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paca
(encz) | paca,paka n: [zoo.] hlodavec (Cuniculus paca) Petr Prášek |
paca
(gcide) | paca \pa"ca\ (Pg. p[aum]"k[.a]; E. p[=a]"k[.a]), n. [Pg., from
the native name.]
1. (Zool.) A large burrowing South American rodent ({Agouti
paca} syn. Cuniculus paca, formerly {C[oe]logenys
paca}), having blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows
of white spots along its sides; the spotted cavy. It is
closely allied to the agouti and the Guinea pig and is
highly esteemed as food.
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paca
(wn) | paca
n 1: large burrowing rodent of South America and Central
America; highly esteemed as food [syn: paca, {Cuniculus
paca}] |
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alpaca
(encz) | alpaca,alpaka n: Zdeněk Brož |
mountain paca
(encz) | mountain paca, n: |
pacaf
(encz) | PACAF,Pacific Air Force [zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
waupaca
(encz) | Waupaca,okres v USA n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Agouti paca
(gcide) | paca \pa"ca\ (Pg. p[aum]"k[.a]; E. p[=a]"k[.a]), n. [Pg., from
the native name.]
1. (Zool.) A large burrowing South American rodent ({Agouti
paca} syn. Cuniculus paca, formerly {C[oe]logenys
paca}), having blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows
of white spots along its sides; the spotted cavy. It is
closely allied to the agouti and the Guinea pig and is
highly esteemed as food.
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Alpaca
(gcide) | Alpaca \Al*pac"a\, n. [Sp. alpaca, fr. the original Peruvian
name of the animal. Cf. Paco.]
1. (Zool.) An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long,
fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated
variety of the llama.
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2. Wool of the alpaca.
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3. A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca,
often mixed with silk or with cotton.
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Coelogenys paca
(gcide) | paca \pa"ca\ (Pg. p[aum]"k[.a]; E. p[=a]"k[.a]), n. [Pg., from
the native name.]
1. (Zool.) A large burrowing South American rodent ({Agouti
paca} syn. Cuniculus paca, formerly {C[oe]logenys
paca}), having blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows
of white spots along its sides; the spotted cavy. It is
closely allied to the agouti and the Guinea pig and is
highly esteemed as food.
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Cuniculus paca
(gcide) | paca \pa"ca\ (Pg. p[aum]"k[.a]; E. p[=a]"k[.a]), n. [Pg., from
the native name.]
1. (Zool.) A large burrowing South American rodent ({Agouti
paca} syn. Cuniculus paca, formerly {C[oe]logenys
paca}), having blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows
of white spots along its sides; the spotted cavy. It is
closely allied to the agouti and the Guinea pig and is
highly esteemed as food.
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Ilex opaca
(gcide) | Holly \Hol"ly\ (h[o^]l"l[y^]), n. [OE holi, holin, AS. holen,
holegn; akin to D. & G. hulst, OHG. huls hulis, W. celyn,
Armor. kelen, Gael. cuilionn, Ir. cuileann. Cf. 1st Holm,
Hulver.]
1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus Ilex. The European
species (Ilex Aquifolium) is best known, having glossy
green leaves, with a spiny, waved edge, and bearing
berries that turn red or yellow about Michaelmas.
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Note: The holly is much used to adorn churches and houses, at
Christmas time, and hence is associated with scenes of
good will and rejoicing. It is an evergreen tree, and
has a finegrained, heavy, white wood. Its bark is used
as a febrifuge, and the berries are violently purgative
and emetic. The American holly is the Ilex opaca, and
is found along the coast of the United States, from
Maine southward. --Gray.
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2. (Bot.) The holm oak. See 1st Holm.
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Holly-leaved oak (Bot.), the black scrub oak. See {Scrub
oak}.
Holly rose (Bot.), a West Indian shrub, with showy, yellow
flowers (Turnera ulmifolia).
Sea holly (Bot.), a species of Eryngium. See Eryngium.
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Impacable
(gcide) | Impacable \Im*pa"ca*ble\, a. [L. pref. im- not + pacare to
quiet. See Pacate.]
Not to be appeased or quieted. [Obs.] --Spenser. --
Im*pa"ca*bly, adv.
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Impacably
(gcide) | Impacable \Im*pa"ca*ble\, a. [L. pref. im- not + pacare to
quiet. See Pacate.]
Not to be appeased or quieted. [Obs.] --Spenser. --
Im*pa"ca*bly, adv.
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Opacate
(gcide) | Opacate \O*pa"cate\, v. t. [L. opacatus, p. p. of opacare.]
To darken; to cloud. [Obs.] --Boyle.
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Pacable
(gcide) | Pacable \Pa"ca*ble\, a. [L. pacare to pacify.]
Placable. [R.] --Coleridge.
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Pacane
(gcide) | Pacane \Pa*cane"\, n. (Bot.)
A species of hickory. See Pecan.
[1913 Webster]Pecan \Pe*can"\ (p[-e]*k[a^]n"), n. [Cf. F. pacane the nut.]
(Bot.)
A species of hickory (Carya oliv[ae]formis), growing in
North America, chiefly in the Mississippi valley and in
Texas, where it is one of the largest of forest trees; also,
its fruit, a smooth, oblong nut, an inch or an inch and a
half long, with a thin shell and well-flavored meat. [Written
also pacane.]
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pacane
(gcide) | Pacane \Pa*cane"\, n. (Bot.)
A species of hickory. See Pecan.
[1913 Webster]Pecan \Pe*can"\ (p[-e]*k[a^]n"), n. [Cf. F. pacane the nut.]
(Bot.)
A species of hickory (Carya oliv[ae]formis), growing in
North America, chiefly in the Mississippi valley and in
Texas, where it is one of the largest of forest trees; also,
its fruit, a smooth, oblong nut, an inch or an inch and a
half long, with a thin shell and well-flavored meat. [Written
also pacane.]
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pacate
(gcide) | pacate \pa"cate\ (p[=a]"k[asl]t), a. [L. pacatus, p. p. of
pacare to pacify, fr. pax, pacis, peace. See Pay to
requite, Peace.]
Appeased; pacified; placated; tranquil. [R.]
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pacated
(gcide) | pacated \pa"ca*ted\ (p[=a]"k[asl]*t[e^]d), a.
Pacified; pacate; placated.
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Pacation
(gcide) | Pacation \Pa*ca"tion\, n. [L. pacatio.]
The act of pacifying; a peacemaking. --Coleridge.
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alpaca
(wn) | alpaca
n 1: wool of the alpaca
2: a thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the Lama pacos, or
made of a rayon or cotton imitation of that wool
3: domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a
domesticated variety of the guanaco [syn: alpaca, {Lama
pacos}] |
cuniculus paca
(wn) | Cuniculus paca
n 1: large burrowing rodent of South America and Central
America; highly esteemed as food [syn: paca, {Cuniculus
paca}] |
mountain paca
(wn) | mountain paca
n 1: rodent of mountains of western South America |
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