| slovo | definícia |
aia
(mass) | AIA
- Anguilla |
aia
(encz) | AIA,Air Intelligence Agency [zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
aia
(foldoc) | Application Integration Architecture
AIA
(AIA) DEC's "open standards" specifications.
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aia
(vera) | AIA
Application Integration Architecture
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
isaiah
(mass) | Isaiah
- Izaiáš |
izaias
(msasasci) | Izaias
- Isaiah |
afaiaa
(encz) | AFAIAA,As Far As I Am Aware [zkr.] |
gaia
(encz) | Gaia, |
gaianism
(encz) | gaianism,gaianismus [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
ghanaian
(encz) | Ghanaian,ghanský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
guaiac
(encz) | guaiac, n: |
guaiac wood
(encz) | guaiac wood, n: |
guaiacum
(encz) | guaiacum, n: |
guaiacum wood
(encz) | guaiacum wood, n: |
isaiah
(encz) | Isaiah,Isaiah n: [jmén.] příjmení, mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
maia
(encz) | Maia, |
naiad
(encz) | naiad,víla n: saša |
naiad family
(encz) | naiad family, n: |
naiades
(encz) | naiades,vodní víly n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
naiant
(encz) | naiant, adj: |
order naiadales
(encz) | order Naiadales, n: |
papaia
(encz) | papaia, n: |
praia
(encz) | Praia,hl.m. - Cape Verde n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
gaianismus
(czen) | gaianismus,gaianism[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
isaiah
(czen) | Isaiah,Isaiahn: [jmén.] příjmení, mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
Achaian
(gcide) | Achaean \A*ch[ae]"an\, Achaian \A*cha"ian\a. [L. Achaeus,
Achaius; Gr. ?.]
Of or pertaining to Achaia in Greece; also, Grecian. -- n. A
native of Achaia; a Greek.
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Altaian
(gcide) | Altaian \Al*ta"ian\, Altaic \Al*ta"ic\, a. [Cf. F. alta["i]que.]
Of or pertaining to the Altai, a mountain chain in Central
Asia.
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Avaiably
(gcide) | Avaiably \A*vai"a*bly\, adv.
In an available manner; profitably; advantageously;
efficaciously.
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Cataian
(gcide) | Cataian \Ca*ta"ian\, n.
A native of Cathay or China; a foreigner; -- formerly a term
of reproach. --Shak.
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Eucronia maia
(gcide) | Maia \Ma"i*a\, n. [From L. Maia, a goddess.] (Zool.)
(a) A genus of spider crabs, including the common European
species (Maia squinado).
(b) A beautiful American bombycid moth (Eucronia maia).
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Gaia
(gcide) | Gaea \Gaea\ (j[=e]"[.a]), prop. n. [Gr. Gai^a, Gh^] (Mythol.)
The goddess of the earth, considered as a personification of
the earth. According to Hesiod she was the first-born of
Chaos, and mother of Uranus, Pontus, Cronus and the Titans in
ancient mythology. [Also spelled Gaia.]
Syn: Gaia, Ge.
[WordNet 1.5]Gaia \Gaia\ prop. n. [Gr. gai^a earth.]
Goddess of the earth; same as Gaea.
Syn: Gaea, Ge.
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Ghanaian
(gcide) | Ghanaian \Ghanaian\ adj.
1. of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Ghana; as, Ghanaian
writers.
Syn: Ghanian, Ghanese.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. of or pertaining to Ghana. Ghanaian cocoa production
Syn: Ghanese, Ghanian.
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Guaiac
(gcide) | Guaiac \Gua"iac\, a. [See Guaiacum.]
Pertaining to, or resembling, guaiacum. -- n. Guaiacum.
[1913 Webster]Guaiacum \Gua"ia*cum\, n. [NL., fr. Sp. guayaco, from native
name in Haiti.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in
tropical America.
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2. The heart wood or the resin of the Guaiacum officinale
or lignum-vit[ae], a large tree of the West Indies and
Central America. It is much used in medicine. [Written
also guaiac.]
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guaiac
(gcide) | Guaiac \Gua"iac\, a. [See Guaiacum.]
Pertaining to, or resembling, guaiacum. -- n. Guaiacum.
[1913 Webster]Guaiacum \Gua"ia*cum\, n. [NL., fr. Sp. guayaco, from native
name in Haiti.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in
tropical America.
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2. The heart wood or the resin of the Guaiacum officinale
or lignum-vit[ae], a large tree of the West Indies and
Central America. It is much used in medicine. [Written
also guaiac.]
