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cauda
(encz) | cauda, n: |
cauda
(wn) | cauda
n 1: any taillike structure |
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acaudal
(encz) | acaudal,bezocasý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
acaudate
(encz) | acaudate,bezocasý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
caudal
(encz) | caudal,ocasní Jiří Šmoldas |
caudal anaesthesia
(encz) | caudal anaesthesia, n: |
caudal anesthesia
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caudal appendage
(encz) | caudal appendage, n: |
caudal block
(encz) | caudal block, n: |
caudal fin
(encz) | caudal fin, n: |
caudal vertebra
(encz) | caudal vertebra, n: |
caudally
(encz) | caudally,koncový Josef Kosekcaudally,směrem k zadní části Josef Kosekcaudally,směrem od hlavy Josef Kosek |
caudate
(encz) | caudate,ocasatý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
caudate nucleus
(encz) | caudate nucleus, n: |
caudated
(encz) | caudated, adj: |
longicaudate
(encz) | longicaudate,dlouhoocasý adj: Petr Prášek |
order caudata
(encz) | order Caudata, n: |
Acaudate
(gcide) | Acaudate \A*cau"date\, a. [Pref. a- not + caudate.]
Tailless.
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Aegithalos caudatus
(gcide) | Titmouse \Tit"mouse`\, n.; pl. Titmice. [OE. titemose,
titmase; tit small, or a small bird + AS. m[=a]se a kind of
small bird; akin to D. mees a titmouse, G. meise, OHG. meisa,
Icel. meisingr. The English form has been influenced by the
unrelated word mouse. Cf. Tit a small bird.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing
birds belonging to Parus and allied genera; -- called also
tit, and tomtit.
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Note: The blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus), the marsh
titmouse (Parus palustris), the crested titmouse
(Parus cristatus), the great titmouse ({Parus
major}), and the long tailed titmouse ({Aegithalos
caudatus}), are the best-known European species. See
Chickadee.
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Amarantus caudatus
(gcide) | Prince \Prince\, n. [F., from L. princeps, -cipis, the first,
chief; primus first + capere to take. See Prime, a., and
Capacious.]
1. The one of highest rank; one holding the highest place and
authority; a sovereign; a monarch; -- originally applied
to either sex, but now rarely applied to a female.
--Wyclif (Rev. i. 5).
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Go, Michael, of celestial armies prince. --Milton.
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Queen Elizabeth, a prince admirable above her sex.
--Camden.
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2. The son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal
family; as, princes of the blood. --Shak.
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3. A title belonging to persons of high rank, differing in
different countries. In England it belongs to dukes,
marquises, and earls, but is given to members of the royal
family only. In Italy a prince is inferior to a duke as a
member of a particular order of nobility; in Spain he is
always one of the royal family.
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4. The chief of any body of men; one at the head of a class
or profession; one who is pre["e]minent; as, a merchant
prince; a prince of players. "The prince of learning."
--Peacham.
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Prince-Albert coat, a long double-breasted frock coat for
men.
Prince of the blood, Prince consort, {Prince of
darkness}. See under Blood, Consort, and Darkness.
Prince of Wales, the oldest son of the English sovereign.
Prince's feather (Bot.), a name given to two annual herbs
(Amarantus caudatus and Polygonum orientale), with
apetalous reddish flowers arranged in long recurved
panicled spikes.
Prince's metal, Prince Rupert's metal. See under Metal.
Prince's pine. (Bot.) See Pipsissewa.
[1913 Webster]Thrumwort \Thrum"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
A kind of amaranth (Amarantus caudatus). --Dr. Prior.
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Amphicerus bicaudatus
(gcide) | Twig \Twig\, n. [AS. twig; akin to D. twijg, OHG. zw[imac]g,
zw[imac], G. zweig, and probably to E. two.]
A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no
definite length or size.
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The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on
the outside with hides. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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Twig borer (Zool.), any one of several species of small
beetles which bore into twigs of shrubs and trees, as the
apple-tree twig borer (Amphicerus bicaudatus).
