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janus
(encz) | Janus,Janus n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
janus
(czen) | Janus,Janusn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Janus
(gcide) | Janus \Ja"nus\, n. [L. See January.] (Rom. Antiq.)
A Latin deity represented with two faces looking in opposite
directions. Numa is said to have dedicated to Janus the
covered passage at Rome, near the Forum, which is usually
called the Temple of Janus. This passage was open in war and
closed in peace. --Dr. W. Smith.
[1913 Webster]
Janus cloth, a fabric having both sides dressed, the sides
being of different colors, -- used for reversible
garments.
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janus
(wn) | Janus
n 1: (Roman mythology) the Roman god of doorways and passages;
is depicted with two faces on opposite sides of his head |
janus
(foldoc) | Janus
1. Distributed language with an ask/tell constraint system.
qdjanus is a Janus-to-Prolog compiler for Sicstus Prolog
and jc is compiles to C.
["Janus: A Step Towards Distributed Constraint Programming",
V. Saraswat et al in Logic
Programming: Proc 1990 North Am Conf, S. Debray et al eds, MIT
Press 1990].
["Programming in Janus", Saraswat, Kahn, and Levy].
2. W.M. Waite, U Colorado. Intermediate language, claimed as
an implementation of UNCOL. Used on CDC 6600.
["Experience with the Universal Intermediate Language Janus",
B.K. Haddon et al, Soft Prac & Exp 8(5):601- 616 (Sep 1978)].
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janus-faced
(encz) | Janus-faced, adj: |
Bojanus organ
(gcide) | Bojanus organ \Bo*ja"nus or"gan\ [From Bojanus, the discoverer.]
(Zool.)
A glandular organ of bivalve mollusca, serving in part as a
kidney.
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Cajanus
(gcide) | Cajanus \Cajanus\ n.
a genus of erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old
World tropics; naturalized in other warm regions.
Syn: genus Cajanus.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Cajanus Indicus
(gcide) | Pigeon \Pi"geon\, n. [F., fr. L. pipio a young pipping or
chirping bird, fr. pipire to peep, chirp. Cf. Peep to
chirp.]
1. (Zool.) Any bird of the order Columb[ae], of which
numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The common domestic pigeon, or dove, was derived from
the Old World rock pigeon or rock dove ({Columba
livia}), common in cities. It has given rise to
numerous very remarkable varieties, such as the
carrier, fantail, nun, pouter, tumbler, etc. The common
wild pigeon of the Eastern United States is the
Mourning dove (Zenaida macroura, called also
Carolina dove). Before the 19th century, the most
common pigeon was the passenger pigeon, but that
species is now extinct. See Passenger pigeon, and
Carolina dove under Dove. See, also, {Fruit
pigeon}, Ground pigeon, Queen pigeon, {Stock
pigeon}, under Fruit, Ground, etc.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull. [Slang]
[1913 Webster]
Blue pigeon (Zool.), an Australian passerine bird
(Graucalus melanops); -- called also black-faced crow.
Green pigeon (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Old
World pigeons belonging to the family Treronid[ae].
Imperial pigeon (Zool.), any one of the large Asiatic fruit
pigeons of the genus Carpophada.
Pigeon berry (Bot.), the purplish black fruit of the
pokeweed; also, the plant itself. See Pokeweed.
Pigeon English [perhaps a corruption of business English],
an extraordinary and grotesque dialect, employed in the
commercial cities of China, as the medium of communication
between foreign merchants and the Chinese. Its base is
English, with a mixture of Portuguese and Hindustani.
--Johnson's Cyc.
Pigeon grass (Bot.), a kind of foxtail grass ({Setaria
glauca}), of some value as fodder. The seeds are eagerly
eaten by pigeons and other birds.
Pigeon hawk. (Zool.)
(a) A small American falcon (Falco columbarius). The
adult male is dark slate-blue above, streaked with
black on the back; beneath, whitish or buff, streaked
with brown. The tail is banded.
(b) The American sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter velox or
Accipiter fuscus).
Pigeon hole.
(a) A hole for pigeons to enter a pigeon house.
(b) See Pigeonhole.
(c) pl. An old English game, in which balls were rolled
through little arches. --Halliwell.