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Guaiacol
(gcide) | Guaiacol \Guai"a*col\, n. [Guaiacum + -ol.] (Chem.)
A colorless liquid, C7H8O2, with a peculiar odor. It is the
methyl ether of pyrocatechin, and is obtained by distilling
guaiacum from wood-tar creosote, and in other ways. It has
been used in the past for treating pulmonary tuberculosis.
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Guaiacum
(gcide) | Guaiacum \Gua"ia*cum\, n. [NL., fr. Sp. guayaco, from native
name in Haiti.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in
tropical America.
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2. The heart wood or the resin of the Guaiacum officinale
or lignum-vit[ae], a large tree of the West Indies and
Central America. It is much used in medicine. [Written
also guaiac.]
[1913 Webster]Lignum-vitae \Lig"num-vi"tae\ (l[i^]g"n[u^]m v[imac]"t[=e]), n.
[L., wood of life; lignum wood + vita, genitive vit[ae],
life.] (Bot.)
A tree (Guaiacum officinale) found in the warm latitudes of
America, from which the guaiacum of medicine is procured.
Its wood is very hard and heavy, and is used for various
mechanical purposes, as for the wheels of ships' blocks,
cogs, bearings, and the like. See Guaiacum.
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Note: In New Zealand the Metrosideros buxifolia is called
lignum-vit[ae], and in Australia a species of Acacia.
The bastard lignum-vit[ae] is a West Indian tree
(Sarcomphalus laurinus).
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guaiacum
(gcide) | Guaiacum \Gua"ia*cum\, n. [NL., fr. Sp. guayaco, from native
name in Haiti.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in
tropical America.
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2. The heart wood or the resin of the Guaiacum officinale
or lignum-vit[ae], a large tree of the West Indies and
Central America. It is much used in medicine. [Written
also guaiac.]
[1913 Webster]Lignum-vitae \Lig"num-vi"tae\ (l[i^]g"n[u^]m v[imac]"t[=e]), n.
[L., wood of life; lignum wood + vita, genitive vit[ae],
life.] (Bot.)
A tree (Guaiacum officinale) found in the warm latitudes of
America, from which the guaiacum of medicine is procured.
Its wood is very hard and heavy, and is used for various
mechanical purposes, as for the wheels of ships' blocks,
cogs, bearings, and the like. See Guaiacum.
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Note: In New Zealand the Metrosideros buxifolia is called
lignum-vit[ae], and in Australia a species of Acacia.
The bastard lignum-vit[ae] is a West Indian tree
(Sarcomphalus laurinus).
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Guaiacum officinale
(gcide) | Guaiacum \Gua"ia*cum\, n. [NL., fr. Sp. guayaco, from native
name in Haiti.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in
tropical America.
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2. The heart wood or the resin of the Guaiacum officinale
or lignum-vit[ae], a large tree of the West Indies and
Central America. It is much used in medicine. [Written
also guaiac.]
[1913 Webster]Lignum-vitae \Lig"num-vi"tae\ (l[i^]g"n[u^]m v[imac]"t[=e]), n.
[L., wood of life; lignum wood + vita, genitive vit[ae],
life.] (Bot.)
A tree (Guaiacum officinale) found in the warm latitudes of
America, from which the guaiacum of medicine is procured.
Its wood is very hard and heavy, and is used for various
mechanical purposes, as for the wheels of ships' blocks,
cogs, bearings, and the like. See Guaiacum.
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Note: In New Zealand the Metrosideros buxifolia is called
lignum-vit[ae], and in Australia a species of Acacia.
The bastard lignum-vit[ae] is a West Indian tree
(Sarcomphalus laurinus).
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Lithodes maia
(gcide) | Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[=a]n; akin to OS. &
OFries. st[=e]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten,
Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. ?, ?, a
pebble. [root]167. Cf. Steen.]
1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular
mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy
threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. "Dumb as a
stone." --Chaucer.
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They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for
mortar. --Gen. xi. 3.
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Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are
called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the
finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone
is much and widely used in the construction of
buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers,
abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like.
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2. A precious stone; a gem. "Many a rich stone." --Chaucer.
"Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels." --Shak.
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3. Something made of stone. Specifically:
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(a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.]
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Lend me a looking-glass;
If that her breath will mist or stain the stone,
Why, then she lives. --Shak.
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(b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray.
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Should some relenting eye
Glance on the where our cold relics lie. --Pope.
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4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the
kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.
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5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak.
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6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a
cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.
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7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice
varies with the article weighed. [Eng.]
