the genus Cyamus,
especially Cyamus ceti. They are parasitic on various
cetaceans.
Whale's bone, ivory. [Obs.]
Whale shark. (Zool.)
(a) The basking, or liver, shark.
(b) A very large harmless shark (Rhinodon typicus) native
of the Indian Ocean. It sometimes becomes sixty feet
long.
Whale shot, the name formerly given to spermaceti.
Whale's tongue (Zool.), a balanoglossus.
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whale
(wn) | whale
n 1: a very large person; impressive in size or qualities [syn:
giant, hulk, heavyweight, whale]
2: any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body
and breathing through a blowhole on the head
v 1: hunt for whales |
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a whale of a game
(encz) | a whale of a game,napínavá hra n: Zdeněk Brož |
blue whale
(encz) | blue whale,plejtvák obrovský Zdeněk Brož |
dwarf sperm whale
(encz) | dwarf sperm whale, n: |
fin whale
(encz) | fin whale, n: |
finback whale
(encz) | finback whale, n: |
gray whale
(encz) | gray whale, n: |
greenland whale
(encz) | Greenland whale, |
humpback whale
(encz) | humpback whale, |
killer whale
(encz) | killer whale,kosatka n: Zdeněk Brož |
minke whale
(encz) | minke whale, n: |
narwhale
(encz) | narwhale, n: |
piked whale
(encz) | piked whale, n: |
pilot whale
(encz) | pilot whale,kulohlavec n: [zoo.] Pino |
pygmy sperm whale
(encz) | pygmy sperm whale,kogie tuponosá [zoo.] kytovec z čeledi vorvaňovitých
(lat. Kogia breviceps) Petr Prášek |
right whale
(encz) | right whale, n: |
sei whale
(encz) | sei whale, n: |
sperm whale
(encz) | sperm whale,vorvaň n: [zoo.] Physeter macrocephalus, Physeter
catodon Vít Hrachový |
toothed whale
(encz) | toothed whale, n: |
whale
(encz) | whale,velryba n: |
whale louse
(encz) | whale louse, n: |
whale oil
(encz) | whale oil, n: |
whale shark
(encz) | whale shark, n: |
whale sucker
(encz) | whale sucker, n: |
whaleboat
(encz) | whaleboat,velrybářská loď n: Michal Táborský |
whalebone
(encz) | whalebone,kostice n: Zdeněk Brožwhalebone,velrybí kostice n: Zdeněk Brož |
whalebone whale
(encz) | whalebone whale, n: |
whalen
(encz) | Whalen,Whalen n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
whaler
(encz) | whaler,velrybář n: Cascaval |
whales
(encz) | whales,velryby n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
whalesucker
(encz) | whalesucker, n: |
white whale
(encz) | white whale,bílá velryba n: [zoo.] PetrV |
whalen
(czen) | Whalen,Whalenn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Beaked whale
(gcide) | Beaked \Beaked\ (b[=e]kt), a.
1. Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped. "Each
beaked promontory." --Milton.
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2. (Biol.) Furnished with a process or a mouth like a beak;
rostrate.
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Beaked whale (Zool.), a cetacean of the genus Hyperoodon;
the bottlehead whale.
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Bone whale
(gcide) | Bone \Bone\ (b[=o]n; 110), n. [OE. bon, ban, AS. b[=a]n; akin to
Icel. bein, Sw. ben, Dan. & D. been, G. bein bone, leg; cf.
Icel. beinn straight.]
1. (Anat.) The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of
vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcium
carbonate, calcium phosphate, and gelatine; as, blood and
bone.
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Note: Even in the hardest parts of bone there are many minute
cavities containing living matter and connected by
minute canals, some of which connect with larger canals
through which blood vessels ramify.
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2. One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a
rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any
fragment of bony substance. (pl.) The frame or skeleton of
the body.
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3. Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.
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4. pl. Two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers
and struck together to make a kind of music.
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5. pl. Dice.
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6. Whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a
corset.
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7. Fig.: The framework of anything.
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A bone of contention, a subject of contention or dispute.
A bone to pick, something to investigate, or to busy one's
self about; a dispute to be settled (with some one).
Bone ash, the residue from calcined bones; -- used for
making cupels, and for cleaning jewelry.
Bone black (Chem.), the black, carbonaceous substance into
which bones are converted by calcination in close vessels;
-- called also animal charcoal. It is used as a
decolorizing material in filtering sirups, extracts, etc.,
and as a black pigment. See Ivory black, under Black.
Bone cave, a cave in which are found bones of extinct or
recent animals, mingled sometimes with the works and bones
of man. --Am. Cyc.
Bone dust, ground or pulverized bones, used as a
fertilizer.
Bone earth (Chem.), the earthy residuum after the
calcination of bone, consisting chiefly of phosphate of
calcium.
Bone lace, a lace made of linen thread, so called because
woven with bobbins of bone.
Bone oil, an oil obtained by heating bones (as in the
manufacture of bone black), and remarkable for containing
the nitrogenous bases, pyridine and quinoline, and their
derivatives; -- also called Dippel's oil.
Bone setter. Same as Bonesetter. See in the Vocabulary.
Bone shark (Zool.), the basking shark.
Bone spavin. See under Spavin.
Bone turquoise, fossil bone or tooth of a delicate blue
color, sometimes used as an imitation of true turquoise.
Bone whale (Zool.), a right whale.
To be upon the bones of, to attack. [Obs.]
To make no bones, to make no scruple; not to hesitate.
[Low]
To pick a bone with, to quarrel with, as dogs quarrel over
a bone; to settle a disagreement. [Colloq.]
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bottle-nosed whale
(gcide) | Sperm whale \Sperm" whale`\ (Zool.)
A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having
a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth.
In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a
large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This
whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet.
It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called
also cachalot, and spermaceti whale.
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Pygmy sperm whale (Zool.), a small whale ({Kogia
breviceps}), seldom twenty feet long, native of tropical
seas, but occasionally found on the American coast. Called
also snub-nosed cachalot.
Sperm-whale porpoise (Zool.), a toothed cetacean
(Hyperoodon bidens), found on both sides of the Atlantic
and valued for its oil. The adult becomes about
twenty-five feet long, and its head is very large and
thick. Called also bottle-nosed whale.
[1913 Webster]Bottlehead \Bot"tle*head`\, n. (Zool.)
A cetacean allied to the grampus; -- called also
bottle-nosed whale.
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Note: There are several species so named, as the pilot
whales, of the genus Globicephalus, and one or more
species of Hypero["o]don (Hypero["o]don bidens,
etc.), found on the European coast. See Blackfish, 1.
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Fin whale
(gcide) | Fin \Fin\, n.[OE. finne, fin, AS. finn; akin to D. vin, G. &
Dan. finne, Sw. fena, L. pinna, penna, a wing, feather. Cf.
pen a feather.]
1. (Zool.) An organ of a fish, consisting of a membrane
supported by rays, or little bony or cartilaginous
ossicles, and serving to balance and propel it in the
water.
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Note: Fishes move through the water chiefly by means of the
caudal fin or tail, the principal office of the other
fins being to balance or direct the body, though they
are also, to a certain extent, employed in producing
motion.
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2. (Zool.) A membranous, finlike, swimming organ, as in
pteropod and heteropod mollusks.