Pigeon house, a dovecote.
Pigeon pea (Bot.), the seed of Cajanus Indicus; a kind of
pulse used for food in the East and West Indies; also, the
plant itself.
Pigeon plum (Bot.), the edible drupes of two West African
species of Chrysobalanus (Chrysobalanus ellipticus and
Chrysobalanus luteus).
Pigeon tremex. (Zool.) See under Tremex.
Pigeon wood (Bot.), a name in the West Indies for the wood
of several very different kinds of trees, species of
Dipholis, Diospyros, and Coccoloba.
Pigeon woodpecker (Zool.), the flicker.
Prairie pigeon. (Zool.)
(a) The upland plover.
(b) The golden plover. [Local, U.S.]
[1913 Webster]Angola pea \An*go"la pea`\ (Bot.)
A tropical plant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a
kind of pulse; -- so called from Angola in Western Africa.
Called also pigeon pea and Congo pea.
[1913 Webster]Dal \Dal\ (d[aum]l), n. [Hind.]
Split pulse, esp. of Cajanus Indicus. [East Indies]
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Cajanus indicus
(gcide) | Pigeon \Pi"geon\, n. [F., fr. L. pipio a young pipping or
chirping bird, fr. pipire to peep, chirp. Cf. Peep to
chirp.]
1. (Zool.) Any bird of the order Columb[ae], of which
numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The common domestic pigeon, or dove, was derived from
the Old World rock pigeon or rock dove ({Columba
livia}), common in cities. It has given rise to
numerous very remarkable varieties, such as the
carrier, fantail, nun, pouter, tumbler, etc. The common
wild pigeon of the Eastern United States is the
Mourning dove (Zenaida macroura, called also
Carolina dove). Before the 19th century, the most
common pigeon was the passenger pigeon, but that
species is now extinct. See Passenger pigeon, and
Carolina dove under Dove. See, also, {Fruit
pigeon}, Ground pigeon, Queen pigeon, {Stock
pigeon}, under Fruit, Ground, etc.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull. [Slang]
[1913 Webster]
Blue pigeon (Zool.), an Australian passerine bird
(Graucalus melanops); -- called also black-faced crow.
Green pigeon (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Old
World pigeons belonging to the family Treronid[ae].
Imperial pigeon (Zool.), any one of the large Asiatic fruit
pigeons of the genus Carpophada.
Pigeon berry (Bot.), the purplish black fruit of the
pokeweed; also, the plant itself. See Pokeweed.
Pigeon English [perhaps a corruption of business English],
an extraordinary and grotesque dialect, employed in the
commercial cities of China, as the medium of communication
between foreign merchants and the Chinese. Its base is
English, with a mixture of Portuguese and Hindustani.
--Johnson's Cyc.
Pigeon grass (Bot.), a kind of foxtail grass ({Setaria
glauca}), of some value as fodder. The seeds are eagerly
eaten by pigeons and other birds.
Pigeon hawk. (Zool.)
(a) A small American falcon (Falco columbarius). The
adult male is dark slate-blue above, streaked with
black on the back; beneath, whitish or buff, streaked
with brown. The tail is banded.
(b) The American sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter velox or
Accipiter fuscus).
Pigeon hole.
(a) A hole for pigeons to enter a pigeon house.
(b) See Pigeonhole.
(c) pl. An old English game, in which balls were rolled
through little arches. --Halliwell.
Pigeon house, a dovecote.
Pigeon pea (Bot.), the seed of Cajanus Indicus; a kind of
pulse used for food in the East and West Indies; also, the
plant itself.
Pigeon plum (Bot.), the edible drupes of two West African
species of Chrysobalanus (Chrysobalanus ellipticus and
Chrysobalanus luteus).
Pigeon tremex. (Zool.) See under Tremex.
Pigeon wood (Bot.), a name in the West Indies for the wood
of several very different kinds of trees, species of
Dipholis, Diospyros, and Coccoloba.
Pigeon woodpecker (Zool.), the flicker.
Prairie pigeon. (Zool.)
(a) The upland plover.
(b) The golden plover. [Local, U.S.]
[1913 Webster]Angola pea \An*go"la pea`\ (Bot.)
A tropical plant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a
kind of pulse; -- so called from Angola in Western Africa.