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Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8
lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5
lbs.
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8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness;
insensibility; as, a heart of stone.
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I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope.
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9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of
stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a
book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also
imposing stone.
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Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other
words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or
stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or
pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or
stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone
falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some
adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed
by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone;
as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still,
etc.
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Atlantic stone, ivory. [Obs.] "Citron tables, or Atlantic
stone." --Milton.
Bowing stone. Same as Cromlech. --Encyc. Brit.
Meteoric stones, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as
after the explosion of a meteor.
Philosopher's stone. See under Philosopher.
Rocking stone. See Rocking-stone.
Stone age, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when
stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for
weapons and tools; -- called also flint age. The {bronze
age} succeeded to this.
Stone bass (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
food fishes of the genus Serranus and allied genera, as
Serranus Couchii, and Polyprion cernium of Europe; --
called also sea perch.
Stone biter (Zool.), the wolf fish.
Stone boiling, a method of boiling water or milk by
dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages.
--Tylor.
Stone borer (Zool.), any animal that bores stones;
especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow
in limestone. See Lithodomus, and Saxicava.
Stone bramble (Bot.), a European trailing species of
bramble (Rubus saxatilis).
Stone-break. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the
genus Saxifraga; saxifrage.
Stone bruise, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a
bruise by a stone.
Stone canal. (Zool.) Same as Sand canal, under Sand.
Stone cat (Zool.), any one of several species of small
fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus
Noturus. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they
inflict painful wounds.
Stone coal, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal.
Stone coral (Zool.), any hard calcareous coral.
Stone crab. (Zool.)
(a) A large crab (Menippe mercenaria) found on the
southern coast of the United States and much used as
food.
(b) A European spider crab (Lithodes maia).
Stone crawfish (Zool.), a European crawfish ({Astacus
torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of
the common species (Astacus fluviatilis).
Stone curlew. (Zool.)
(a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus
crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also
thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee.
(b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]
(c) The willet. [Local, U.S.]
Stone crush. Same as Stone bruise, above.
Stone eater. (Zool.) Same as Stone borer, above.
Stone falcon (Zool.), the merlin.
Stone fern (Bot.), a European fern (Asplenium Ceterach)
which grows on rocks and walls.
Stone fly (Zool.), any one of many species of
pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Perla and allied
genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait.
The larvae are aquatic.
Stone fruit (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a
drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry.
Stone grig (Zool.), the mud lamprey, or pride.
Stone hammer, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a
thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other,
-- used for breaking stone.
Stone hawk (Zool.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit
of sitting on bare stones.
Stone jar, a jar made of stoneware.
Stone lily (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid.
Stone lugger. (Zool.) See Stone roller, below.
Stone marten (Zool.), a European marten (Mustela foina)
allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; --
called also beech marten.
Stone mason, a mason who works or builds in stone.
Stone-mortar (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used
in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short
distances.
Stone oil, rock oil, petroleum.
Stone parsley (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli
Labanotis}). See under Parsley.
Stone pine. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under Pine,
and Pi[~n]on.
Stone pit, a quarry where stones are dug.
Stone pitch, hard, inspissated pitch.
Stone plover. (Zool.)
(a) The European stone curlew.
(b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the
genus Esacus; as, the large stone plover ({Esacus
recurvirostris}).
(c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.]
(d) The ringed plover.
(e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to
other species of limicoline birds.
Stone roller. (Zool.)
(a) An American fresh-water fish (Catostomus nigricans)
of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive,
often with dark blotches. Called also stone lugger,
stone toter, hog sucker, hog mullet.
(b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma
anomalum}); -- called also stone lugger.
Stone's cast, or Stone's throw, the distance to which a
stone may be thrown by the hand; as, they live a stone's
throw from each other.
Stone snipe (Zool.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler.
[Local, U.S.]
Stone toter. (Zool.)
(a) See Stone roller
(a), above.
(b) A cyprinoid fish (Exoglossum maxillingua) found in
the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a
three-lobed lower lip; -- called also cutlips.
To leave no stone unturned, to do everything that can be
done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.
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Maia
(gcide) | Maia \Ma"i*a\, n. [From L. Maia, a goddess.] (Zool.)
(a) A genus of spider crabs, including the common European
species (Maia squinado).
(b) A beautiful American bombycid moth (Eucronia maia).