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3. A finlike organ or attachment; a part of an object or
product which protrudes like a fin, as:
(a) The hand. [Slang]
(b) (Com.) A blade of whalebone. [Eng.] --McElrath.
(c) (Mech.) A mark or ridge left on a casting at the
junction of the parts of a mold.
(d) (Mech.) The thin sheet of metal squeezed out between
the collars of the rolls in the process of rolling.
--Raymond.
(e) (Mech.) A feather; a spline.
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4. A finlike appendage, as to submarine boats.
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5. (A["e]ronautics) A fixed stabilizing surface, usually
vertical, similar in purpose to a bilge keel on a ship.
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Apidose fin. (Zool.) See under Adipose, a.
Fin ray (Anat.), one of the hornlike, cartilaginous, or
bony, dermal rods which form the skeleton of the fins of
fishes.
Fin whale (Zool.), a finback.
Paired fins (Zool.), the pectoral and ventral fins,
corresponding to the fore and hind legs of the higher
animals.
Unpaired fins, or Median fins (Zool.), the dorsal,
caudal, and anal fins.
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Gray whale
(gcide) | Gray \Gray\ (gr[=a]), a. [Compar. Grayer; superl. Grayest.]
[OE. gray, grey, AS. gr[=ae]g, gr[=e]g; akin to D. graauw,
OHG. gr[=a]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[*a], Icel. gr[=a]r.]
[Written also grey.]
1. any color of neutral hue between white and black; white
mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of
ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed
color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.
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These gray and dun colors may be also produced by
mixing whites and blacks. --Sir I.
Newton.
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2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.
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3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. -- Ames.
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4. gloomy; dismal.
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Gray antimony (Min.), stibnite.
Gray buck (Zool.), the chickara.
Gray cobalt (Min.), smaltite.
Gray copper (Min.), tetrahedrite.
Gray duck (Zool.), the gadwall; also applied to the female
mallard.
Gray falcon (Zool.) the peregrine falcon.
Gray Friar. See Franciscan, and Friar.
Gray hen (Zool.), the female of the blackcock or black
grouse. See Heath grouse.
Gray mill or Gray millet (Bot.), a name of several plants
of the genus Lithospermum; gromwell.
Gray mullet (Zool.) any one of the numerous species of the
genus Mugil, or family Mugilid[ae], found both in the
Old World and America; as the European species
(Mugilid[ae] capito, and Mugilid[ae] auratus), the
American striped mullet (Mugilid[ae] albula), and the
white or silver mullet (Mugilid[ae] Braziliensis). See
Mullet.
Gray owl (Zool.), the European tawny or brown owl ({Syrnium
aluco}). The great gray owl (Ulula cinerea) inhabits
arctic America.
Gray parrot (Zool.), an African parrot ({Psittacus
erithacus}), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its
aptness in learning to talk. Also called jako.
Gray pike. (Zool.) See Sauger.
Gray snapper (Zool.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See
Snapper.
Gray snipe (Zool.), the dowitcher in winter plumage.
Gray whale (Zool.), a rather large and swift whale of the
northern Pacific (Eschrichtius robustus, formerly
Rhachianectes glaucus), having short jaws and no dorsal
fin. It grows to a length of 50 feet (someimes 60 feet).
It was formerly taken in large numbers in the bays of
California, and is now rare; -- called also grayback,
devilfish, and hardhead. It lives up to 50 or 60 years
and adults weigh from 20 to 40 tons.
[1913 Webster]Gray whale \Gray whale\ (Zool.),
a rather large and swift baleen whale of the northern Pacific
(Eschrichtius robustus, formerly Rhachianectes glaucus),
having short jaws and no dorsal fin; -- called also
grayback, devilfish, and hardhead. It grows to a length
of 50 feet (sometimes 60 feet). It was formerly taken in
large numbers in the bays of California, and is now rare. It
lives up to 50 or 60 years and adults weigh from 20 to 40
tons.
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Humpback whale
(gcide) | Humpback whale \Hump"back` whale\, n.
the humpback[3].
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Jupiter whale
(gcide) | Gibbartas \Gib*bar"tas\, n. [Cf. Ar. jebb[=a]r giant; or L.
gibber humpbacked: cf. F. gibbar.] (Zool.)
One of several finback whales of the North Atlantic; --
called also Jupiter whale. [Written also jubartas,
gubertas, dubertus.]
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killer whale
(gcide) | Killer \Kill"er\, n.
1. One who deprives of life; one who, or that which, kills.
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2. (Zool.) A voracious, toothed whale of the genus Orca, of
which several species are known; called also {killer
whale}.
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Note: The killers have a high dorsal fin, and powerful jaws
armed with large, sharp teeth. They capture, and
swallow entire, large numbers of seals, porpoises, and
dolphins, and are celebrated for their savage, combined
attacks upon the right whales, which they are said to
mutilate and kill. The common Atlantic species ({Orca
gladiator}), is found both on the European and the
American coast. Two species (Orca ater and {Orca
rectipinna}) occur on the Pacific coast.
[1913 Webster]Killer whale \Kill"er whale`\, n.
see killer[2].
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Killer whale
(gcide) | Killer \Kill"er\, n.
1. One who deprives of life; one who, or that which, kills.
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2. (Zool.) A voracious, toothed whale of the genus Orca, of
which several species are known; called also {killer
whale}.
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Note: The killers have a high dorsal fin, and powerful jaws
armed with large, sharp teeth. They capture, and
swallow entire, large numbers of seals, porpoises, and
dolphins, and are celebrated for their savage, combined
attacks upon the right whales, which they are said to
mutilate and kill. The common Atlantic species ({Orca
gladiator}), is found both on the European and the
American coast. Two species (Orca ater and {Orca
rectipinna}) occur on the Pacific coast.
[1913 Webster]Killer whale \Kill"er whale`\, n.
see killer[2].
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narwhale
(gcide) | Narwhal \Nar"whal\ (n[aum]r"hw[.a]l), n. [Sw. or Dan. narvhal;
akin to Icel. n[=a]hvalr, and E. whale. the first syllable is
perh. from Icel. n[=a]r corpse, dead body, in allusion to the
whitish color its skin. See Whale.] [Written also
narwhale and narwal.] (Zool.)
An arctic cetacean (Monodon monocerous), about twenty feet
long. The male usually has one long, twisted, pointed canine
tooth, or tusk, projecting forward from the upper jaw like a
horn, whence it is called also sea unicorn, unicorn fish,
and unicorn whale. Sometimes two horns are developed, side
by side.
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Pike whale
(gcide) | Pike \Pike\, n. [F. pique; perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. W. pig
a prick, a point, beak, Arm. pik pick. But cf. also L. picus
woodpecker (see Pie magpie), and E. spike. Cf. Pick, n. &
v., Peak, Pique.]
1. (Mil.) A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long
wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is
now superseded by the bayonet.
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2. A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a
shield or target. --Beau. & Fl.
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3. A hayfork. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser.
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4. A pick. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Raymond.
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5. A pointed or peaked hill. [R.]
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6. A large haycock. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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7. A turnpike; a toll bar. --Dickens.
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8. (Zool.) sing. & pl. A large fresh-water fish ({Esox
lucius}), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a
food fish; -- called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and
jack.
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Note: Blue pike, grass pike, green pike, wall-eyed pike, and
yellow pike, are names, not of true pike, but of the
wall-eye. See Wall-eye.