Twig girdler. (Zool.) See Girdler, 3.
Twig rush (Bot.), any rushlike plant of the genus Cladium
having hard, and sometimes prickly-edged, leaves or
stalks. See Saw grass, under Saw.
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Bartramia longicauda
(gcide) | Plover \Plov"er\, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain
bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from
pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See
Float.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds
belonging to the family Charadrid[ae], and especially
those belonging to the subfamily Charadrins[ae]. They
are prized as game birds.
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2. (Zool.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling,
the true plovers, as the crab plover (Dromas ardeola);
the American upland, plover (Bartramia longicauda); and
other species of sandpipers.
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Note: Among the more important species are the {blackbellied
plover} or blackbreasted plover ({Charadrius
squatarola}) of America and Europe; -- called also
gray plover, bull-head plover, Swiss plover, {sea
plover}, and oxeye; the golden plover (see under
Golden); the ring plover or ringed plover
(Aegialitis hiaticula). See Ringneck. The {piping
plover} (Aegialitis meloda); Wilson's plover
(Aegialitis Wilsonia); the mountain plover
(Aegialitis montana); and the semipalmated plover
(Aegialitis semipalmata), are all small American
species.
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Bastard plover (Zool.), the lapwing.
Long-legged plover, or yellow-legged plover. See
Tattler.
Plover's page, the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
Rock plover, or Stone plover, the black-bellied plover.
[Prov. Eng.]
Whistling plover.
(a) The golden plover.
(b) The black-bellied plover.
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1. Of or pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in
situation; as, upland inhabitants; upland pasturage.
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Sometimes, with secure delight
The upland hamlets will invite. --Milton.
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2. Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from the
neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished. [Obs.W2]
" The race of upland giants." --Chapman.
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Upland moccasin. (Zool.) See Moccasin.
Upland sandpiper, or Upland plover (Zool.), a large
American sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) much valued as
a game bird. Unlike most sandpipers, it frequents fields
and uplands. Called also Bartramian sandpiper,
Bartram's tattler, field plover, grass plover,
highland plover, hillbird, humility, {prairie
plover}, prairie pigeon, prairie snipe, papabote,
quaily, and uplander.
Upland sumach (Bot.), a North American shrub of the genus
Rhus (Rhus glabra), used in tanning and dyeing.
[1913 Webster]field \field\ (f[=e]ld), n. [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to
D. veld, G. feld, Sw. f[aum]lt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field
of grass, AS. folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]
1. Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture;
cultivated ground; the open country.
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2. A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece
inclosed for tillage or pasture.
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Fields which promise corn and wine. --Byron.
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3. A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself.
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In this glorious and well-foughten field. --Shak.
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What though the field be lost? --Milton.
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4. An open space; an extent; an expanse. Esp.:
(a) Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn
or projected.
(b) The space covered by an optical instrument at one
view; as, wide-field binoculars.
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Without covering, save yon field of stars.
--Shak.
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Ask of yonder argent fields above. --Pope.
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5. (Her.) The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much
of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon
it. See Illust. of Fess, where the field is represented
as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver).
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6. An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action,
operation, or achievement; province; room.
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Afforded a clear field for moral experiments.
--Macaulay.
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7. (Sports) An open, usually flat, piece of land on which a
sports contest is played; a playing field; as, a football
field; a baseball field.
Syn: playing field, athletic field, playing area.
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8. Specifically: (Baseball) That part of the grounds reserved
for the players which is outside of the diamond; -- called
also outfield.
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9. A geographic region (land or sea) which has some notable
feature, activity or valuable resource; as, the diamond
fields of South Africa; an oil field; a gold field; an ice
field.
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10. A facility having an airstrip where airplanes can take
off and land; an airfield.
Syn: airfield, landing field, flying field, aerodrome.
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11. A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor
contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the
betting.
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12. A branch of knowledge or sphere of activity; especially,
a learned or professional discipline; as, she's an expert
in the field of geology; in what field did she get her
doctorate?; they are the top company in the field of
entertainment.