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Maia squinado
(gcide) | King \King\, n. [AS. cyng, cyning; akin to OS. kuning, D.
koning, OHG. kuning, G. k["o]nig, Icel. konungr, Sw. konung,
Dan. konge; formed with a patronymic ending, and fr. the root
of E. kin; cf. Icel. konr a man of noble birth. [root]44. See
Kin.]
1. A chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme
authority over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by
hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince. "Ay, every
inch a king." --Shak.
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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are
rebels from principle. --Burke.
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There was a State without king or nobles. --R.
Choate.
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But yonder comes the powerful King of Day,
Rejoicing in the east --Thomson.
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2. One who, or that which, holds a supreme position or rank;
a chief among competitors; as, a railroad king; a money
king; the king of the lobby; the king of beasts.
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3. A playing card having the picture of a king[1]; as, the
king of diamonds.
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4. The chief piece in the game of chess.
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5. A crowned man in the game of draughts.
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6. pl. The title of two historical books in the Old
Testament.
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Note: King is often used adjectively, or in combination, to
denote pre["e]minence or superiority in some
particular; as, kingbird; king crow; king vulture.
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Apostolic king. See Apostolic.
King-at-arms, or King-of-arms, the chief heraldic officer
of a country. In England the king-at-arms was formerly of
great authority. His business is to direct the heralds,
preside at their chapters, and have the jurisdiction of
armory. There are three principal kings-at-arms, viz.,
Garter, Clarencieux, and Norroy. The latter (literally
north roy or north king) officiates north of the Trent.
King auk (Zool.), the little auk or sea dove.
King bird of paradise. (Zool.), See Bird of paradise.
King card, in whist, the best unplayed card of each suit;
thus, if the ace and king of a suit have been played, the
queen is the king card of the suit.
King Cole, a legendary king of Britain, who is said to have
reigned in the third century.
King conch (Zool.), a large and handsome univalve shell
(Cassis cameo), found in the West Indies. It is used for
making cameos. See Helmet shell, under Helmet.
King Cotton, a popular personification of the great staple
production of the southern United States.
King crab. (Zool.)
(a) The limulus or horseshoe crab. See Limulus.
(b) The large European spider crab or thornback ({Maia
squinado}).
(c) A large crab of the northern Pacific ({Paralithodes
camtshatica}), especially abundant on the coasts of
Alaska and Japan, and popular as a food; called also
Alaskan king crab.
King crow. (Zool.)
(a) A black drongo shrike (Buchanga atra) of India; --
so called because, while breeding, they attack and
drive away hawks, crows, and other large birds.
(b) The Dicrurus macrocercus of India, a crested bird
with a long, forked tail. Its color is black, with
green and blue reflections. Called also devil bird.
King duck (Zool.), a large and handsome eider duck
(Somateria spectabilis), inhabiting the arctic regions
of both continents.
King eagle (Zool.), an eagle (Aquila heliaca) found in
Asia and Southeastern Europe. It is about as large as the
golden eagle. Some writers believe it to be the imperial
eagle of Rome.
King hake (Zool.), an American hake (Phycis regius),
found in deep water along the Atlantic coast.
King monkey (Zool.), an African monkey ({Colobus
polycomus}), inhabiting Sierra Leone.
King mullet (Zool.), a West Indian red mullet ({Upeneus
maculatus}); -- so called on account of its great beauty.
Called also goldfish.
King of terrors, death.
King parrakeet (Zool.), a handsome Australian parrakeet
(Platycercys scapulatus), often kept in a cage. Its
prevailing color is bright red, with the back and wings
bright green, the rump blue, and tail black.
King penguin (Zool.), any large species of penguin of the
genus Aptenodytes; esp., Aptenodytes longirostris, of
the Falkland Islands and Kerguelen Land, and {Aptenodytes
Patagonica}, of Patagonia.
King rail (Zool.), a small American rail ({Rallus
elegans}), living in fresh-water marshes. The upper parts
are fulvous brown, striped with black; the breast is deep
cinnamon color.
King salmon (Zool.), the quinnat. See Quinnat.
King's counsel, or Queen's counsel (Eng. Law), barristers
learned in the law, who have been called within the bar,
and selected to be the king's or queen's counsel. They
answer in some measure to the advocates of the revenue
(advocati fisci) among the Romans. They can not be
employed against the crown without special license.
--Wharton's Law Dict.
King's cushion, a temporary seat made by two persons
crossing their hands. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
The king's English, correct or current language of good
speakers; pure English. --Shak.
King's evidence or Queen's evidence, testimony in favor
of the Crown by a witness who confesses his guilt as an
accomplice. See under Evidence. [Eng.]