Called also pigeon pea and Congo pea.
[1913 Webster]Dal \Dal\ (d[aum]l), n. [Hind.]
Split pulse, esp. of Cajanus Indicus. [East Indies]
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Cajanus Indicus
(gcide) | Pigeon \Pi"geon\, n. [F., fr. L. pipio a young pipping or
chirping bird, fr. pipire to peep, chirp. Cf. Peep to
chirp.]
1. (Zool.) Any bird of the order Columb[ae], of which
numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The common domestic pigeon, or dove, was derived from
the Old World rock pigeon or rock dove ({Columba
livia}), common in cities. It has given rise to
numerous very remarkable varieties, such as the
carrier, fantail, nun, pouter, tumbler, etc. The common
wild pigeon of the Eastern United States is the
Mourning dove (Zenaida macroura, called also
Carolina dove). Before the 19th century, the most
common pigeon was the passenger pigeon, but that
species is now extinct. See Passenger pigeon, and
Carolina dove under Dove. See, also, {Fruit
pigeon}, Ground pigeon, Queen pigeon, {Stock
pigeon}, under Fruit, Ground, etc.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull. [Slang]
[1913 Webster]
Blue pigeon (Zool.), an Australian passerine bird
(Graucalus melanops); -- called also black-faced crow.
Green pigeon (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Old
World pigeons belonging to the family Treronid[ae].
Imperial pigeon (Zool.), any one of the large Asiatic fruit
pigeons of the genus Carpophada.
Pigeon berry (Bot.), the purplish black fruit of the
pokeweed; also, the plant itself. See Pokeweed.
Pigeon English [perhaps a corruption of business English],
an extraordinary and grotesque dialect, employed in the
commercial cities of China, as the medium of communication
between foreign merchants and the Chinese. Its base is
English, with a mixture of Portuguese and Hindustani.
--Johnson's Cyc.
Pigeon grass (Bot.), a kind of foxtail grass ({Setaria
glauca}), of some value as fodder. The seeds are eagerly
eaten by pigeons and other birds.
Pigeon hawk. (Zool.)
(a) A small American falcon (Falco columbarius). The
adult male is dark slate-blue above, streaked with
black on the back; beneath, whitish or buff, streaked
with brown. The tail is banded.
(b) The American sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter velox or
Accipiter fuscus).
Pigeon hole.
(a) A hole for pigeons to enter a pigeon house.
(b) See Pigeonhole.
(c) pl. An old English game, in which balls were rolled
through little arches. --Halliwell.
Pigeon house, a dovecote.
Pigeon pea (Bot.), the seed of Cajanus Indicus; a kind of
pulse used for food in the East and West Indies; also, the
plant itself.
Pigeon plum (Bot.), the edible drupes of two West African
species of Chrysobalanus (Chrysobalanus ellipticus and
Chrysobalanus luteus).
Pigeon tremex. (Zool.) See under Tremex.
Pigeon wood (Bot.), a name in the West Indies for the wood
of several very different kinds of trees, species of
Dipholis, Diospyros, and Coccoloba.
Pigeon woodpecker (Zool.), the flicker.
Prairie pigeon. (Zool.)
(a) The upland plover.
(b) The golden plover. [Local, U.S.]
[1913 Webster]Angola pea \An*go"la pea`\ (Bot.)
A tropical plant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a
kind of pulse; -- so called from Angola in Western Africa.
Called also pigeon pea and Congo pea.
[1913 Webster]Dal \Dal\ (d[aum]l), n. [Hind.]
Split pulse, esp. of Cajanus Indicus. [East Indies]
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Janus
(gcide) | Janus \Ja"nus\, n. [L. See January.] (Rom. Antiq.)
A Latin deity represented with two faces looking in opposite
directions. Numa is said to have dedicated to Janus the
covered passage at Rome, near the Forum, which is usually
called the Temple of Janus. This passage was open in war and
closed in peace. --Dr. W. Smith.
[1913 Webster]
Janus cloth, a fabric having both sides dressed, the sides
being of different colors, -- used for reversible
garments.
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Janus cloth
(gcide) | Janus \Ja"nus\, n. [L. See January.] (Rom. Antiq.)