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Gar pike. See under Gar.
Pike perch (Zool.), any fresh-water fish of the genus
Stizostedion (formerly Lucioperca). See Wall-eye,
and Sauger.
Pike pole, a long pole with a pike in one end, used in
directing floating logs.
Pike whale (Zool.), a finback whale of the North Atlantic
(Bal[ae]noptera rostrata), having an elongated snout; --
called also piked whale.
Sand pike (Zool.), the lizard fish.
Sea pike (Zool.), the garfish
(a) .
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piked whale
(gcide) | Pike \Pike\, n. [F. pique; perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. W. pig
a prick, a point, beak, Arm. pik pick. But cf. also L. picus
woodpecker (see Pie magpie), and E. spike. Cf. Pick, n. &
v., Peak, Pique.]
1. (Mil.) A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long
wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is
now superseded by the bayonet.
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2. A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a
shield or target. --Beau. & Fl.
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3. A hayfork. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser.
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4. A pick. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Raymond.
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5. A pointed or peaked hill. [R.]
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6. A large haycock. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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7. A turnpike; a toll bar. --Dickens.
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8. (Zool.) sing. & pl. A large fresh-water fish ({Esox
lucius}), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a
food fish; -- called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and
jack.
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Note: Blue pike, grass pike, green pike, wall-eyed pike, and
yellow pike, are names, not of true pike, but of the
wall-eye. See Wall-eye.
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Gar pike. See under Gar.
Pike perch (Zool.), any fresh-water fish of the genus
Stizostedion (formerly Lucioperca). See Wall-eye,
and Sauger.
Pike pole, a long pole with a pike in one end, used in
directing floating logs.
Pike whale (Zool.), a finback whale of the North Atlantic
(Bal[ae]noptera rostrata), having an elongated snout; --
called also piked whale.
Sand pike (Zool.), the lizard fish.
Sea pike (Zool.), the garfish
(a) .
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Pilot whale
(gcide) | Pilot \Pi"lot\, n. [F. pilote, prob. from D. peillood plummet,
sounding lead; peilen, pegelen, to sound, measure (fr. D. &
G. peil, pegel, a sort of measure, water mark) + lood lead,
akin to E. lead. The pilot, then, is the lead man, i. e., he
who throws the lead. See Pail, and Lead a metal.]
1. (Naut.) One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a
steersman. --Dryden.
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2. Specifically, a person duly qualified, and licensed by
authority, to conduct vessels into and out of a port, or
in certain waters, for a fixed rate of fees.
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3. Figuratively: A guide; a director of another through a
difficult or unknown course.
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4. An instrument for detecting the compass error.
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5. The cowcatcher of a locomotive. [U.S.]
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6. (A["e]ronautics) One who flies, or is qualified to fly, an
airplane, balloon, or other flying machine.
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7. (Mach.) A short plug at the end of a counterbore to guide
the tool. Pilots are sometimes made interchangeable.
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8. (Mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small
dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
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9. (Television) a filmed or taped episode of a proposed
television series, produced as an example of the series.
It may be shown only to those television broadcast
executives who may decide whether to buy the rights to the
series, or aired to test viewer reaction or to interest
sponsors. Also called pilot film or pilot tape.
[PJC]
Pilot balloon, a small balloon sent up in advance of a
large one, to show the direction and force of the wind.
Pilot bird. (Zool.)
(a) A bird found near the Caribbee Islands; -- so called
because its presence indicates to mariners their
approach to these islands. --Crabb.
(b) The black-bellied plover. [Local, U.S.]
Pilot boat, a strong, fast-sailing boat used to carry and
receive pilots as they board and leave vessels.
Pilot bread, ship biscuit.
Pilot cloth, a coarse, stout kind of cloth for overcoats.
Pilot engine, a locomotive going in advance of a train to
make sure that the way is clear.
Pilot fish. (Zool)
(a) A pelagic carangoid fish (Naucrates ductor); -- so
named because it is often seen in company with a
shark, swimming near a ship, on account of which
sailors imagine that it acts as a pilot to the shark.
(b) The rudder fish (Seriola zonata).
Pilot jack, a flag or signal hoisted by a vessel for a
pilot.
Pilot jacket, a pea jacket.
Pilot nut (Bridge Building), a conical nut applied
temporarily to the threaded end of a pin, to protect the
thread and guide the pin when it is driven into a hole.
--Waddell.
Pilot snake (Zool.)
(a) A large North American snake (Coluber obsoleus). It
is lustrous black, with white edges to some of the
scales. Called also mountain black snake.
(b) The pine snake.
Pilot whale. (Zool.) Same as Blackfish, 1.
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Polar whale
(gcide) | Polar \Po"lar\, a. [Cf. F. polaire. See Pole of the earth.]
1. Of or pertaining to one of the poles of the earth, or of a
sphere; situated near, or proceeding from, one of the
poles; as, polar regions; polar seas; polar winds.
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2. Of or pertaining to the magnetic pole, or to the point to
which the magnetic needle is directed.
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3. (Geom.) Pertaining to, reckoned from, or having a common
radiating point; as, polar coordinates.
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Polar axis, that axis of an astronomical instrument, as an
equatorial, which is parallel to the earths axis.
Polar bear (Zool.), a large bear (Ursus maritimus syn.
Thalarctos maritimus) inhabiting the arctic regions. It
sometimes measures nearly nine feet in length and weighs
1,600 pounds. It is partially amphibious, very powerful,
and the most carnivorous of all the bears. The fur is
white, tinged with yellow. Called also White bear. See
Bear.
Polar body, Polar cell, or Polar globule (Biol.), a
minute cell which separates by karyokinesis from the ovum
during its maturation. In the maturation of ordinary ova
two polar bodies are formed, but in parthogenetic ova only
one. The first polar body formed is usually larger than
the second one, and often divides into two after its
separation from the ovum. Each of the polar bodies removes
maternal chromatin from the ovum to make room for the
chromatin of the fertilizing spermatozoon; but their
functions are not fully understood.
Polar circles (Astron. & Geog.), two circles, each at a
distance from a pole of the earth equal to the obliquity
of the ecliptic, or about 23[deg] 28', the northern called
the arctic circle, and the southern the antarctic circle.
Polar clock, a tube, containing a polarizing apparatus,
turning on an axis parallel to that of the earth, and
indicating the hour of the day on an hour circle, by being
turned toward the plane of maximum polarization of the
light of the sky, which is always 90[deg] from the sun.
Polar coordinates. See under 3d Coordinate.
Polar dial, a dial whose plane is parallel to a great
circle passing through the poles of the earth. --Math.
Dict.
Polar distance, the angular distance of any point on a
sphere from one of its poles, particularly of a heavenly
body from the north pole of the heavens.
Polar equation of a line or Polar equation of a surface,
an equation which expresses the relation between the polar
coordinates of every point of the line or surface.
Polar forces (Physics), forces that are developed and act
in pairs, with opposite tendencies or properties in the
two elements, as magnetism, electricity, etc.
Polar hare (Zool.), a large hare of Arctic America ({Lepus
arcticus}), which turns pure white in winter. It is
probably a variety of the common European hare ({Lepus
timidus}).
Polar lights, the aurora borealis or australis.
