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malacca
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Malacca
(gcide) | Malacca \Ma*lac"ca\, n.
A town and district upon the seacoast of the Malay Peninsula.
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malacca
(wn) | malacca
n 1: stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella
handles
2: a cane made from the stem of a rattan palm [syn: malacca,
malacca cane] |
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malacca cane
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Malacca
(gcide) | Malacca \Ma*lac"ca\, n.
A town and district upon the seacoast of the Malay Peninsula.
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malacca cane
(gcide) | malacca cane \malacca cane\ n. (Bot.),
A walking cane made from the stem of a species of palm of the
genus Calamus (Calamus Scipionum), and of a brown color,
often mottled. The plant is a native of Cochin China,
Sumatra, and Malays.
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Malacca weasel
(gcide) | Rasse \Rasse\ (r[a^]s), n. [Cf. Malay r[=a]sa taste, sensation.]
(Zool.)
A carnivore (Viverricula Mallaccensis) allied to the civet
but smaller, native of China and the East Indies. It
furnishes a perfume resembling that of the civet, which is
highly prized by the Javanese. Called also Malacca weasel,
and lesser civet.
[1913 Webster]Weasel \Wea"sel\, n. [OE. wesele, AS. wesle; akin to D. wezel,
G. wiesel, OHG. wisala, Icel. hreyiv[imac]sla, Dan.
v[aum]sel, Sw. vessla; of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. ?, ?,
cat, weasel.] (Zool.)
Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to
the genus Putorius, as the ermine and ferret. They have a
slender, elongated body, and are noted for the quickness of
their movements and for their bloodthirsty habit in
destroying poultry, rats, etc. The ermine and some other
species are brown in summer, and turn white in winter; others
are brown at all seasons.
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Malacca weasel, the rasse.
Weasel coot, a female or young male of the smew; -- so
called from the resemblance of the head to that of a
weasel. Called also weasel duck.
Weasel lemur, a short-tailed lemur ({Lepilemur
mustelinus}). It is reddish brown above, grayish brown
below, with the throat white.
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malacca cane
(wn) | malacca cane
n 1: a cane made from the stem of a rattan palm [syn: malacca,
malacca cane] |
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