A Latin deity represented with two faces looking in opposite
directions. Numa is said to have dedicated to Janus the
covered passage at Rome, near the Forum, which is usually
called the Temple of Janus. This passage was open in war and
closed in peace. --Dr. W. Smith.
[1913 Webster]
Janus cloth, a fabric having both sides dressed, the sides
being of different colors, -- used for reversible
garments.
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Janus-faced
(gcide) | Janus-faced \Ja"nus-faced`\, a.
Double-faced; deceitful.
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Janus-faced lock, one having duplicate faces so as to go
upon a right or a left hand door, the key entering on
either side indifferently. --Knight.
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Janus-faced lock
(gcide) | Janus-faced \Ja"nus-faced`\, a.
Double-faced; deceitful.
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Janus-faced lock, one having duplicate faces so as to go
upon a right or a left hand door, the key entering on
either side indifferently. --Knight.
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Janus-headed
(gcide) | Janus-headed \Ja"nus-head`ed\, a.
Double-headed.
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Lutjanus analis
(gcide) | muttonfish \muttonfish\ n.
A fish (Lutjanus analis) similar to and often marketed as
"red snapper".
Syn: mutton snapper, Lutjanus analis.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Lutjanus aya
(gcide) | Snapper \Snap"per\, n.
1. One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of
trifles; the snapper of a whip.
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2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of large sparoid food
fishes of the genus Lutjanus, abundant on the southern
coasts of the United States and on both coasts of tropical
America.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The red snapper (Lutjanus aya syn. {Lutjanus
Blackfordi}) and the gray, or mangrove, snapper
(Lutjanus griseus) are large and abundant species.
The name is loosely applied to various other fishes, as
the bluefish, the rosefish, the red grouper, etc. See
Rosefish.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Zool.) A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper.
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4. (Zool.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
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5. (Zool.) A snap beetle.
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6. (Teleg.) A device with a flexible metal tongue for
producing clicks like those of the sounder.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
7. A string bean. [Colloq., U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Red \Red\, a. [Compar. Redder (-d?r); superl. Reddest.] [OE.
red, reed, AS. re['a]d, re['o]d; akin to OS. r[=o]d, OFries.
r[=a]d, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. r[=o]t, Dan. & Sw.
r["o]d, Icel. rau[eth]r, rj[=o][eth]r, Goth. r['a]uds, W.
rhudd, Armor. ruz, Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber, rufus, Gr.
'eryqro`s, Skr. rudhira, rohita; cf. L. rutilus. [root]113.
Cf. Erysipelas, Rouge, Rubric, Ruby, Ruddy,
Russet, Rust.]
Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of
the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar
spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part. "Fresh
flowers, white and reede." --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Red is a general term, including many different shades
or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red,
and the like.
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Note: Red is often used in the formation of self-explaining
compounds; as, red-breasted, red-cheeked, red-faced,
red-haired, red-headed, red-skinned, red-tailed,
red-topped, red-whiskered, red-coasted.
[1913 Webster]
Red admiral (Zool.), a beautiful butterfly ({Vanessa
Atalanta}) common in both Europe and America. The front
wings are crossed by a broad orange red band. The larva
feeds on nettles. Called also Atalanta butterfly, and
nettle butterfly.
Red ant. (Zool.)
(a) A very small ant (Myrmica molesta) which often infests
houses.
(b) A larger reddish ant (Formica sanguinea), native of
Europe and America. It is one of the slave-making
species.
Red antimony (Min.), kermesite. See Kermes mineral
(b), under Kermes.
Red ash (Bot.), an American tree (Fraxinus pubescens),
smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber.
--Cray.
Red bass. (Zool.) See Redfish
(d) .
Red bay (Bot.), a tree (Persea Caroliniensis) having the
heartwood red, found in swamps in the Southern United
States.
Red beard (Zool.), a bright red sponge ({Microciona
prolifera}), common on oyster shells and stones. [Local,
U.S.]
Red birch (Bot.), a species of birch (Betula nigra)
having reddish brown bark, and compact, light-colored
wood. --Gray.
Red blindness. (Med.) See Daltonism.
Red book, a book containing the names of all the persons in
the service of the state. [Eng.]