Polar opposition, or Polaric opposition or {Polar
contrast} or Polaric contrast (Logic), an opposition or
contrast made by the existence of two opposite conceptions
which are the extremes in a species, as white and black in
colors; hence, as great an opposition or contrast as
possible.
Polar projection. See under Projection.
Polar spherical triangle (Spherics), a spherical triangle
whose three angular points are poles of the sides of a
given triangle. See 4th Pole, 2.
Polar whale (Zool.), the right whale, or bowhead. See
Whale.
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Pygmy right whale
(gcide) | Right whale \Right" whale`\ (Zool.)
(a) The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale ({Balaena
mysticetus}), from whose mouth the best whalebone is
obtained.
(b) Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the
Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale (Balaena cisarctica),
and the Pacific right whale (Balaena Sieboldii); a bone
whale.
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Pygmy right whale (Zool.), a small New Zealand whale
(Neobalaena marginata) which is only about sixteen feet
long. It produces short, but very elastic and tough,
whalebone.
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Pygmy sperm whale
(gcide) | Sperm whale \Sperm" whale`\ (Zool.)
A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having
a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth.
In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a
large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This
whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet.
It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called
also cachalot, and spermaceti whale.
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Pygmy sperm whale (Zool.), a small whale ({Kogia
breviceps}), seldom twenty feet long, native of tropical
seas, but occasionally found on the American coast. Called
also snub-nosed cachalot.
Sperm-whale porpoise (Zool.), a toothed cetacean
(Hyperoodon bidens), found on both sides of the Atlantic
and valued for its oil. The adult becomes about
twenty-five feet long, and its head is very large and
thick. Called also bottle-nosed whale.
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Right whale
(gcide) | Right whale \Right" whale`\ (Zool.)
(a) The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale ({Balaena
mysticetus}), from whose mouth the best whalebone is
obtained.
(b) Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the
Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale (Balaena cisarctica),
and the Pacific right whale (Balaena Sieboldii); a bone
whale.
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Pygmy right whale (Zool.), a small New Zealand whale
(Neobalaena marginata) which is only about sixteen feet
long. It produces short, but very elastic and tough,
whalebone.
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Scrag whale
(gcide) | Scrag \Scrag\ (skr[a^]g), n. [Cf. dial. Sw. skraka a great dry
tree, a long, lean man, Gael. sgreagach dry, shriveled,
rocky. See Shrink, and cf. Scrog, Shrag, n.]
1. Something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially,
a bony neckpiece of meat; hence, humorously or in
contempt, the neck.
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Lady MacScrew, who . . . serves up a scrag of mutton
on silver. --Thackeray.
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2. A rawboned person. [Low] --Halliwell.
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3. A ragged, stunted tree or branch.
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Scrag whale (Zool.), a North Atlantic whalebone whale
(Agaphelus gibbosus). By some it is considered the young
of the right whale.
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Social whale
(gcide) | Social \So"cial\, a. [L. socialis, from socius a companion; akin
to sequi to follow: cf. F. social. See Sue to follow.]
1. Of or pertaining to society; relating to men living in
society, or to the public as an aggregate body; as, social
interest or concerns; social pleasure; social benefits;
social happiness; social duties. "Social phenomena." --J.
S. Mill.
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2. Ready or disposed to mix in friendly converse;
companionable; sociable; as, a social person.
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3. Consisting in union or mutual intercourse.
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Best with thyself accompanied, seek'st not
Social communication. --Milton.
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4. (Bot.) Naturally growing in groups or masses; -- said of
many individual plants of the same species.
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5. (Zool.)
(a) Living in communities consisting of males, females,
and neuters, as do ants and most bees.
(b) Forming compound groups or colonies by budding from
basal processes or stolons; as, the social ascidians.
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Social science, the science of all that relates to the
social condition, the relations and institutions which are
involved in man's existence and his well-being as a member
of an organized community; sociology. It concerns itself
with questions of the public health, education, labor,
punishment of crime, reformation of criminals, and the
like.
Social whale (Zool.), the blackfish.
The social evil, prostitution.
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Syn: Sociable; companionable; conversible; friendly;
familiar; communicative; convival; festive.
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Sperm whale
(gcide) | Sperm \Sperm\, n.[Contr. fr. spermaceti.]
Spermaceti.
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Sperm oil, a fatty oil found as a liquid, with spermaceti,
in the head cavities of the sperm whale.
Sperm whale. (Zool.) See in the Vocabulary.
[1913 Webster]Sperm whale \Sperm" whale`\ (Zool.)
A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having
a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth.
In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a
large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This
whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet.
It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called
also cachalot, and spermaceti whale.
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Pygmy sperm whale (Zool.), a small whale ({Kogia
breviceps}), seldom twenty feet long, native of tropical
seas, but occasionally found on the American coast. Called
also snub-nosed cachalot.
Sperm-whale porpoise (Zool.), a toothed cetacean
(Hyperoodon bidens), found on both sides of the Atlantic
and valued for its oil. The adult becomes about
twenty-five feet long, and its head is very large and
thick. Called also bottle-nosed whale.
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Spermaceti whale
(gcide) | Spermaceti \Sper`ma*ce"ti\, n. [L. sperma sperm + cetus,gen.
ceti, any large sea animal, a whale, Gr. ???. See Sperm,
Cetaceous.]
A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the head of
the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments,
cosmetics, etc. It consists essentially of ethereal salts of
palmitic acid with ethal and other hydrocarbon bases. The
substance of spermaceti after the removal of certain
impurities is sometimes called cetin.
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Spermaceti whale (Zool.), the sperm whale.
[1913 Webster]Sperm whale \Sperm" whale`\ (Zool.)
A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having
a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth.
In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a
large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This
whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet.
It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called
also cachalot, and spermaceti whale.
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Pygmy sperm whale (Zool.), a small whale ({Kogia
breviceps}), seldom twenty feet long, native of tropical
seas, but occasionally found on the American coast. Called
also snub-nosed cachalot.
Sperm-whale porpoise (Zool.), a toothed cetacean
(Hyperoodon bidens), found on both sides of the Atlantic
and valued for its oil. The adult becomes about
twenty-five feet long, and its head is very large and
thick. Called also bottle-nosed whale.
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spermaceti whale
(gcide) | Spermaceti \Sper`ma*ce"ti\, n. [L. sperma sperm + cetus,gen.
ceti, any large sea animal, a whale, Gr. ???. See Sperm,
Cetaceous.]
A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the head of
the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments,
cosmetics, etc. It consists essentially of ethereal salts of
palmitic acid with ethal and other hydrocarbon bases. The
substance of spermaceti after the removal of certain
impurities is sometimes called cetin.
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Spermaceti whale (Zool.), the sperm whale.
[1913 Webster]Sperm whale \Sperm" whale`\ (Zool.)
A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having
a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth.
In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a
large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This
whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet.
It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called
also cachalot, and spermaceti whale.
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Pygmy sperm whale (Zool.), a small whale ({Kogia
breviceps}), seldom twenty feet long, native of tropical
seas, but occasionally found on the American coast. Called
also snub-nosed cachalot.
Sperm-whale porpoise (Zool.), a toothed cetacean
(Hyperoodon bidens), found on both sides of the Atlantic
and valued for its oil. The adult becomes about
twenty-five feet long, and its head is very large and
thick. Called also bottle-nosed whale.