Syn: discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field
of study, study, branch of knowledge.
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Note: Within the master text files of this electronic
dictionary, where a word is used in a specific sense in
some specialized field of knowledge, that field is
indicated by the tags: () preceding that sense of the
word.
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13. A location, usually outdoors, away from a studio or
office or library or laboratory, where practical work is
done or data is collected; as, anthropologists do much of
their work in the field; the paleontologist is in the
field collecting specimens. Usually used in the phrase
in the field.
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14. (Physics) The influence of a physical object, such as an
electrically charged body, which is capable of exerting
force on objects at a distance; also, the region of space
over which such an influence is effective; as, the
earth's gravitational field; an electrical field; a
magnetic field; a force field.
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15. (Math.) A set of elements within which operations can be
defined analagous to the operations of addition,
subtraction, multiplication, and division on the real
numbers; within such a set of elements addition and
multiplication are commutative and associative and
multiplication is distributive over addition and there
are two elements 0 and 1; a commutative division ring;
as, the set of all rational numbers is a field.
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Note: Field is often used adjectively in the sense of
belonging to, or used in, the fields; especially with
reference to the operations and equipments of an army
during a campaign away from permanent camps and
fortifications. In most cases such use of the word is
sufficiently clear; as, field battery; field
fortification; field gun; field hospital, etc. A field
geologist, naturalist, etc., is one who makes
investigations or collections out of doors. A survey
uses a field book for recording field notes, i.e.,
measurment, observations, etc., made in field work
(outdoor operations). A farmer or planter employs field
hands, and may use a field roller or a field derrick.
Field sports are hunting, fishing, athletic games, etc.
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Coal field (Geol.) See under Coal.
Field artillery, light ordnance mounted on wheels, for the
use of a marching army.
Field basil (Bot.), a plant of the Mint family ({Calamintha
Acinos}); -- called also basil thyme.
Field colors (Mil.), small flags for marking out the
positions for squadrons and battalions; camp colors.
Field cricket (Zool.), a large European cricket ({Gryllus
campestric}), remarkable for its loud notes.
Field day.
(a) A day in the fields.
(b) (Mil.) A day when troops are taken into the field for
instruction in evolutions. --Farrow.
(c) A day of unusual exertion or display; a gala day.
Field driver, in New England, an officer charged with the
driving of stray cattle to the pound.
Field duck (Zool.), the little bustard (Otis tetrax),
found in Southern Europe.
Field glass. (Optics)
(a) A binocular telescope of compact form; a lorgnette; a
race glass.
(b) A small achromatic telescope, from 20 to 24 inches
long, and having 3 to 6 draws.
(c) See Field lens.
Field lark. (Zool.)
(a) The skylark.
(b) The tree pipit.
Field lens (Optics), that one of the two lenses forming the
eyepiece of an astronomical telescope or compound
microscope which is nearer the object glass; -- called
also field glass.
Field madder (Bot.), a plant (Sherardia arvensis) used in
dyeing.
Field marshal (Mil.), the highest military rank conferred
in the British and other European armies.
Field officer (Mil.), an officer above the rank of captain
and below that of general.
Field officer's court (U.S.Army), a court-martial
consisting of one field officer empowered to try all
cases, in time of war, subject to jurisdiction of garrison
and regimental courts. --Farrow.
Field plover (Zool.), the black-bellied plover ({Charadrius
squatarola}); also sometimes applied to the Bartramian
sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda).
Field spaniel (Zool.), a small spaniel used in hunting
small game.
Field sparrow. (Zool.)
(a) A small American sparrow (Spizella pusilla).
(b) The hedge sparrow. [Eng.]
Field staff (Mil.), a staff formerly used by gunners to
hold a lighted match for discharging a gun.
Field vole (Zool.), the European meadow mouse.
Field of ice, a large body of floating ice; a pack.
Field, or Field of view, in a telescope or microscope,
the entire space within which objects are seen.