Red book of the Exchequer, an ancient record in which are
registered the names of all that held lands per baroniam
in the time of Henry II. --Brande & C.
Red brass, an alloy containing eight parts of copper and
three of zinc.
Red bug. (Zool.)
(a) A very small mite which in Florida attacks man, and
produces great irritation by its bites.
(b) A red hemipterous insect of the genus Pyrrhocoris,
especially the European species (Pyrrhocoris apterus),
which is bright scarlet and lives in clusters on tree
trunks.
(c) See Cotton stainder, under Cotton.
Red cedar. (Bot.) An evergreen North American tree
(Juniperus Virginiana) having a fragrant red-colored
heartwood.
(b) A tree of India and Australia (Cedrela Toona) having
fragrant reddish wood; -- called also toon tree in
India.
Red horse. (Zool.)
(a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially
Moxostoma macrolepidotum and allied species.
(b) See the Note under Drumfish.
Red lead.
(Chem) See under Lead, and Minium.
Red-lead ore. (Min.) Same as Crocoite.
Red liquor (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of
aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of
dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used
originally for red dyestuffs. Called also red mordant.
Red maggot (Zool.), the larva of the wheat midge.
Red manganese. (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite.
Red man, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his
color.
Red maple (Bot.), a species of maple (Acer rubrum). See
Maple.
Red mite. (Zool.) See Red spider, below.
Red mulberry (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple
color (Morus rubra).
Red mullet (Zool.), the surmullet. See Mullet.
Red ocher (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a
reddish color.
Red perch (Zool.), the rosefish.
Red phosphorus. (Chem.) See under Phosphorus.
Red pine (Bot.), an American species of pine ({Pinus
resinosa}); -- so named from its reddish bark.
Red precipitate. See under Precipitate.
Red Republican (European Politics), originally, one who
maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, --
because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an
extreme radical in social reform. [Cant]
Red ribbon, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England.
Red sanders. (Bot.) See Sanders.
Red sandstone. (Geol.) See under Sandstone.
Red scale (Zool.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus aurantii)
very injurious to the orange tree in California and
Australia.
Red silver (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or
reddish black color. It includes proustite, or light red
silver, and pyrargyrite, or dark red silver.
Red snapper (Zool.), a large fish (Lutjanus aya syn.
Lutjanus Blackfordii) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and
about the Florida reefs.
Red snow, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga
(Protococcus nivalis) which produces large patches of
scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions.
Red softening (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which
the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to
infarction or inflammation.
Red spider (Zool.), a very small web-spinning mite
(Tetranychus telarius) which infests, and often
destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those
cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly
on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn
yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red.
Called also red mite.
Red squirrel (Zool.), the chickaree.
Red tape,
(a) the tape used in public offices for tying up documents,
etc. Hence,
(b) official formality and delay; excessive bureaucratic
paperwork.
Red underwing (Zool.), any species of noctuid moths
belonging to Catacola and allied genera. The numerous
species are mostly large and handsomely colored. The under
wings are commonly banded with bright red or orange.
Red water, a disease in cattle, so called from an
appearance like blood in the urine.
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Lutjanus Blackfordi
(gcide) | Snapper \Snap"per\, n.
1. One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of
trifles; the snapper of a whip.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of large sparoid food
fishes of the genus Lutjanus, abundant on the southern
coasts of the United States and on both coasts of tropical
America.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The red snapper (Lutjanus aya syn. {Lutjanus
Blackfordi}) and the gray, or mangrove, snapper
(Lutjanus griseus) are large and abundant species.
The name is loosely applied to various other fishes, as
the bluefish, the rosefish, the red grouper, etc. See
Rosefish.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Zool.) A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Zool.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Zool.) A snap beetle.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Teleg.) A device with a flexible metal tongue for
producing clicks like those of the sounder.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
7. A string bean. [Colloq., U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Lutjanus Blackfordii
(gcide) | Red \Red\, a. [Compar. Redder (-d?r); superl. Reddest.] [OE.
red, reed, AS. re['a]d, re['o]d; akin to OS. r[=o]d, OFries.
r[=a]d, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. r[=o]t, Dan. & Sw.
r["o]d, Icel. rau[eth]r, rj[=o][eth]r, Goth. r['a]uds, W.
rhudd, Armor. ruz, Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber, rufus, Gr.