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Sperm-whale porpoise
(gcide) | Sperm whale \Sperm" whale`\ (Zool.)
A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having
a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth.
In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a
large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This
whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet.
It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called
also cachalot, and spermaceti whale.
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Pygmy sperm whale (Zool.), a small whale ({Kogia
breviceps}), seldom twenty feet long, native of tropical
seas, but occasionally found on the American coast. Called
also snub-nosed cachalot.
Sperm-whale porpoise (Zool.), a toothed cetacean
(Hyperoodon bidens), found on both sides of the Atlantic
and valued for its oil. The adult becomes about
twenty-five feet long, and its head is very large and
thick. Called also bottle-nosed whale.
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Sulphur whale
(gcide) | Sulphur \Sul"phur\, n. [L., better sulfur: cf. F. soufre.]
1. (Chem.) A nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large
quantities, either combined as in the sulphides (as
pyrites) and sulphates (as gypsum), or native in volcanic
regions, in vast beds mixed with gypsum and various earthy
materials, from which it is melted out. Symbol S. Atomic
weight 32. The specific gravity of ordinary octohedral
sulphur is 2.05; of prismatic sulphur, 1.96.
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Note: It is purified by distillation, and is obtained as a
lemon-yellow powder (by sublimation), called flour, or
flowers, of sulphur, or in cast sticks called roll
sulphur, or brimstone. It burns with a blue flame and a
peculiar suffocating odor. It is an ingredient of
gunpowder, is used on friction matches, and in medicine
(as a laxative and insecticide), but its chief use is
in the manufacture of sulphuric acid. Sulphur can be
obtained in two crystalline modifications, in
orthorhombic octahedra, or in monoclinic prisms, the
former of which is the more stable at ordinary
temperatures. Sulphur is the type, in its chemical
relations, of a group of elements, including selenium
and tellurium, called collectively the sulphur group,
or family. In many respects sulphur resembles oxygen.
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2. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of yellow or orange
butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae; as, the clouded
sulphur (Eurymus philodice syn. Colias philodice),
which is the common yellow butterfly of the Eastern United
States.
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Amorphous sulphur (Chem.), an elastic variety of sulphur of
a resinous appearance, obtained by pouring melted sulphur
into water. On standing, it passes back into a brittle
crystalline modification.
Liver of sulphur. (Old Chem.) See Hepar.
Sulphur acid. (Chem.) See Sulphacid.
Sulphur alcohol. (Chem.) See Mercaptan.
Sulphur auratum [L.] (Old Chem.), a golden yellow powder,
consisting of antimonic sulphide, Sb2S5, -- formerly a
famous nostrum.
Sulphur base (Chem.), an alkaline sulphide capable of
acting as a base in the formation of sulphur salts
according to the old dual theory of salts. [Archaic]
Sulphur dioxide (Chem.), a colorless gas, SO2, of a
pungent, suffocating odor, produced by the burning of
sulphur. It is employed chiefly in the production of
sulphuric acid, and as a reagent in bleaching; -- called
also sulphurous anhydride, and formerly {sulphurous
acid}.
Sulphur ether (Chem.), a sulphide of hydrocarbon radicals,
formed like the ordinary ethers, which are oxides, but
with sulphur in the place of oxygen.
Sulphur salt (Chem.), a salt of a sulphacid; a sulphosalt.
Sulphur showers, showers of yellow pollen, resembling
sulphur in appearance, often carried from pine forests by
the wind to a great distance.
Sulphur trioxide (Chem.), a white crystalline solid, SO3,
obtained by oxidation of sulphur dioxide. It dissolves in
water with a hissing noise and the production of heat,
forming sulphuric acid, and is employed as a dehydrating
agent. Called also sulphuric anhydride, and formerly
sulphuric acid.
Sulphur whale. (Zool.) See Sulphur-bottom.
Vegetable sulphur (Bot.), lycopodium powder. See under
Lycopodium.
[1913 Webster]Sulphur-bottom \Sul`phur-bot"tom\, n. (Zool.)
A very large whalebone whale of the genus Sibbaldius,
having a yellowish belly; especially, Sibbaldius sulfureus
of the North Pacific, and Sibbaldius borealis of the North
Atlantic; -- called also sulphur whale.
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sulphur whale
(gcide) | Sulphur \Sul"phur\, n. [L., better sulfur: cf. F. soufre.]
1. (Chem.) A nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large
quantities, either combined as in the sulphides (as
pyrites) and sulphates (as gypsum), or native in volcanic
regions, in vast beds mixed with gypsum and various earthy
materials, from which it is melted out. Symbol S. Atomic
weight 32. The specific gravity of ordinary octohedral
sulphur is 2.05; of prismatic sulphur, 1.96.
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Note: It is purified by distillation, and is obtained as a
lemon-yellow powder (by sublimation), called flour, or
flowers, of sulphur, or in cast sticks called roll
sulphur, or brimstone. It burns with a blue flame and a
peculiar suffocating odor. It is an ingredient of
gunpowder, is used on friction matches, and in medicine
(as a laxative and insecticide), but its chief use is
in the manufacture of sulphuric acid. Sulphur can be
obtained in two crystalline modifications, in
orthorhombic octahedra, or in monoclinic prisms, the
former of which is the more stable at ordinary
temperatures. Sulphur is the type, in its chemical
relations, of a group of elements, including selenium
and tellurium, called collectively the sulphur group,
or family. In many respects sulphur resembles oxygen.
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2. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of yellow or orange
butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae; as, the clouded
sulphur (Eurymus philodice syn. Colias philodice),
which is the common yellow butterfly of the Eastern United
States.
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Amorphous sulphur (Chem.), an elastic variety of sulphur of
a resinous appearance, obtained by pouring melted sulphur
into water. On standing, it passes back into a brittle
crystalline modification.
Liver of sulphur. (Old Chem.) See Hepar.
Sulphur acid. (Chem.) See Sulphacid.
Sulphur alcohol. (Chem.) See Mercaptan.
Sulphur auratum [L.] (Old Chem.), a golden yellow powder,
consisting of antimonic sulphide, Sb2S5, -- formerly a
famous nostrum.
Sulphur base (Chem.), an alkaline sulphide capable of
acting as a base in the formation of sulphur salts
according to the old dual theory of salts. [Archaic]
Sulphur dioxide (Chem.), a colorless gas, SO2, of a
pungent, suffocating odor, produced by the burning of
sulphur. It is employed chiefly in the production of
sulphuric acid, and as a reagent in bleaching; -- called
also sulphurous anhydride, and formerly {sulphurous
acid}.
Sulphur ether (Chem.), a sulphide of hydrocarbon radicals,
formed like the ordinary ethers, which are oxides, but
with sulphur in the place of oxygen.
Sulphur salt (Chem.), a salt of a sulphacid; a sulphosalt.
Sulphur showers, showers of yellow pollen, resembling
sulphur in appearance, often carried from pine forests by
the wind to a great distance.
Sulphur trioxide (Chem.), a white crystalline solid, SO3,
obtained by oxidation of sulphur dioxide. It dissolves in
water with a hissing noise and the production of heat,
forming sulphuric acid, and is employed as a dehydrating
agent. Called also sulphuric anhydride, and formerly
sulphuric acid.
