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palma
(czen) | palma,lena palm tree nebess1 |
palma
(czen) | palma,palmn: |
palma
(czen) | palma,palm tree Martin Král |
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order palmales
(encz) | order Palmales, n: |
palma christ
(encz) | palma christ, n: |
palma christi
(encz) | palma christi, n: |
palmar
(encz) | palmar,dlaňový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
palmate
(encz) | palmate, |
palmate leaf
(encz) | palmate leaf, n: |
palmately
(encz) | palmately, adv: |
palmatifid
(encz) | palmatifid, adj: |
palmature
(encz) | palmature, n: |
kokosová palma
(czen) | kokosová palma,cocon: Zdeněk Brožkokosová palma,coconut palmn: IvČa |
ságová palma
(czen) | ságová palma,sago palmn: xHire |
Aegialitis semipalmata
(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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ring, OHG. ring, hring, Icel. hringr, DAn. & SW. ring; cf.
Russ. krug'. Cf. Harangue, Rank a row,Rink.]
A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a
circular line or hoop.
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2. Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other
precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the
ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a
wedding ring.
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Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer.
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The dearest ring in Venice will I give you. --Shak.
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3. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports
are performed; an arena.
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Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring,
Where youthful charioteers contend for glory. --E.
Smith.
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4. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence,
figuratively, prize fighting. "The road was an
institution, the ring was an institution." --Thackeray.
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5. A circular group of persons.
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And hears the Muses in a ring
Aye round about Jove's alter sing. --Milton.
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6. (Geom.)
(a) The plane figure included between the circumferences
of two concentric circles.
(b) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or
other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an
axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other
figure.
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7. (Astron. & Navigation) An instrument, formerly used for
taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring
suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through
which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the
graduated inner surface opposite.
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8. (Bot.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the
spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of Sporangium.
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9. A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a
selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute
offices, obtain contracts, etc.
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The ruling ring at Constantinople. --E. A.
Freeman.
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Ring armor, armor composed of rings of metal. See {Ring
mail}, below, and Chain mail, under Chain.
Ring blackbird (Zool.), the ring ousel.
Ring canal (Zool.), the circular water tube which surrounds
the esophagus of echinoderms.
Ring dotterel, or Ringed dotterel. (Zool.) See
Dotterel, and Illust. of Pressiroster.
Ring dropper, a sharper who pretends to have found a ring
(dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy
it as valuable, it being worthless.
Ring fence. See under Fence.
Ring finger, the third finger of the left hand, or the next
the little finger, on which the ring is placed in
marriage.
Ring formula (Chem.), a graphic formula in the shape of a
closed ring, as in the case of benzene, pyridine, etc. See
Illust. under Benzene.
Ring mail, a kind of mail made of small steel rings sewed
upon a garment of leather or of cloth.
Ring micrometer. (Astron.) See Circular micrometer, under
Micrometer.
Saturn's rings. See Saturn.
Ring ousel. (Zool.) See Ousel.
Ring parrot (Zool.), any one of several species of Old
World parrakeets having a red ring around the neck,
especially Palaeornis torquatus, common in India, and
Palaeornis Alexandri of Java.
Ring plover. (Zool.)
(a) The ringed dotterel.
(b) Any one of several small American plovers having a
dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover
(Aegialitis semipalmata).
Ring snake (Zool.), a small harmless American snake
(Diadophis punctatus) having a white ring around the
neck. The back is ash-colored, or sage green, the belly of
an orange red.
Ring stopper. (Naut.) See under Stopper.
Ring thrush (Zool.), the ring ousel.
The prize ring, the ring in which prize fighters contend;
prize fighters, collectively.
The ring.
(a) The body of sporting men who bet on horse races.
[Eng.]
(b) The prize ring.
[1913 Webster]Ringneck \Ring"neck`\, n.
1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of small plovers of the
genus Aegialitis, having a ring around the neck. The
ring is black in summer, but becomes brown or gray in
winter. The semipalmated plover (Aegialitis semipalmata)
and the piping plover (Aegialitis meloda) are common
North American species. Called also ring plover, and
ring-necked plover.
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2. (Zool.) The ring-necked duck.
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Anseranas semipalmata
(gcide) | Goose \Goose\ (g[=oo]s), n.; pl. Geese (g[=e]s). [OE. gos, AS.
g[=o]s, pl. g[=e]s; akin to D. & G. gans, Icel. g[=a]s, Dan.
gaas, Sw. g[*a]s, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L. anser, for
hanser, Gr. chh`n, Skr. ha[.m]sa. [root]233. Cf. Gander,
Gannet, Ganza, Gosling.] (Zool.)
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1. Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserin[ae],
and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several
allied genera. See Anseres.