Field magnet. see under Magnet.
Magnetic field. See Magnetic.
To back the field, or To bet on the field. See under
Back, v. t. -- To keep the field.
(a) (Mil.) To continue a campaign.
(b) To maintain one's ground against all comers.
To lay against the field or To back against the field, to
bet on (a horse, etc.) against all comers.
To take the field (Mil.), to enter upon a campaign.
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Bicaudal
(gcide) | Bicaudal \Bi*cau"dal\, a. [Pref. bi- + caudal.]
Having, or terminating in, two tails.
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Bicaudate
(gcide) | Bicaudate \Bi*cau"date\, a. [Pref. bi- + caudate.]
Two-tailed; bicaudal.
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Blarina brevicauda
(gcide) | Shrew \Shrew\, n. [See Shrew, a.]
1. Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of
either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a
brawler; a scold.
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A man . . . grudgeth that shrews [i. e., bad men]
have prosperity, or else that good men have
adversity. --Chaucer.
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A man had got a shrew to his wife, and there could
be no quiet in the house for her. --L'Estrange.
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2. [AS. scre['a]wa; -- so called because supposed to be
venomous. ] (Zool.) Any small insectivore of the genus
Sorex and several allied genera of the family
Sorecidae. In form and color they resemble mice, but
they have a longer and more pointed nose. Some of them are
the smallest of all mammals.
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Note: The common European species are the house shrew
(Crocidura araneus), and the erd shrew ({Sorex
vulgaris}) (see under Erd.). In the United States
several species of Sorex and Blarina are common, as
the broadnosed shrew (Sorex platyrhinus), Cooper's
shrew (Sorex Cooperi), and the short-tailed, or mole,
shrew (Blarina brevicauda). Th American water, or
marsh, shrew (Neosorex palustris), with fringed feet,
is less common. The common European water shrews are
Crossopus fodiens, and the oared shrew (see under
Oared).
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Earth shrew, any shrewlike burrowing animal of the family
Centetidae, as the tendrac.
Elephant shrew, Jumping shrew, Mole shrew. See under
Elephant, Jumping, etc.
Musk shrew. See Desman.
River shrew, an aquatic West African insectivore
(Potamogale velox) resembling a weasel in form and size,
but having a large flattened and crested tail adapted for
rapid swimming. It feeds on fishes.
Shrew mole, a common large North American mole ({Scalops
aquaticus}). Its fine, soft fur is gray with iridescent
purple tints.
[1913 Webster]Mole \Mole\, n. [OE. molle, either shortened fr. moldwerp, or
from the root of E. mold soil: cf. D. mol, OD. molworp. See
Moldwarp.]
1. (Zool.) Any insectivore of the family Talpidae. They
have minute eyes and ears, soft fur, and very large and
strong fore feet.
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Note: The common European mole, or moldwarp ({Talpa
Europaea}), is noted for its extensive burrows. The
common American mole, or shrew mole ({Scalops
aquaticus}), and star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata)
have similar habits.
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Note: In the Scriptures, the name is applied to two
unindentified animals, perhaps the chameleon and mole
rat.
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2. A plow of peculiar construction, for forming underground
drains. [U.S.]
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3. (fig.)A spy who lives for years an apparently normal life
(to establish a cover) before beginning his spying
activities.
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Duck mole. See under Duck.
Golden mole. See Chrysochlore.
Mole cricket (Zool.), an orthopterous insect of the genus
Gryllotalpa, which excavates subterranean galleries, and
throws up mounds of earth resembling those of the mole. It
is said to do damage by injuring the roots of plants. The
common European species (Gryllotalpa vulgaris), and the
American (Gryllotalpa borealis), are the best known.
Mole rat (Zool.), any one of several species of Old World
rodents of the genera Spalax, Georychus, and several
allied genera. They are molelike in appearance and habits,
and their eyes are small or rudimentary.
Mole shrew (Zool.), any one of several species of
short-tailed American shrews of the genus Blarina, esp.
Blarina brevicauda.