King's evil, scrofula; -- so called because formerly
supposed to be healed by the touch of a king.
King snake (Zool.), a large, nearly black, harmless snake
(Ophiobolus getulus) of the Southern United States; --
so called because it kills and eats other kinds of snakes,
including even the rattlesnake.
King's spear (Bot.), the white asphodel ({Asphodelus
albus}).
King's yellow, a yellow pigment, consisting essentially of
sulphide and oxide of arsenic; -- called also {yellow
orpiment}.
King tody (Zool.), a small fly-catching bird ({Eurylaimus
serilophus}) of tropical America. The head is adorned with
a large, spreading, fan-shaped crest, which is bright red,
edged with black.
King vulture (Zool.), a large species of vulture
(Sarcorhamphus papa), ranging from Mexico to Paraguay,
The general color is white. The wings and tail are black,
and the naked carunculated head and the neck are
briliantly colored with scarlet, yellow, orange, and blue.
So called because it drives away other vultures while
feeding.
King wood, a wood from Brazil, called also violet wood,
beautifully streaked in violet tints, used in turning and
small cabinetwork. The tree is probably a species of
Dalbergia. See Jacaranda.
[1913 Webster]Maia \Ma"i*a\, n. [From L. Maia, a goddess.] (Zool.)
(a) A genus of spider crabs, including the common European
species (Maia squinado).
(b) A beautiful American bombycid moth (Eucronia maia).
[1913 Webster]Thornback \Thorn"back`\, n.
1. (Zool.) A European skate (Raia clavata) having thornlike
spines on its back.
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2. (Zool.) The large European spider crab or king crab ({Maia
squinado}).
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Maian
(gcide) | Maian \Ma"ian\, n. (Zool.)
Any spider crab of the genus Maia, or family Maiadae.
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Menaia
(gcide) | Menaion \Me*na"ion\ (m[-e]*n[=a]"y[o^]n), n.; pl. Menaia
(-y[.a]). [NL., from Gr. mhnai^os monthly.] (Eccl.)
A work of twelve volumes, each containing the offices in the
Greek Church for a month; also, each volume of the same.
--Shipley.
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Naia tripudians
(gcide) | Cobra de capello \Co"bra de ca*pel"lo\ [Pg., serpent of the
hood.] (Zool.)
The hooded snake (Naia tripudians), a highly venomous
serpent inhabiting India.
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naiad
(gcide) | nymph \nymph\ (n[i^]mf), n. [L. nympha nymph, bride, young
woman, Gr. ny`mfh: cf. F. nymphe. Cf. Nuptial.]
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1. (Class. Myth.) A goddess of the mountains, forests,
meadows, or waters.
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Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep
Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas?
--Milton.
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2. Hence: A lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel.
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Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remembered. --Shak.
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3. (Zool.) The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis.
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4. (Zool.) Any one of a subfamily (Najades) of butterflies
including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock
butterfly, etc.; -- called also naiad.
[1913 Webster]Naiad \Na"iad\ (n[=a]"y[a^]d; 277), n. [L. naias, -adis,
na["i]s, -idis, a water nymph, Gr nai:a`s, nai:`s, fr. na`ein
to flow: cf. F. na["i]ade. Cf. Naid.]
1. (Myth.) A water nymph; one of the lower female divinities,
fabled to preside over some body of fresh water, as a
lake, river, brook, or fountain.
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2. (Zool.) Any species of a tribe (Naiades) of freshwater
bivalves, including Unio, Anodonta, and numerous
allied genera; a river mussel.
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3. (Zool) One of a group of butterflies. See Nymph.
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4. (Bot.) Any plant of the order Naiadaceae, such as
eelgrass, pondweed, etc.
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Naiad
(gcide) | nymph \nymph\ (n[i^]mf), n. [L. nympha nymph, bride, young
woman, Gr. ny`mfh: cf. F. nymphe. Cf. Nuptial.]
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1. (Class. Myth.) A goddess of the mountains, forests,
meadows, or waters.
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Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep
Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas?
--Milton.
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2. Hence: A lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel.
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Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remembered. --Shak.
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3. (Zool.) The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis.
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4. (Zool.) Any one of a subfamily (Najades) of butterflies
including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock
butterfly, etc.; -- called also naiad.
[1913 Webster]Naiad \Na"iad\ (n[=a]"y[a^]d; 277), n. [L. naias, -adis,
na["i]s, -idis, a water nymph, Gr nai:a`s, nai:`s, fr. na`ein
to flow: cf. F. na["i]ade. Cf. Naid.]