Sulphur whale. (Zool.) See Sulphur-bottom.
Vegetable sulphur (Bot.), lycopodium powder. See under
Lycopodium.
[1913 Webster]Sulphur-bottom \Sul`phur-bot"tom\, n. (Zool.)
A very large whalebone whale of the genus Sibbaldius,
having a yellowish belly; especially, Sibbaldius sulfureus
of the North Pacific, and Sibbaldius borealis of the North
Atlantic; -- called also sulphur whale.
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The Denticete including the dolphins and sperm whale which have teeth Another suborder Zeuglodontia is extinct The Sirenia were formerly included in the Cetacea but are now made a separate order
(gcide) | Cetacea \Ce*ta"ce*a\, n. pl. [NL., from L. cetus whale, Gr. ?.]
(Zool.)
An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like
ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring
forth living young which they suckle for some time. The
anterior limbs are changed to paddles; the tail flukes are
horizontal. There are two living suborders:
(a) The {Mysticete or whalebone whales, having no true
teeth after birth, but with a series of plates of
whalebone [see Baleen.] hanging down from the upper jaw
on each side, thus making a strainer, through which they
receive the small animals upon which they feed.}
(b) The {Denticete, including the dolphins and sperm whale,
which have teeth. Another suborder (Zeuglodontia) is
extinct. The Sirenia were formerly included in the
Cetacea, but are now made a separate order.}
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The Mysticete or whalebone whales having no true teeth after birth but with a series of plates of whalebone see Baleen hanging down from the upper jaw on each side thus making a strainer through which they receive the small animals upon which they feed
(gcide) | Cetacea \Ce*ta"ce*a\, n. pl. [NL., from L. cetus whale, Gr. ?.]
(Zool.)
An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like
ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring
forth living young which they suckle for some time. The
anterior limbs are changed to paddles; the tail flukes are
horizontal. There are two living suborders:
(a) The {Mysticete or whalebone whales, having no true
teeth after birth, but with a series of plates of
whalebone [see Baleen.] hanging down from the upper jaw
on each side, thus making a strainer, through which they
receive the small animals upon which they feed.}
(b) The {Denticete, including the dolphins and sperm whale,
which have teeth. Another suborder (Zeuglodontia) is
extinct. The Sirenia were formerly included in the
Cetacea, but are now made a separate order.}
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Thrasher whale
(gcide) | Thrasher \Thrash"er\, Thresher \Thresh"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing
machine.
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2. (Zool.) A large and voracious shark (Alopias vulpes),
remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its
tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is
found both upon the American and the European coasts.
Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher,
swingle-tail, and thrasher shark.
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3. (Zool.) A name given to the brown thrush and other allied
species. See Brown thrush.
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Sage thrasher. (Zool.) See under Sage.
Thrasher whale (Zool.), the common killer of the Atlantic.
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Toothed whale
(gcide) | Toothed \Toothed\, a.
1. Having teeth; furnished with teeth. "Ruby-lipped and
toothed with pearl." --Herrick.
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2. (Bot. & Zool.) Having marginal projecting points; dentate.
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Toothed whale (Zool.), any whale of the order Denticete.
See Denticete.
Toothed wheel, a wheel with teeth or projections cut or set
on its edge or circumference, for transmitting motion by
their action on the engaging teeth of another wheel.
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unicorn whale
(gcide) | Narwhal \Nar"whal\ (n[aum]r"hw[.a]l), n. [Sw. or Dan. narvhal;
akin to Icel. n[=a]hvalr, and E. whale. the first syllable is
perh. from Icel. n[=a]r corpse, dead body, in allusion to the
whitish color its skin. See Whale.] [Written also
narwhale and narwal.] (Zool.)
An arctic cetacean (Monodon monocerous), about twenty feet
long. The male usually has one long, twisted, pointed canine
tooth, or tusk, projecting forward from the upper jaw like a
horn, whence it is called also sea unicorn, unicorn fish,
and unicorn whale. Sometimes two horns are developed, side
by side.
[1913 Webster]Unicorn \U"ni*corn\, n. [OE. unicorne, F. unicorne, L. unicornis
one-horned, having a single horn; unus one + cornu a horn;
cf. L. unicornuus a unicorn. See One, and Horn.]
1. A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often
represented in heraldry as a supporter.
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2. A two-horned animal of some unknown kind, so called in the
Authorized Version of the Scriptures.
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Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the
furrow? --Job xxxix.
10.
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Note: The unicorn mentioned in the Scripture was probably the
urus. See the Note under Reem.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the
head or prothorax.
(b) The larva of a unicorn moth.
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4. (Zool.) The kamichi; -- called also unicorn bird.
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5. (Mil.) A howitzer. [Obs.]
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Fossil unicorn, or Fossil unicorn's horn (Med.), a
substance formerly of great repute in medicine; -- named
from having been supposed to be the bone or the horn of
the unicorn.
Unicorn fish, Unicorn whale (Zool.), the narwhal.
Unicorn moth (Zool.), a notodontian moth ({Coelodasys
unicornis}) whose caterpillar has a prominent horn on its
back; -- called also unicorn prominent.
Unicorn root (Bot.), a name of two North American plants,
the yellow-flowered colicroot (Aletris farinosa) and the
blazing star (Chamaelirium luteum). Both are used in
medicine.
Unicorn shell (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
gastropods having a prominent spine on the lip of the
shell. Most of them belong to the genera Monoceros and
Leucozonia.
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Unicorn whale
(gcide) | Narwhal \Nar"whal\ (n[aum]r"hw[.a]l), n. [Sw. or Dan. narvhal;
akin to Icel. n[=a]hvalr, and E. whale. the first syllable is
perh. from Icel. n[=a]r corpse, dead body, in allusion to the
whitish color its skin. See Whale.] [Written also
narwhale and narwal.] (Zool.)
An arctic cetacean (Monodon monocerous), about twenty feet
long. The male usually has one long, twisted, pointed canine
tooth, or tusk, projecting forward from the upper jaw like a
horn, whence it is called also sea unicorn, unicorn fish,
and unicorn whale. Sometimes two horns are developed, side
by side.
[1913 Webster]Unicorn \U"ni*corn\, n. [OE. unicorne, F. unicorne, L. unicornis
one-horned, having a single horn; unus one + cornu a horn;
cf. L. unicornuus a unicorn. See One, and Horn.]
1. A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often
represented in heraldry as a supporter.
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2. A two-horned animal of some unknown kind, so called in the
Authorized Version of the Scriptures.
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Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the
furrow? --Job xxxix.
10.
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Note: The unicorn mentioned in the Scripture was probably the
urus. See the Note under Reem.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the
head or prothorax.
(b) The larva of a unicorn moth.
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4. (Zool.) The kamichi; -- called also unicorn bird.
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5. (Mil.) A howitzer. [Obs.]
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Fossil unicorn, or Fossil unicorn's horn (Med.), a
substance formerly of great repute in medicine; -- named
from having been supposed to be the bone or the horn of
the unicorn.
Unicorn fish, Unicorn whale (Zool.), the narwhal.
Unicorn moth (Zool.), a notodontian moth ({Coelodasys
unicornis}) whose caterpillar has a prominent horn on its
back; -- called also unicorn prominent.
Unicorn root (Bot.), a name of two North American plants,
the yellow-flowered colicroot (Aletris farinosa) and the
blazing star (Chamaelirium luteum). Both are used in
medicine.