Water mole, the duck mole.
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C caudatus
(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.
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Cauda galli
(gcide) | Cauda galli \Cau"da gal*li\, . [L., tail of a cock.] (Paleon.)
A plume-shaped fossil, supposed to be a seaweed,
characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks; as, the cauda
galli grit.
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Cauda galli epoch (Geol.), an epoch at the begining of the
Devonian age in eastern America, so named from the
characteristic gritty sandstone marked with impressions of
Cauda galli. See the Diagram under Geology.
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Cauda galli epoch
(gcide) | Cauda galli \Cau"da gal*li\, . [L., tail of a cock.] (Paleon.)
A plume-shaped fossil, supposed to be a seaweed,
characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks; as, the cauda
galli grit.
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Cauda galli epoch (Geol.), an epoch at the begining of the
Devonian age in eastern America, so named from the
characteristic gritty sandstone marked with impressions of
Cauda galli. See the Diagram under Geology.
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Caudad
(gcide) | Caudad \Cau"dad\, adv. [L. cauda tail + ad to.] (Zool.)
Backwards; toward the tail or posterior part.
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Caudal
(gcide) | Caudal \Cau"dal\, a. [L. Cauda tail. Cf. Coward.]
Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a tail; having a
tail-like appendage.
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The male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes.
--Darwin.
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Caudal fin (Zool.), the terminal fin (or "tail") of a fish.
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Caudal fin
(gcide) | Caudal \Cau"dal\, a. [L. Cauda tail. Cf. Coward.]
Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a tail; having a
tail-like appendage.
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The male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes.
--Darwin.
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Caudal fin (Zool.), the terminal fin (or "tail") of a fish.
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Caudata
(gcide) | Caudata \Cau*da"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. cauda tail.] (Zool.)
See Urodela.
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Caudate
(gcide) | Caudate \Cau"date\, Caudated \Cau"da*ted\ a. [L. cauda tail.]
Having a tail; having a terminal appendage like a tail.
Opposite of acaudate.
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Caudated
(gcide) | Caudate \Cau"date\, Caudated \Cau"da*ted\ a. [L. cauda tail.]
Having a tail; having a terminal appendage like a tail.
Opposite of acaudate.
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Centetes ecaudatus
(gcide) | Tenrec \Ten"rec\, n. [From the native name: cf. F. tanrac,
tanrec, tandrec.] (Zool.)
A small insectivore (Centetes ecaudatus), native of
Madagascar, but introduced also into the islands of Bourbon
and Mauritius; -- called also tanrec. The name is applied
to other allied genera. See Tendrac.
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Chaetura caudacuta
(gcide) | Swift \Swift\, n.
1. The current of a stream. [R.] --Walton.
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2. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged,
insectivorous birds of the family Micropodidae. In form
and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are
destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing
birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to
the humming birds.
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Note: The common European swift (Cypselus apus syn.
Micropus apus) nests in church steeples and under the
tiles of roofs, and is noted for its rapid flight and
shrill screams. It is called also black martin,
black swift, hawk swallow, devil bird,
swingdevil, screech martin, and shriek owl. The
common American, or chimney, swift ({Chaetura
pelagica}) has sharp rigid tips to the tail feathers.
It attaches its nest to the inner walls of chimneys,
and is called also chimney swallow. The Australian
swift (Chaetura caudacuta) also has sharp naked tips
to the tail quills. The European Alpine swift
(Cypselus melba) is whitish beneath, with a white
band across the breast. The common Indian swift is
Cypselus affinis. See also Palm swift, under
Palm, and Tree swift, under Tree.
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3. (Zool.) Any one of several species of lizards, as the pine
lizard.
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4. (Zool.) The ghost moth. See under Ghost.
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5. [Cf. Swivel.] A reel, or turning instrument, for winding
yarn, thread, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural.
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6. The main card cylinder of a flax-carding machine.
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Corcia caudata
(gcide) | Roller \Roll"er\ (r[=o]l"[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder,
sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in
husbandry and the arts.