1. (Myth.) A water nymph; one of the lower female divinities,
fabled to preside over some body of fresh water, as a
lake, river, brook, or fountain.
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2. (Zool.) Any species of a tribe (Naiades) of freshwater
bivalves, including Unio, Anodonta, and numerous
allied genera; a river mussel.
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3. (Zool) One of a group of butterflies. See Nymph.
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4. (Bot.) Any plant of the order Naiadaceae, such as
eelgrass, pondweed, etc.
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Naiadaceae
(gcide) | Naiadaceae \Naiadaceae\ prop. n.
A monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and
small flowers.
Syn: family Naiadaceae, Najadaceae, family Najadaceae,
naiad family.
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naiant
(gcide) | naiant \na"iant\, a. (Her.)
See Natant. --Crabb.
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Promicrops itaiara
(gcide) | Jewfish \Jew"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
1. A very large serranoid fish (Promicrops itaiara) of
Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. It often reaches the
weight of five hundred pounds. Its color is olivaceous or
yellowish, with numerous brown spots. Called also guasa,
and warsaw.
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2. A similar gigantic fish (Stereolepis gigas) of Southern
California, valued as a food fish.
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3. The black grouper of Florida and Texas.
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4. A large herringlike fish; the tarpum.
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Quillaia bark
(gcide) | Quillaia bark \Quil*la"ia bark`\ (Bot.)
The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja Saponaria), native
of Chile. The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with
alkaline substances, and is used commonly by the Chileans
instead of soap. Also called soap bark.
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Raia
(gcide) | Raia \Ra"ia\ (r[=a]"y[.a]), n. [L., a ray. Cf. Ray the fish.]
(Zool.)
A genus of rays which includes the skates. See Skate.
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Raia alba
(gcide) | Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[`e]re brother, friar, fr.
L. frater brother. See Brother.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order,
but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz:
(a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. {(b)
Augustines}. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. {(d) White
Friars or Carmelites.} See these names in the Vocabulary.
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2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
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3. (Zool.) An American fish; the silversides.
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Friar bird (Zool.), an Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus
corniculatus}), having the head destitute of feathers; --
called also coldong, leatherhead, pimlico; {poor
soldier}, and four-o'clock. The name is also applied to
several other species of the same genus.
Friar's balsam (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds
and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin,
styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of
benzoin. --Brande & C.
Friar's cap (Bot.), the monkshood.
Friar's cowl (Bot.), an arumlike plant (Arisarum vulgare)
with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl.
Friar's lantern, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp.
--Milton.
Friar skate (Zool.), the European white or sharpnosed skate
(Raia alba); -- called also Burton skate, {border
ray}, scad, and doctor.
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Raia batis
(gcide) | Skate \Skate\, n. [Icel. skata; cf. Prov. G. schatten,
meer-schatten, L. squatus, squatina, and E. shad.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch
fishes of the genus Raia, having a long, slender tail,
terminated by a small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which
are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and
head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. The skin
is more or less spinose.
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Note: Some of the species are used for food, as the European
blue or gray skate (Raia batis), which sometimes
weighs nearly 200 pounds. The American smooth, or
barn-door, skate (Raia laevis) is also a large
species, often becoming three or four feet across. The
common spiny skate (Raia erinacea) is much smaller.
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Skate's egg. See Sea purse.
Skate sucker, any marine leech of the genus Pontobdella,
parasitic on skates.
[1913 Webster]Maid \Maid\, n. [Shortened from maiden. ?. See Maiden.]
1. An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman;
esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden.
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Would I had died a maid,
And never seen thee, never borne thee son. --Shak.
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Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her
attire? Yet my people have forgotten me. --Jer. ii.
32.
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2. A man who has not had sexual intercourse. [Obs.]
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Christ was a maid and shapen as a man. --Chaucer.
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3. A female servant.
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Spinning amongst her maids. --Shak.
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Note: Maid is used either adjectively or in composition,
signifying female, as in maid child, maidservant.
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4. (Zool.) The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray
skate (Raia batis), and of the thornback ({Raia
clavata}). [Prov. Eng.]
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Fair maid. (Zool.) See under Fair, a.
Maid of honor, a female attendant of a queen or royal
princess; -- usually of noble family, and having to
perform only nominal or honorary duties.
Old maid. See under Old.
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Raia clavata
(gcide) | Maid \Maid\, n. [Shortened from maiden. ?. See Maiden.]
1. An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman;
esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden.
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Would I had died a maid,
And never seen thee, never borne thee son. --Shak.