'eryqro`s, Skr. rudhira, rohita; cf. L. rutilus. [root]113.
Cf. Erysipelas, Rouge, Rubric, Ruby, Ruddy,
Russet, Rust.]
Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of
the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar
spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part. "Fresh
flowers, white and reede." --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Red is a general term, including many different shades
or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red,
and the like.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Red is often used in the formation of self-explaining
compounds; as, red-breasted, red-cheeked, red-faced,
red-haired, red-headed, red-skinned, red-tailed,
red-topped, red-whiskered, red-coasted.
[1913 Webster]
Red admiral (Zool.), a beautiful butterfly ({Vanessa
Atalanta}) common in both Europe and America. The front
wings are crossed by a broad orange red band. The larva
feeds on nettles. Called also Atalanta butterfly, and
nettle butterfly.
Red ant. (Zool.)
(a) A very small ant (Myrmica molesta) which often infests
houses.
(b) A larger reddish ant (Formica sanguinea), native of
Europe and America. It is one of the slave-making
species.
Red antimony (Min.), kermesite. See Kermes mineral
(b), under Kermes.
Red ash (Bot.), an American tree (Fraxinus pubescens),
smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber.
--Cray.
Red bass. (Zool.) See Redfish
(d) .
Red bay (Bot.), a tree (Persea Caroliniensis) having the
heartwood red, found in swamps in the Southern United
States.
Red beard (Zool.), a bright red sponge ({Microciona
prolifera}), common on oyster shells and stones. [Local,
U.S.]
Red birch (Bot.), a species of birch (Betula nigra)
having reddish brown bark, and compact, light-colored
wood. --Gray.
Red blindness. (Med.) See Daltonism.
Red book, a book containing the names of all the persons in
the service of the state. [Eng.]
Red book of the Exchequer, an ancient record in which are
registered the names of all that held lands per baroniam
in the time of Henry II. --Brande & C.
Red brass, an alloy containing eight parts of copper and
three of zinc.
Red bug. (Zool.)
(a) A very small mite which in Florida attacks man, and
produces great irritation by its bites.
(b) A red hemipterous insect of the genus Pyrrhocoris,
especially the European species (Pyrrhocoris apterus),
which is bright scarlet and lives in clusters on tree
trunks.
(c) See Cotton stainder, under Cotton.
Red cedar. (Bot.) An evergreen North American tree
(Juniperus Virginiana) having a fragrant red-colored
heartwood.
(b) A tree of India and Australia (Cedrela Toona) having
fragrant reddish wood; -- called also toon tree in
India.
Red horse. (Zool.)
(a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially
Moxostoma macrolepidotum and allied species.
(b) See the Note under Drumfish.
Red lead.
(Chem) See under Lead, and Minium.
Red-lead ore. (Min.) Same as Crocoite.
Red liquor (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of
aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of
dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used
originally for red dyestuffs. Called also red mordant.
Red maggot (Zool.), the larva of the wheat midge.
Red manganese. (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite.
Red man, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his
color.
Red maple (Bot.), a species of maple (Acer rubrum). See
Maple.
Red mite. (Zool.) See Red spider, below.
Red mulberry (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple
color (Morus rubra).
Red mullet (Zool.), the surmullet. See Mullet.
Red ocher (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a
reddish color.
Red perch (Zool.), the rosefish.
Red phosphorus. (Chem.) See under Phosphorus.
Red pine (Bot.), an American species of pine ({Pinus
resinosa}); -- so named from its reddish bark.
Red precipitate. See under Precipitate.
Red Republican (European Politics), originally, one who
maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, --
because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an
extreme radical in social reform. [Cant]
Red ribbon, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England.
Red sanders. (Bot.) See Sanders.
Red sandstone. (Geol.) See under Sandstone.
Red scale (Zool.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus aurantii)
very injurious to the orange tree in California and
Australia.
Red silver (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or
reddish black color. It includes proustite, or light red
silver, and pyrargyrite, or dark red silver.
Red snapper (Zool.), a large fish (Lutjanus aya syn.
Lutjanus Blackfordii) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and
about the Florida reefs.