Unicorn shell (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
gastropods having a prominent spine on the lip of the
shell. Most of them belong to the genera Monoceros and
Leucozonia.
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Whale bird
(gcide) | Whale \Whale\, n. [OE. whal, AS. hw[ae]l; akin to D. walvisch,
G. wal, walfisch, OHG. wal, Icel. hvalr, Dan. & Sw. hval,
hvalfisk. Cf. Narwhal, Walrus.] (Zool.)
Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one
of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred
feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and
baleen, or whalebone.
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Note: The existing whales are divided into two groups: the
toothed whales (Odontocete), including those that
have teeth, as the cachalot, or sperm whale (see {Sperm
whale}); and the baleen, or whalebone, whales
(Mysticete), comprising those that are destitute of
teeth, but have plates of baleen hanging from the upper
jaw, as the right whales. The most important species of
whalebone whales are the bowhead, or Greenland, whale
(see Illust. of Right whale), the Biscay whale, the
Antarctic whale, the gray whale (see under Gray), the
humpback, the finback, and the rorqual.
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Whale bird. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of large Antarctic petrels
which follow whaling vessels, to feed on the blubber and
floating oil; especially, Prion turtur (called also
blue petrel), and Pseudoprion desolatus.
(b) The turnstone; -- so called because it lives on the
carcasses of whales. [Canada]
Whale fin (Com.), whalebone. --Simmonds.
Whale fishery, the fishing for, or occupation of taking,
whales.
Whale louse (Zool.), any one of several species of degraded
amphipod crustaceans belonging to the genus Cyamus,
especially Cyamus ceti. They are parasitic on various
cetaceans.
Whale's bone, ivory. [Obs.]
Whale shark. (Zool.)
(a) The basking, or liver, shark.
(b) A very large harmless shark (Rhinodon typicus) native
of the Indian Ocean. It sometimes becomes sixty feet
long.
Whale shot, the name formerly given to spermaceti.
Whale's tongue (Zool.), a balanoglossus.
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Whale fin
(gcide) | Whale \Whale\, n. [OE. whal, AS. hw[ae]l; akin to D. walvisch,
G. wal, walfisch, OHG. wal, Icel. hvalr, Dan. & Sw. hval,
hvalfisk. Cf. Narwhal, Walrus.] (Zool.)
Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one
of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred
feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and
baleen, or whalebone.
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Note: The existing whales are divided into two groups: the
toothed whales (Odontocete), including those that
have teeth, as the cachalot, or sperm whale (see {Sperm
whale}); and the baleen, or whalebone, whales
(Mysticete), comprising those that are destitute of
teeth, but have plates of baleen hanging from the upper
jaw, as the right whales. The most important species of
whalebone whales are the bowhead, or Greenland, whale
(see Illust. of Right whale), the Biscay whale, the
Antarctic whale, the gray whale (see under Gray), the
humpback, the finback, and the rorqual.
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Whale bird. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of large Antarctic petrels
which follow whaling vessels, to feed on the blubber and
floating oil; especially, Prion turtur (called also
blue petrel), and Pseudoprion desolatus.
(b) The turnstone; -- so called because it lives on the
carcasses of whales. [Canada]
Whale fin (Com.), whalebone. --Simmonds.
Whale fishery, the fishing for, or occupation of taking,
whales.
Whale louse (Zool.), any one of several species of degraded
amphipod crustaceans belonging to the genus Cyamus,
especially Cyamus ceti. They are parasitic on various
cetaceans.
Whale's bone, ivory. [Obs.]
Whale shark. (Zool.)
(a) The basking, or liver, shark.
(b) A very large harmless shark (Rhinodon typicus) native
of the Indian Ocean. It sometimes becomes sixty feet
long.
Whale shot, the name formerly given to spermaceti.
Whale's tongue (Zool.), a balanoglossus.
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Whale fishery
(gcide) | Whale \Whale\, n. [OE. whal, AS. hw[ae]l; akin to D. walvisch,
G. wal, walfisch, OHG. wal, Icel. hvalr, Dan. & Sw. hval,
hvalfisk. Cf. Narwhal, Walrus.] (Zool.)
Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one
of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred
feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and
baleen, or whalebone.
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Note: The existing whales are divided into two groups: the
toothed whales (Odontocete), including those that
have teeth, as the cachalot, or sperm whale (see {Sperm
whale}); and the baleen, or whalebone, whales
(Mysticete), comprising those that are destitute of
teeth, but have plates of baleen hanging from the upper
jaw, as the right whales. The most important species of
whalebone whales are the bowhead, or Greenland, whale
(see Illust. of Right whale), the Biscay whale, the
Antarctic whale, the gray whale (see under Gray), the
humpback, the finback, and the rorqual.
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Whale bird. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of large Antarctic petrels
which follow whaling vessels, to feed on the blubber and
floating oil; especially, Prion turtur (called also
blue petrel), and Pseudoprion desolatus.
(b) The turnstone; -- so called because it lives on the
carcasses of whales. [Canada]
Whale fin (Com.), whalebone. --Simmonds.
Whale fishery, the fishing for, or occupation of taking,
whales.
Whale louse (Zool.), any one of several species of degraded
amphipod crustaceans belonging to the genus Cyamus,
especially Cyamus ceti. They are parasitic on various
cetaceans.
Whale's bone, ivory. [Obs.]
Whale shark. (Zool.)
(a) The basking, or liver, shark.
(b) A very large harmless shark (Rhinodon typicus) native
of the Indian Ocean. It sometimes becomes sixty feet
long.
Whale shot, the name formerly given to spermaceti.
Whale's tongue (Zool.), a balanoglossus.
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Whale louse
(gcide) | Whale \Whale\, n. [OE. whal, AS. hw[ae]l; akin to D. walvisch,
G. wal, walfisch, OHG. wal, Icel. hvalr, Dan. & Sw. hval,
hvalfisk. Cf. Narwhal, Walrus.] (Zool.)
Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one
of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred
feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and
baleen, or whalebone.
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Note: The existing whales are divided into two groups: the
toothed whales (Odontocete), including those that
have teeth, as the cachalot, or sperm whale (see {Sperm
whale}); and the baleen, or whalebone, whales
(Mysticete), comprising those that are destitute of
teeth, but have plates of baleen hanging from the upper
jaw, as the right whales. The most important species of
whalebone whales are the bowhead, or Greenland, whale
(see Illust. of Right whale), the Biscay whale, the
Antarctic whale, the gray whale (see under Gray), the
humpback, the finback, and the rorqual.
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Whale bird. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of large Antarctic petrels
which follow whaling vessels, to feed on the blubber and
floating oil; especially, Prion turtur (called also
blue petrel), and Pseudoprion desolatus.
(b) The turnstone; -- so called because it lives on the
carcasses of whales. [Canada]
Whale fin (Com.), whalebone. --Simmonds.
Whale fishery, the fishing for, or occupation of taking,
whales.
Whale louse (Zool.), any one of several species of degraded
amphipod crustaceans belonging to the genus Cyamus,
especially Cyamus ceti. They are parasitic on various
cetaceans.
Whale's bone, ivory. [Obs.]
Whale shark. (Zool.)
(a) The basking, or liver, shark.