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Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her
attire? Yet my people have forgotten me. --Jer. ii.
32.
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2. A man who has not had sexual intercourse. [Obs.]
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Christ was a maid and shapen as a man. --Chaucer.
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3. A female servant.
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Spinning amongst her maids. --Shak.
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Note: Maid is used either adjectively or in composition,
signifying female, as in maid child, maidservant.
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4. (Zool.) The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray
skate (Raia batis), and of the thornback ({Raia
clavata}). [Prov. Eng.]
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Fair maid. (Zool.) See under Fair, a.
Maid of honor, a female attendant of a queen or royal
princess; -- usually of noble family, and having to
perform only nominal or honorary duties.
Old maid. See under Old.
[1913 Webster]Thornback \Thorn"back`\, n.
1. (Zool.) A European skate (Raia clavata) having thornlike
spines on its back.
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2. (Zool.) The large European spider crab or king crab ({Maia
squinado}).
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Raia erinacea
(gcide) | Skate \Skate\, n. [Icel. skata; cf. Prov. G. schatten,
meer-schatten, L. squatus, squatina, and E. shad.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch
fishes of the genus Raia, having a long, slender tail,
terminated by a small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which
are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and
head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. The skin
is more or less spinose.
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Note: Some of the species are used for food, as the European
blue or gray skate (Raia batis), which sometimes
weighs nearly 200 pounds. The American smooth, or
barn-door, skate (Raia laevis) is also a large
species, often becoming three or four feet across. The
common spiny skate (Raia erinacea) is much smaller.
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Skate's egg. See Sea purse.
Skate sucker, any marine leech of the genus Pontobdella,
parasitic on skates.
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Raia intermedia
(gcide) | Flapper \Flap"per\, n.
1. One who, or that which, flaps.
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2. See Flipper. "The flapper of a porpoise." --Buckley.
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3. A flat object used to make a flapping noise by striking
another object. --RHUD
[PJC]
4. A flat and broad object hanging from a larger object,
either flexible like rubber or hinged to allow a swinging
motion; a flap.
5. A young woman who dresses in a modern, stylish manner and
behaves unconventionally in social situations; -- a term
used especially to refer to young women during the 1920's
and their peculiar style of dress.
[PJC]
Flapper skate (Zool.), a European skate ({Raia
intermedia}).
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Raia laevis
(gcide) | Skate \Skate\, n. [Icel. skata; cf. Prov. G. schatten,
meer-schatten, L. squatus, squatina, and E. shad.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch
fishes of the genus Raia, having a long, slender tail,
terminated by a small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which
are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and
head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. The skin
is more or less spinose.
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Note: Some of the species are used for food, as the European
blue or gray skate (Raia batis), which sometimes
weighs nearly 200 pounds. The American smooth, or
barn-door, skate (Raia laevis) is also a large
species, often becoming three or four feet across. The
common spiny skate (Raia erinacea) is much smaller.
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Skate's egg. See Sea purse.
Skate sucker, any marine leech of the genus Pontobdella,
parasitic on skates.
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Raia maculata
(gcide) | Homelyn \Home"lyn\, n. [Scot. hommelin.] (Zool)
The European sand ray (Raia maculata); -- called also
home, mirror ray, and rough ray.
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Raia miraletus
(gcide) | Cuckoo \Cuck"oo\ (k[oo^]k"[=oo]), n. [OE. coccou, cukkow, F.
coucou, prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. cuculus, Gr. ????,
Skr. k?ki?a, G. kuckuk, D. koekoek.] (Zool.)
A bird belonging to Cuculus, Coccyzus, and several allied
genera, of many species.
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Note: The European cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) builds no nest
of its own, but lays its eggs in the nests of other
birds, to be hatched by them. The American
yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus Americanus) and the
black-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus erythrophthalmus) build
their own nests.
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Cuckoo clock, a clock so constructed that at the time for
striking it gives forth sounds resembling the cry of the
cuckoo.
Cuckoo dove (Zool.), a long-tailed pigeon of the genus
Macropygia. Many species inhabit the East Indies.
Cuckoo fish (Zool.), the European red gurnard ({Trigla
cuculus}). The name probably alludes to the sound that it
utters.
Cuckoo falcon (Zool.), any falcon of the genus Baza. The
genus inhabits Africa and the East Indies.
Cuckoo maid (Zool.), the wryneck; -- called also {cuckoo
mate}.
Cuckoo ray (Zool.), a British ray (Raia miraletus).
Cuckoo spit, or Cuckoo spittle.