Red snow, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga
(Protococcus nivalis) which produces large patches of
scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions.
Red softening (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which
the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to
infarction or inflammation.
Red spider (Zool.), a very small web-spinning mite
(Tetranychus telarius) which infests, and often
destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those
cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly
on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn
yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red.
Called also red mite.
Red squirrel (Zool.), the chickaree.
Red tape,
(a) the tape used in public offices for tying up documents,
etc. Hence,
(b) official formality and delay; excessive bureaucratic
paperwork.
Red underwing (Zool.), any species of noctuid moths
belonging to Catacola and allied genera. The numerous
species are mostly large and handsomely colored. The under
wings are commonly banded with bright red or orange.
Red water, a disease in cattle, so called from an
appearance like blood in the urine.
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Lutjanus griseus
(gcide) | Snapper \Snap"per\, n.
1. One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of
trifles; the snapper of a whip.
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2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of large sparoid food
fishes of the genus Lutjanus, abundant on the southern
coasts of the United States and on both coasts of tropical
America.
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Note: The red snapper (Lutjanus aya syn. {Lutjanus
Blackfordi}) and the gray, or mangrove, snapper
(Lutjanus griseus) are large and abundant species.
The name is loosely applied to various other fishes, as
the bluefish, the rosefish, the red grouper, etc. See
Rosefish.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Zool.) A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Zool.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Zool.) A snap beetle.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Teleg.) A device with a flexible metal tongue for
producing clicks like those of the sounder.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
7. A string bean. [Colloq., U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]mangrove snapper \mangrove snapper\ n.
A fish (Lutjanus griseus) found in shallow waters off the
coast of Florida; called also gray snapper.
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cajanus
(wn) | Cajanus
n 1: erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World
tropics; naturalized in other warm regions [syn: Cajanus,
genus Cajanus] |
cajanus cajan
(wn) | Cajanus cajan
n 1: tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat
pods; much cultivated in the tropics [syn: pigeon pea,
pigeon-pea plant, cajan pea, catjang pea, red gram,
dhal, dahl, Cajanus cajan] |
genus cajanus
(wn) | genus Cajanus
n 1: erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World
tropics; naturalized in other warm regions [syn: Cajanus,
genus Cajanus] |
genus lutjanus
(wn) | genus Lutjanus
n 1: type genus of the Lutjanidae: snappers [syn: Lutjanus,
genus Lutjanus] |
janus-faced
(wn) | Janus-faced
adj 1: having or concerned with polarities or contrasts; "a
Janus-faced view of history"; "a Janus-faced policy"
2: marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending
one set of feelings and acting under the influence of
another; "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel
Zangwill; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced
infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray [syn:
ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous,
Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued]
3: having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the
past; "Janus the two-faced god" [syn: Janus-faced, {two-
faced}] |
lutjanus
(wn) | Lutjanus
n 1: type genus of the Lutjanidae: snappers [syn: Lutjanus,
genus Lutjanus] |
lutjanus analis
(wn) | Lutjanus analis
n 1: similar to and often marketed as `red snapper'; [syn:
mutton snapper, muttonfish, Lutjanus analis] |
lutjanus apodus
(wn) | Lutjanus apodus
n 1: food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters [syn:
schoolmaster, Lutjanus apodus] |
lutjanus blackfordi
(wn) | Lutjanus blackfordi
n 1: an esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body;
common in the Atlantic coastal waters of North America and
the Gulf of Mexico [syn: red snapper, {Lutjanus
blackfordi}] |
lutjanus griseus
(wn) | Lutjanus griseus
n 1: found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida [syn:
grey snapper, gray snapper, mangrove snapper,
Lutjanus griseus] |
pictorial janus
(foldoc) | Pictorial Janus
K. Kahn, Xerox. Visual extension of Janus. Requires
Strand88 and a PostScript interpreter.
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qdjanus
(foldoc) | qdjanus
A Janus-to-Prolog compiler by Saumya Debray
. It is meant to be used with {Sicstus
Prolog} and is mostly compliant with "Programming in Janus" by
Saraswat, Kahn, and Levy.
(ftp://cs.arizona.edu/janus/qdjanus/).
(1992-05-18)
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