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Note: The common domestic goose is believed to have been
derived from the European graylag goose ({Anser
anser}). The bean goose (A. segetum), the American
wild or Canada goose (Branta Canadensis), and the
bernicle goose (Branta leucopsis) are well known
species. The American white or snow geese and the blue
goose belong to the genus Chen. See Bernicle,
Emperor goose, under Emperor, Snow goose, {Wild
goose}, Brant.
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2. Any large bird of other related families, resembling the
common goose.
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Note: The Egyptian or fox goose (Alopochen Aegyptiaca) and
the African spur-winged geese (Plectropterus) belong
to the family Plectropterid[ae]. The Australian
semipalmated goose (Anseranas semipalmata) and Cape
Barren goose (Cereopsis Nov[ae]-Hollandi[ae]) are
very different from northern geese, and each is made
the type of a distinct family. Both are domesticated in
Australia.
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3. A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle,
which resembles the neck of a goose.
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4. A silly creature; a simpleton.
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5. A game played with counters on a board divided into
compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.
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The pictures placed for ornament and use,
The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.
--Goldsmith.
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A wild goose chase, an attempt to accomplish something
impossible or unlikely of attainment.
Fen goose. See under Fen.
Goose barnacle (Zool.), any pedunculated barnacle of the
genus Anatifa or Lepas; -- called also {duck
barnacle}. See Barnacle, and Cirripedia.
Goose cap, a silly person. [Obs.] --Beau. & .
Goose corn (Bot.), a coarse kind of rush ({Juncus
squarrosus}).
Goose feast, Michaelmas. [Colloq. Eng.]
Goose grass. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Galium (G. Aparine), a
favorite food of geese; -- called also catchweed and
cleavers.
(b) A species of knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).
(c) The annual spear grass (Poa annua).
Goose neck, anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved
like the neck of a goose; specially (Naut.), an iron hook
connecting a spar with a mast.
Goose quill, a large feather or quill of a goose; also, a
pen made from it.
Goose skin. See Goose flesh, above.
Goose tongue (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea
ptarmica}), growing wild in the British islands.
Sea goose. (Zool.) See Phalarope.
Solan goose. (Zool.) See Gannet.
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Bipalmate
(gcide) | Bipalmate \Bi*pal"mate\, a. [Pref. bi- + palmate.] (Bot.)
Palmately branched, with the branches again palmated.
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Calandra palmarum
(gcide) | Grugru worm \Gru"gru worm"\ (Zool.)
The larva or grub of a large South American beetle ({Calandra
palmarum}), which lives in the pith of palm trees and sugar
cane. It is eaten by the natives, and esteemed a delicacy.
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Carludovica palmata
(gcide) | Panama hat \Pan`a*ma" hat`\
A fine plaited hat, made in Central America of the young
leaves of a plant (Carludovica palmata).
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Cocculus palmatus
(gcide) | Calumba \Ca*lum"ba\, n. [from kalumb, its native name in
Mozambique.] (Med.)
The root of a plant (Jateorrhiza Calumba, and probably
Cocculus palmatus), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an
unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and
antiseptic. [Written also colombo, columbo, and
calombo.]
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American calumba, the Frasera Carolinensis, also called
American gentian. Its root has been used in medicine as
bitter tonic in place of calumba.
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Dendroica palmarum
(gcide) | Redpoll \Red"poll`\ (-p?l`), n. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of small northern finches of
the genus Acanthis (formerly Aegiothus), native of
Europe and America. The adults have the crown red or
rosy. The male of the most common species ({Acanthis
linarius}) has also the breast and rump rosy. Called also
redpoll linnet. See Illust. under Linnet.
(b) The common European linnet.
(c) The American redpoll warbler (Dendroica palmarum).
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Fissipalmate
(gcide) | Fissipalmate \Fis`si*pal"mate\, a. [L. fissus (p. p. of findere
to split) + palma palm.] (Zool.)
Semipalmate and loboped, as a grebe's foot. See Illust. under
Aves.
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Lygodium palmatum
(gcide) | Lygodium \Ly*go"di*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? flexible; ? a willow
twig + e'i^dos form.] (Bot.)
A genus of ferns with twining or climbing fronds, bearing
stalked and variously-lobed divisions in pairs.
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Note: Lygodium palmatum, much prized for indoor ornament,
inhabits shaded and moist grassy places, from
Massachusetts to Virginia and Kentucky, and sparingly
southwards.
[1913 Webster]Fern \Fern\ (f[~e]rn), n. [AS. fearn; akin to D. varen, G. farn,
farnkraut; cf. Skr. par[.n]a wing, feather, leaf, sort of
plant, or Lith. papartis fern.] (Bot.)
An order of cryptogamous plants, the Filices, which have
their fructification on the back of the fronds or leaves.