(b) A very large harmless shark (Rhinodon typicus) native
of the Indian Ocean. It sometimes becomes sixty feet
long.
Whale shot, the name formerly given to spermaceti.
Whale's tongue (Zool.), a balanoglossus.
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Whale shark
(gcide) | Shark \Shark\ (sh[aum]rk), n. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps
through OF. fr. carcharus a kind of dogfish, Gr. karchari`as,
so called from its sharp teeth, fr. ka`rcharos having sharp
or jagged teeth; or perhaps named from its rapacity (cf.
Shark, v. t. & i.); cf. Corn. scarceas.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes
of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas.
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Note: Some sharks, as the basking shark and the whale shark,
grow to an enormous size, the former becoming forty
feet or more, and the latter sixty feet or more, in
length. Most of them are harmless to man, but some are
exceedingly voracious. The man-eating sharks mostly
belong to the genera Carcharhinus, Carcharodon, and
related genera. They have several rows of large sharp
teeth with serrated edges, as the great white shark
(Carcharodon carcharias or Carcharodon Rondeleti)
of tropical seas, and the great blue shark
(Carcharhinus glaucus syn. Prionace glauca) of all
tropical and temperate seas. The former sometimes
becomes thirty-six feet long, and is the most voracious
and dangerous species known. The rare man-eating shark
of the United States coast (Carcharodon Atwoodi) is
thought by some to be a variety, or the young, of
Carcharodon carcharias. The dusky shark
(Carcharhinus obscurus) is a common species on the
coast of the United States of moderate size and not
dangerous. It feeds on shellfish and bottom fishes.
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Note: The original 1913 Webster also mentioned a "smaller
blue shark (C. caudatus)", but this species could not
be found mentioned on the Web (August 2002). The
following is a list of Atlantic Ocean sharks:
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Common and Scientific Names of Atlantic Sharks
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
from "Our Living Oceans 1995" (published by the
National Printing Office):
NMFS. 1999. Our Living Oceans. Report on the status of
U.S. living marine resources, 1999. U.S. Dep. Commer.,
NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-F/SPO-41, on-line version,
http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/olo99.htm.
(the following list is found at at
http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/app5.pdf)
(1) Pelagic Sharks
Thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus)
Bigeye thresher (Alopias superciliosus)
Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
Sevengill shark (Heptrachias perlo)
Sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus)
Bigeye sixgill shark (Hexanchus vitulus)
Shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus)
Longfin mako (Isurus paucus)
Porbeagle (Lamna nasus)
Blue shark (Prionace glauca)
(2)Large Coastal Sharks
Sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus)
Reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi)
Blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus)
Dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus)
Spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna)
Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis)
Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)
Bignose shark (Carcharhinus altimus)
Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis)
Night shark (Carcharhinus signatus)
White shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)
Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum)
Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris)
Ragged-tooth shark (Odontaspis ferox)
Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
Scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini)
Great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran)
Smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena)
(3) Small Coastal Sharks
Finetooth shark (Carcharhinus isodon)
Blacknose shark (Carcharhinus acronotus)
Atlantic sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon erraenovae)
Caribbean sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon porosus)
Bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo)
Atlantic angel shark (Squatina dumeril)
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2. A rapacious, artful person; a sharper. [Colloq.]
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3. Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark.
[Obs.] --South.
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Basking shark, Liver shark, Nurse shark, Oil shark,
Sand shark, Tiger shark, etc. See under Basking,
Liver, etc. See also Dogfish, Houndfish,
Notidanian, and Tope.
Gray shark, the sand shark.
Hammer-headed shark. See Hammerhead.
Port Jackson shark. See Cestraciont.
Shark barrow, the eggcase of a shark; a sea purse.
Shark ray. Same as Angel fish
(a), under Angel.
Thrasher shark or Thresher shark, a large, voracious
shark. See Thrasher.
Whale shark, a huge harmless shark (Rhinodon typicus) of
the Indian Ocean. It becomes sixty feet or more in length,
but has very small teeth.
[1913 Webster]Liver \Liv"er\, n. [AS. lifer; akin to D. liver, G. leber, OHG.
lebara, Icel. lifr, Sw. lefver, and perh. to Gr. ? fat, E.
live, v.] (Anat.)
A very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceral
cavity of all vertebrates.
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Note: Most of the venous blood from the alimentary canal
passes through it on its way back to the heart; and it
secretes the bile, produces glycogen, and in other ways
changes the blood which passes through it. In man it is
situated immediately beneath the diaphragm and mainly
on the right side. See Bile, Digestive, and
Glycogen. The liver of invertebrate animals is
usually made up of c[ae]cal tubes, and differs
materially, in form and function, from that of
vertebrates.
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Floating liver. See Wandering liver, under Wandering.
Liver of antimony, Liver of sulphur. (Old Chem.) See
Hepar.
Liver brown, Liver color, the color of liver, a dark,
reddish brown.
Liver shark (Zool.), a very large shark ({Cetorhinus
maximus}), inhabiting the northern coasts both of Europe
and North America. It sometimes becomes forty feet in
length, being one of the largest sharks known; but it has
small simple teeth, and is not dangerous. It is captured
for the sake of its liver, which often yields several
barrels of oil. It has gill rakers, resembling whalebone,
by means of which it separates small animals from the sea
water. Called also basking shark, bone shark,
hoemother, homer, and sailfish; it is sometimes
referred to as whale shark, but that name is more
commonly used for the Rhincodon typus, which grows even
larger.
Liver spots, yellowish brown patches on the skin, or spots
of chloasma.
[1913 Webster]Whale \Whale\, n. [OE. whal, AS. hw[ae]l; akin to D. walvisch,
G. wal, walfisch, OHG. wal, Icel. hvalr, Dan. & Sw. hval,
hvalfisk. Cf. Narwhal, Walrus.] (Zool.)
Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one
of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred
feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and
baleen, or whalebone.
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Note: The existing whales are divided into two groups: the
toothed whales (Odontocete), including those that
have teeth, as the cachalot, or sperm whale (see {Sperm
whale}); and the baleen, or whalebone, whales
(Mysticete), comprising those that are destitute of
teeth, but have plates of baleen hanging from the upper
jaw, as the right whales. The most important species of
whalebone whales are the bowhead, or Greenland, whale
(see Illust. of Right whale), the Biscay whale, the
Antarctic whale, the gray whale (see under Gray), the
humpback, the finback, and the rorqual.
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Whale bird. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of large Antarctic petrels
which follow whaling vessels, to feed on the blubber and
floating oil; especially, Prion turtur (called also
blue petrel), and Pseudoprion desolatus.
(b) The turnstone; -- so called because it lives on the
carcasses of whales. [Canada]
Whale fin (Com.), whalebone. --Simmonds.
Whale fishery, the fishing for, or occupation of taking,
whales.
Whale louse (Zool.), any one of several species of degraded
amphipod crustaceans belonging to the genus Cyamus,
especially Cyamus ceti. They are parasitic on various
cetaceans.
Whale's bone, ivory. [Obs.]
Whale shark. (Zool.)
(a) The basking, or liver, shark.
(b) A very large harmless shark (Rhinodon typicus) native
of the Indian Ocean. It sometimes becomes sixty feet
long.
Whale shot, the name formerly given to spermaceti.
Whale's tongue (Zool.), a balanoglossus.
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