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anole
(encz) | anole,anolis Zdeněk Brož |
anole
(gcide) | anole \anole\ n.
1. A small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizard
(Anolis carolinensis) with the ability to change skin
color.
Syn: American chameleon, Anolis carolinensis
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anole
(wn) | anole
n 1: small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with
the ability to change skin color [syn: {American
chameleon}, anole, Anolis carolinensis] |
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espanole
(encz) | espanole, n: |
organoleptic property
(encz) | organoleptic property,organoleptická vlastnost (vody) [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
organoleptic test
(encz) | organoleptic test,organoleptická zkouška [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
sauce espanole
(encz) | sauce espanole, n: |
hranolek
(czen) | hranolek,scantlingn: Zdeněk Brož |
organoleptická vlastnost (vody)
(czen) | organoleptická vlastnost (vody),organoleptic property[eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
organoleptická zkouška
(czen) | organoleptická zkouška,organoleptic test[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
(gcide) | panda \pan"da\ (p[a^]n"d[.a]), n. (Zool.)
1. A small Asiatic mammal (Ailurus fulgens) having fine
soft fur, which inhabits the mountains of Northern India.
It was once thought to be related to the bears, but is now
believed to be more closely related to raccoons. It has
reddish-brown fur on the back and sides, and black fur on
the legs and underside. Called also the lesser panda.
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2. The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), a bearlike
black-and white mammal now found wild only in the central
forests of China, which lives mainly on on bamboo. It is
an endangered species, and is a popular attraction in the
few zoos which have bveen able to obtain specimens.
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espanole
(gcide) | espanole \espanole\ n.
a rich beef stock with tomatoes and madeira and minced
carrots and onions and celery.
Syn: sauce espanole.
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Organoleptic
(gcide) | Organoleptic \Or`ga*no*lep"tic\, a. [F. organoleptique, fr. Gr.
? an organ + ? to lay hold of.] (Physiol.)
Making an impression upon an organ; plastic; -- said of the
effect or impression produced by any substance on the organs
of touch, taste, or smell, and also on the organism as a
whole.
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Pituophis melanoleucus
(gcide) | Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[imac]n, L. pinus.]
1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See
Pinus.
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Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United
States, of which the white pine (Pinus Strobus),
the Georgia pine (Pinus australis), the red pine
(Pinus resinosa), and the great West Coast {sugar
pine} (Pinus Lambertiana) are among the most
valuable. The Scotch pine or fir, also called
Norway or Riga pine (Pinus sylvestris), is the
only British species. The nut pine is any pine tree,
or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See
Pinon.
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cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now
commonly assigned to other genera.
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2. The wood of the pine tree.
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3. A pineapple.
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Ground pine. (Bot.) See under Ground.
Norfolk Island pine (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree,
the Araucaria excelsa.
Pine barren, a tract of infertile land which is covered
with pines. [Southern U.S.]
Pine borer (Zool.), any beetle whose larv[ae] bore into
pine trees.
Pine finch. (Zool.) See Pinefinch, in the Vocabulary.
Pine grosbeak (Zool.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola
enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both
hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with
red.
Pine lizard (Zool.), a small, very active, mottled gray
lizard (Sceloporus undulatus), native of the Middle
States; -- called also swift, brown scorpion, and
alligator.
Pine marten. (Zool.)
(a) A European weasel (Mustela martes), called also
sweet marten, and yellow-breasted marten.
(b) The American sable. See Sable.
Pine moth (Zool.), any one of several species of small
tortricid moths of the genus Retinia, whose larv[ae]
burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often
doing great damage.
Pine mouse (Zool.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola
pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine
forests.
Pine needle (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves
of a pine tree. See Pinus.
Pine-needle wool. See Pine wool (below).
Pine oil, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir
and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.
Pine snake (Zool.), a large harmless North American snake
(Pituophis melanoleucus). It is whitish, covered with
brown blotches having black margins. Called also {bull
snake}. The Western pine snake (Pituophis Sayi) is
chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.
Pine tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Pinus; pine.
Pine-tree money, money coined in Massachusetts in the
seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a
figure of a pine tree. The most noted variety is the {pine
tree shilling}.
Pine weevil (Zool.), any one of numerous species of weevils
whose larv[ae] bore in the wood of pine trees. Several
species are known in both Europe and America, belonging to
the genera Pissodes, Hylobius, etc.
Pine wool, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming
them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the
Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic
arts; -- called also pine-needle wool, and {pine-wood
wool}.
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Totanus melanoleucus
(gcide) | Tattler \Tat"tler\, n.
1. One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.
--Jer. Taylor.
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2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of large, long-legged
sandpipers belonging to the genus Totanus.
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Note: The common American species are the greater tattler, or
telltale (Totanus melanoleucus), the smaller tattler,
or lesser yellowlegs (Totanus flavipes), the solitary
tattler (Totanus solitarius), and the semipalmated
tattler, or willet. The first two are called also
telltale, telltale spine, telltale tattler,
yellowlegs, yellowshanks, and yelper.
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ailuropoda melanoleuca
(wn) | Ailuropoda melanoleuca
n 1: large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests
of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a
member of the bear family or of a separate family
Ailuropodidae [syn: giant panda, panda, panda bear,
coon bear, Ailuropoda melanoleuca] |
pituophis melanoleucus
(wn) | Pituophis melanoleucus
n 1: bull snake of western North America that invades rodent
burrows [syn: gopher snake, Pituophis melanoleucus] |
tringa melanoleuca
(wn) | Tringa melanoleuca
n 1: a variety of yellowlegs [syn: greater yellowlegs, {Tringa
melanoleuca}] |
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