They are usually found in humid soil, sometimes grow
epiphytically on trees, and in tropical climates often attain
a gigantic size.
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Note: The plants are asexual, and bear clustered sporangia,
containing minute spores, which germinate and form
prothalli, on which are borne the true organs of
reproduction. The brake or bracken, the maidenhair, and
the polypody are all well known ferns.
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Christmas fern. See under Christmas.
Climbing fern (Bot.), a delicate North American fern
(Lygodium palmatum), which climbs several feet high over
bushes, etc., and is much sought for purposes of
decoration.
Fern owl. (Zool.)
(a) The European goatsucker.
(b) The short-eared owl. [Prov. Eng.] -- Fern shaw, a fern
thicket. [Eng.] --R. Browning.
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Madrepora palmata
(gcide) | Stag \Stag\ (st[a^]g), n. [Icel. steggr the male of several
animals; or a doubtful AS. stagga. Cf. Steg.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a
large European species closely related to the American
elk, or wapiti.
(b) The male of certain other species of large deer.
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2. A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. A castrated bull; -- called also bull stag, and {bull
seg}. See the Note under Ox.
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4. (Stock Exchange)
(a) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a
member of the exchange. [Cant]
(b) One who applies for the allotment of shares in new
projects, with a view to sell immediately at a
premium, and not to hold the stock. [Cant]
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5. (Zool.) The European wren. [Prov. Eng.]
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Stag beetle (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
lamellicorn beetles belonging to Lucanus and allied
genera, especially Lucanus cervus of Europe and {Lucanus
dama} of the United States. The mandibles are large and
branched, or forked, whence the name. The larva feeds on
the rotten wood of dead trees. Called also horned bug,
and horse beetle.
Stag dance, a dance by men only. [Slang, U.S.]
Stag hog (Zool.), the babiroussa.
Stag-horn coral (Zool.), any one of several species of
large branching corals of the genus Madrepora, which
somewhat resemble the antlers of the stag, especially
Madrepora cervicornis, and Madrepora palmata, of
Florida and the West Indies.
Stag-horn fern (Bot.), an Australian and West African fern
(Platycerium alcicorne) having the large fronds branched
like a stag's horns; also, any species of the same genus.
Stag-horn sumac (Bot.), a common American shrub ({Rhus
typhina}) having densely velvety branchlets. See Sumac.
Stag party, a party consisting of men only. [Slang, U. S.]
Stag tick (Zool.), a parasitic dipterous insect of the
family Hippoboscidae, which lives upon the stag and is
usually wingless. The same species lives also upon the
European grouse, but in that case has wings.
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Molge palmata
(gcide) | Triton \Tri"ton\ (tr[imac]"t[o^]n), n. [L., fr. Gr. Tri`twn.]
(Gr. Myth.)
A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and
the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and
painters as having the upper part of his body like that of a
man, and the lower part like that of a fish. He often has a
trumpet made of a shell.
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Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea,
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.
--Wordsworth.
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2. (Zool.) Any one of many species of marine gastropods
belonging to Triton and allied genera, having a stout
spiral shell, often handsomely colored and ornamented with
prominent varices. Some of the species are among the
largest of all gastropods. Called also trumpet shell,
and sea trumpet.
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3. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of aquatic
salamanders. The common European species are
Hemisalamandra cristata, Molge palmata, and {Molge
alpestris}, a red-bellied species common in Switzerland.
The most common species of the United States is
Diemyctylus viridescens. See Illust. under Salamander.
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Palma Christi
(gcide) | Palma Christi \Pal"ma Chris"ti\ [L., palm of Christ.] (Bot.)
A plant (Ricinus communis) with ornamental peltate and
palmately cleft foliage, growing as a woody perennial in the
tropics, and cultivated as an herbaceous annual in temperate
regions; -- called also castor-oil plant. [Sometimes
corrupted into palmcrist.]
[1913 Webster]Palmic \Pal"mic\, a. [Cf. F. palmique.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the castor-oil plant
(Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi) and other species of
the family Euphorbiaceae; -- formerly used to designate an
acid now called ricinoleic acid (d-12-hydroxyoleic acid,
C18H34O3). [Obsoles.]
[1913 Webster]ricinoleic acid \ric`in*o"le*ic ac"id\, n. (Chem.)
An organic acid (C18H34O3) obtained from the castor-oil
plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi) and other
species of the family Euphorbiaceae; chemicaly it is
d-12-hydroxyoleic acid
(CH3(CH2)5.CH(OH).CH2.CH=CH.(CH2)7COOH). Formerly called
palmic acid.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Castor oil \Cas"tor oil\ (k[a^]s"t[~e]r oil`).
A mild cathartic oil, expressed or extracted from the seeds
of the Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi. When fresh the
oil is inodorous and insipid.