(a) A frothy secretion found upon plants, exuded by the
larvae of certain insects, for concealment; -- called
also toad spittle and frog spit.
(b) (Zool.) A small hemipterous insect, the larva of which,
living on grass and the leaves of plants, exudes this
secretion. The insects belong to Aphrophora,
Helochara, and allied genera.
Ground cuckoo, the chaparral cock.
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Raia radiata
(gcide) | Ray \Ray\, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. Roach.] (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order
Raiae, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.
(b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat,
narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See
Skate.
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Bishop ray, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray
(Aetobatus narinari syn. Stoasodon narinari) of the
Southern United States and the West Indies; also called
the spotted eagle ray and white-spotted eagle ray.
Butterfly ray, a short-tailed American sting ray
(Pteroplatea Maclura), having very broad pectoral fins.
Devil ray. See Sea Devil.
Eagle ray, any large ray of the family Myliobatidae, or
Aetobatidae. The common European species ({Myliobatis
aquila}) is called also whip ray, and miller.
Electric ray, or Cramp ray, a torpedo.
Starry ray, a common European skate (Raia radiata).
Sting ray, any one of numerous species of rays of the
family Trygonidae having one or more large, sharp,
barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also
stingaree.
[1913 Webster]Starry \Star"ry\ (st[aum]r"r[y^]), a.
1. Abounding with stars; adorned with stars. "Above the
starry sky." --Pope.
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2. Consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars; stellar;
stellary; as, starry light; starry flame.
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Do not Christians and Heathens, Jews and Gentiles,
poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the starry
influence? --Sir W.
Scott.
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3. Shining like stars; sparkling; as, starry eyes.
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4. Arranged in rays like those of a star; stellate.
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Starry ray (Zool.), a European skate (Raia radiata); --
so called from the stellate bases of the dorsal spines.
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Raiae
(gcide) | Raiae \Ra"iae\ (r[=a]"y[=e]), n. pl. [NL. See Raia.] (Zool.)
The order of elasmobranch fishes which includes the
sawfishes, skates, and rays; -- called also Rajae, and
Rajii.
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Rosa wichuraiana
(gcide) | Memorial rose \Memorial rose\
A Japanese evergreen rose (Rosa wichuraiana) with creeping
branches, shining leaves, and single white flowers. It is
often planted in cemeteries.
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Sapucaia
(gcide) | Sapucaia \Sap`u*ca"ia\ (?; Pg. ?), n. [Pg. sapucaya.] (Bot.)
A Brazilian tree. See Lecythis, and Monkey-pot. [Written
also sapucaya.]
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Sapucaia nut (Bot.), the seed of the sapucaia; -- called
also paradise nut.
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Sapucaia nut
(gcide) | Sapucaia \Sap`u*ca"ia\ (?; Pg. ?), n. [Pg. sapucaya.] (Bot.)
A Brazilian tree. See Lecythis, and Monkey-pot. [Written
also sapucaya.]
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Sapucaia nut (Bot.), the seed of the sapucaia; -- called
also paradise nut.
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Tupaia ferruginea
(gcide) | Press \Press\, n. (Zool.)
An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is
arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is
soft, and varies from rusty red to maroon and to brownish
black.
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achaian
(wn) | Achaian
n 1: a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the
prehistoric Greeks [syn: Achaean, Achaian] |
aglaia
(wn) | Aglaia
n 1: (Greek mythology) one of the three Graces |
aiai
(wn) | AIAI
n 1: a fundamentalist Islamic group in Somalia who initially did
fundraising for al-Qaeda; responsible for ambushing United
States Army Rangers and for terrorist bombings in Ethiopia;
believed to have branches in several countries [syn: {al
Itihaad al Islamiya}, al-Itihaad al-Islamiya, {Islamic
Unity}, AIAI] |
ajaia
(wn) | Ajaia
n 1: a genus of Platalea [syn: Ajaia, genus Ajaia] |
ajaia ajaja
(wn) | Ajaia ajaja
n 1: tropical rose-colored New World spoonbill [syn: {roseate
spoonbill}, Ajaia ajaja] |
araguaia
(wn) | Araguaia
n 1: a river in central Brazil that flows generally northward
(with many falls) to join the Tocantins River [syn:
Araguaia, Araguaia River, Araguaya, Araguaya River] |
araguaia river
(wn) | Araguaia River
n 1: a river in central Brazil that flows generally northward
(with many falls) to join the Tocantins River [syn:
Araguaia, Araguaia River, Araguaya, Araguaya River] |
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