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2. A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage
used in surgery.
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3. (Naut.) One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in
upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather.
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4. A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling
cylinder; -- called also roller towel.
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5. (Print.) A cylinder coated with a composition made
principally of glue and molassess, with which forms of
type are inked previously to taking an impression from
them. --W. Savage.
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6. A long cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the
roller of a map.
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7. A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
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8. (Zool.) Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf
roller. see Tortrix.
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9. [CF. F. rollier.] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of
Old World picarian birds of the family Coraciadae. The
name alludes to their habit of suddenly turning over or
"tumbling" in flight.
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Note: Many of the species are brilliantly colored. The common
European species (Coracias garrula) has the head,
neck, and under parts light blue varied with green, the
scapulars chestnut brown, and the tail blue, green, and
black. The broad-billed rollers of India and Africa
belong to the genus Eurystomus, as the oriental
roller (Eurystomus orientalis), and the Australian
roller, or dollar bird (Eurystomus Pacificus). The
latter is dark brown on the head and neck, sea green on
the back, and bright blue on the throat, base of the
tail, and parts of the wings. It has a silvery-white
spot on the middle of each wing. The {lilac-breasted
roller} of Africa is Corcia caudata caudata, a
brightly colored bird of the family Corciidae having
malachite green, blue, purple-lilac, brown and
sea-green feathers from head to tail; it is a popular
sight with tourists in Africa.
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Cosmos caudatus
(gcide) | Cosmos \Cos"mos\, n. (Bot.)
A genus of composite plants closely related to Bidens,
usually with very showy flowers, some with yellow, others
with red, scarlet, purple, white, or lilac rays. They are
natives of the warmer parts of America, and many species are
cultivated. Cosmos bipinnatus and Cosmos diversifolius
are among the best-known species; Cosmos caudatus, of the
West Indies, is widely naturalized.
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Curvicaudate
(gcide) | Curvicaudate \Cur`vi*cau"date\ (k?r`v?-k?"d?t), a. [L. curvus
bent + E. caudate.] (Zool.)
Having a curved or crooked tail.
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Ecaudate
(gcide) | Ecaudate \E*cau"date\, a. [Pref. e- + caudate.]
1. (Bot.) Without a tail or spur.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) Tailless.
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Galago crassicaudata
(gcide) | Galago \Ga*la"go\, n.; pl. Galagos. [Native name.] (Zool.)
A genus of African lemurs, including numerous species.
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Note: The grand galago (Galago crassicaudata) is about
the size of a cat; the mouse galago (G. murinus)is
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Icteria longicauda
(gcide) | Chat \Chat\, n.
1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.
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Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat,
With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.
--Pope.
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2. (Zool.) A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the
warblers, in America. The best known species are the
yellow-breasted chat (Icteria viridis), and the
long-tailed chat (Icteria longicauda). In Europe the
name is given to several birds of the family
Saxicolid[ae], as the stonechat, and whinchat.
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Bush chat. (Zool.) See under Bush.
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Indris brevicaudatus
(gcide) | Indris \In"dris\, Indri \In"dri\, n. (Zool.)
Any lemurine animal of the genus Indris.
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Note: Several species are known, all of them natives of
Madagascar, as the diadem indris (Indris diadema),
which has a white ruff around the forehead; the woolly
indris (Indris laniger); and the short-tailed or
black indris (Indris brevicaudatus), which is black,
varied with gray.
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Lepidopus caudatus
(gcide) | Scabbard \Scab"bard\, n. [OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers,
escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan.
origin; cf. Icel. sk[=a]lpr scabbard, and G. bergen to
conceal. Cf. Hauberk.]
The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is
kept; a sheath.
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Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade.
--Fairfax.
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Scabbard fish (Zool.), a long, compressed, silver-colored
taenioid fish (Lepidopus argyreus syn. {Lepidopus
caudatus}), found on the European coasts, and more
abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called
frostfish and considered an excellent food fish.
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Orthotomus longicauda
(gcide) | Tailor \Tai"lor\, n. [OF. tailleor, F. tailleur, fr. OF.
taillier, F. tailler to cut, fr. L. talea a rod, stick, a
cutting, layer for planting. Cf. Detail, Entail,
Retail, Tally, n.]
1. One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's
garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer
garments.
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Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou
wert a man's tailor. --Shak.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) The mattowacca; -- called also tailor herring.
(b) The silversides.
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3. (Zool.) The goldfish. [Prov. Eng.]
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Salt-water tailor (Zool.), the bluefish. [Local, U. S.]
--Bartlett.
Tailor bird (Zool.), any one of numerous species of small
Asiatic and East Indian singing birds belonging to
Orthotomus, Prinia, and allied genera. They are noted
for the skill with which they sew leaves together to form
nests. The common Indian species are {Orthotomus
longicauda}, which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail
coverts yellowish green, and the under parts white; and
the golden-headed tailor bird (Orthotomus coronatus),
which has the top of the head golden yellow and the back
and wings pale olive-green.
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Pica caudata
(gcide) | Magpie \Mag"pie\, n. [OE. & Prov. E. magot pie, maggoty pie, fr.
Mag, Maggot, equiv. to Margaret, and fr. F. Marquerite, and
common name of the magpie. Marguerite is fr. L. margarita
pearl, Gr. ?, prob. of Eastern origin. See Pie magpie, and
cf. the analogous names Tomtit, and Jackdaw.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of the genus Pica and related
genera, allied to the jays, but having a long graduated tail.
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2. Any one of several black-and-white birds, such as
Gymnorhina tibicen, not belonging to the genus Pica.
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Note: The common European magpie (Pica pica, or {Pica
caudata}) is a black and white noisy and mischievous
bird. It can be taught to speak. The American magpie
(Pica Hudsonica) is very similar. The yellow-belled
magpie (Pica Nuttalli) inhabits California. The blue
magpie (Cyanopolius Cooki) inhabits Spain. Other
allied species are found in Asia. The Tasmanian and
Australian magpies are crow shrikes, as the white
magpie (Gymnorhina organicum), the black magpie
(Strepera fuliginosa), and the Australian magpie
(Cracticus picatus).
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3. A talkative person; a chatterbox.
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Magpie lark (Zool.), a common Australian bird ({Grallina
picata}), conspicuously marked with black and white; --
called also little magpie.
Magpie moth (Zool.), a black and white European geometrid
moth (Abraxas grossulariata); the harlequin moth. Its
larva feeds on currant and gooseberry bushes.
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Procapra picticauda
(gcide) | Goa \Go"a\, n. (Zool.)
A species of antelope (Procapra picticauda), inhabiting
Thibet.
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Raphanus caudatus
(gcide) | Radish \Rad"ish\ (r[a^]d"[i^]sh), n. [F. radis; cf. It. radice,
Pr. raditz: all fr. L. radix, -icis, a root, an edible root,
especially a radish, akin to E. wort. See Wort, and cf.
Eradicate, Race a root, Radix.] (Bot.)
The pungent fleshy root of a well-known cruciferous plant
(Raphanus sativus); also, the whole plant.
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Radish fly (Zool.), a small two-winged fly ({Anthomyia
raphani}) whose larvae burrow in radishes. It resembles
the onion fly.
Rat-tailed radish (Bot.), an herb (Raphanus caudatus)
having a long, slender pod, which is sometimes eaten.
Wild radish (Bot.), the jointed charlock.
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Subcaudal
(gcide) | Subcaudal \Sub*cau"dal\, a. (Anat.)
Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the tail; as, the
subcaudal, or chevron, bones.
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acaudal
(wn) | acaudal
adj 1: lacking a tail or taillike appendage [syn: acaudate,
acaudal] [ant: caudate, caudated] |
acaudate
(wn) | acaudate
adj 1: lacking a tail or taillike appendage [syn: acaudate,
acaudal] [ant: caudate, caudated] |
amaranthus caudatus
(wn) | Amaranthus caudatus
n 1: young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables; seeds used as
cereal [syn: love-lies-bleeding, velvet flower, {tassel
flower}, Amaranthus caudatus] |
bartramia longicauda
(wn) | Bartramia longicauda
n 1: large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and
uplands [syn: upland sandpiper, upland plover,
Bartramian sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda] |
blarina brevicauda
(wn) | Blarina brevicauda
n 1: North American shrew with tail less than half its body
length [syn: short-tailed shrew, Blarina brevicauda] |
caudal
(wn) | caudal
adv 1: toward the posterior end of the body [syn: caudally,
caudal]
adj 1: constituting or relating to a tail; "caudal appendage"
[ant: cephalic]
2: resembling a tail [syn: caudal, taillike]
3: situated in or directed toward the part of the body from
which the tail arises; "caudal fins"; "the caudal end of the
body" |
caudal anaesthesia
(wn) | caudal anaesthesia
n 1: regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an
anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal; now
largely replaced by epidural anesthesia [syn: {caudal
anesthesia}, caudal anaesthesia, caudal block] |
caudal anesthesia
(wn) | caudal anesthesia
n 1: regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an
anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal; now
largely replaced by epidural anesthesia [syn: {caudal
anesthesia}, caudal anaesthesia, caudal block] |
caudal appendage
(wn) | caudal appendage
n 1: tail especially of a mammal posterior to and above the anus |
caudal block
(wn) | caudal block
n 1: regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an
anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal; now
largely replaced by epidural anesthesia [syn: {caudal
anesthesia}, caudal anaesthesia, caudal block] |
caudal fin
(wn) | caudal fin
n 1: the tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates [syn:
tail fin, caudal fin] |
caudal vertebra
(wn) | caudal vertebra
n 1: one of 4 vertebrae in the human coccyx [syn: {coccygeal
vertebra}, caudal vertebra] |
caudally
(wn) | caudally
adv 1: toward the posterior end of the body [syn: caudally,
caudal] |
caudata
(wn) | Caudata
n 1: salamanders; newts; congo snakes [syn: Urodella, {order
Urodella}, Caudata, order Caudata] |
caudate
(wn) | caudate
adj 1: having a tail or taillike appendage [syn: caudate,
caudated] [ant: acaudal, acaudate]
2: (of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip
n 1: a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle
of the brain [syn: caudate nucleus, caudate]
2: amphibians that resemble lizards [syn: urodele, caudate] |
caudate nucleus
(wn) | caudate nucleus
n 1: a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle
of the brain [syn: caudate nucleus, caudate] |
caudated
(wn) | caudated
adj 1: having a tail or taillike appendage [syn: caudate,
caudated] [ant: acaudal, acaudate] |
crotalus horridus atricaudatus
(wn) | Crotalus horridus atricaudatus
n 1: southern variety [syn: canebrake rattlesnake, {canebrake
rattler}, Crotalus horridus atricaudatus] |
diphylla ecaudata
(wn) | Diphylla ecaudata
n 1: similar in size and habits to Desmodus rotundus; of
tropical America including southern California and Texas
[syn: hairy-legged vampire bat, Diphylla ecaudata] |
indri brevicaudatus
(wn) | Indri brevicaudatus
n 1: large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky
fur in black and white and fawn [syn: indri, indris,
Indri indri, Indri brevicaudatus] |
order caudata
(wn) | order Caudata
n 1: salamanders; newts; congo snakes [syn: Urodella, {order
Urodella}, Caudata, order Caudata] |
sorghum vulgare caudatum
(wn) | Sorghum vulgare caudatum
n 1: a Sudanese sorghum having exceptionally large soft white
grains [syn: feterita, federita, {Sorghum vulgare
caudatum}] |
tenrec ecaudatus
(wn) | Tenrec ecaudatus
n 1: prolific animal that feeds chiefly on earthworms [syn:
tailless tenrec, Tenrec ecaudatus] |
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