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Castor-oil plant. Same as Palma Christi.
[1913 Webster]Castor bean \Cas"tor bean`\ (Bot.)
The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis,
or Palma Christi.)
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Palmaceae
(gcide) | Palmaceae \Palmaceae\ n.
A natural family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and
vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of
very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales.
Syn: Palmae, family Palmae, family Palmaceae, Arecaceae,
family Arecaceae, palm family.
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Palmaceous
(gcide) | Palmaceous \Pal*ma"ceous\, a. (Bot.)
Of or pertaining to palms; of the nature of, or resembling,
palms.
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Palmacite
(gcide) | Palmacite \Pal"ma*cite\, n. (Paleon.)
A fossil palm.
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Palmae
(gcide) | Palmae \Palmae\ prop. n.
A natural family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs; same
as Palmaceae; coextensive with the order Palmales.
Syn: family Palmae, Palmaceae, Arecaceae, family
Arecaceae, palm family.
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Palmales
(gcide) | Palmales \Palmales\ prop. n.
A natural family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs
coextensive with the family Palmae; -- the palms.
Syn: order Palmales.
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Palmar
(gcide) | Palmar \Pal"mar\, a. [L. palmaris, fr. palma the palm of the
hand: cf. F. palmaire.]
1. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or corresponding with, the palm of
the hand.
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2. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the under side of the wings of
birds.
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Palmaria
(gcide) | Palmarium \Pal*ma"ri*um\, n.; pl. Palmaria. [NL. See
Palmar.] (Zool.)
One of the bifurcations of the brachial plates of a crinoid.
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Palmarium
(gcide) | Palmarium \Pal*ma"ri*um\, n.; pl. Palmaria. [NL. See
Palmar.] (Zool.)
One of the bifurcations of the brachial plates of a crinoid.
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Palmary
(gcide) | Palmary \Pal"ma*ry\, a. (Anat.)
Palmar.
[1913 Webster]Palmary \Pal"ma*ry\, a. [L. palmarius, palmaris, belonging to
palms, deserving the palm or prize, fr. palma a palm.]
Worthy of the palm; palmy; pre["e]minent; superior;
principal; chief; as, palmary work. --Br. Horne.
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Palmate
(gcide) | Palmate \Pal"mate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate. [Obsoles.]
[1913 Webster] PalmatePalmate \Pal"mate\, Palmated \Pal"ma*ted\, a. [L. palmatus
marked with the palm of a hand, from palma the palm of the
hand.]
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1. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the
fingers spread.
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2. (Bot.) Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the
divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the
hand with outspread fingers. --Gray.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most
swimming birds; webbed. See Illust. (i) under Aves.
(b) Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or
less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals,
antlers, etc.
[1913 Webster]Ricinoleate \Ric`in*o"le*ate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of ricinoleic acid; -- formerly called palmate.
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palmate
(gcide) | Palmate \Pal"mate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate. [Obsoles.]
[1913 Webster] PalmatePalmate \Pal"mate\, Palmated \Pal"ma*ted\, a. [L. palmatus
marked with the palm of a hand, from palma the palm of the
hand.]
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1. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the
fingers spread.
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2. (Bot.) Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the
divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the
hand with outspread fingers. --Gray.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most
swimming birds; webbed. See Illust. (i) under Aves.
(b) Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or
less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals,
antlers, etc.
[1913 Webster]Ricinoleate \Ric`in*o"le*ate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of ricinoleic acid; -- formerly called palmate.
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Palmated
(gcide) | Palmate \Pal"mate\, Palmated \Pal"ma*ted\, a. [L. palmatus
marked with the palm of a hand, from palma the palm of the
hand.]
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1. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the
fingers spread.
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2. (Bot.) Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the
divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the
hand with outspread fingers. --Gray.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most
swimming birds; webbed. See Illust. (i) under Aves.
(b) Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or
less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals,
antlers, etc.
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Palmately
(gcide) | Palmately \Pal"mate*ly\, adv.
In a palmate manner.
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Palmatifid
(gcide) | Palmatifid \Pal*mat"i*fid\, a. [L. palmatus palmate + root of
findere to split.] (Bot.)
Palmate, with the divisions separated but little more than
halfway to the common center.
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Palmatilobed
(gcide) | Palmatilobed \Pal*mat"i*lobed\, a. [L. palmatus palmate + E.
lobed.] (Bot.)
Palmate, with the divisions separated less than halfway to
the common center.
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Palmatisect
(gcide) | Palmatisect \Pal*mat"i*sect\, Palmatisected \Pal*mat`i*sect"ed\,
a. [L. palmatus palmate + secare to cut.] (Bot.)
Divided, as a palmate leaf, down to the midrib, so that the
parenchyma is interrupted.
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Palmatisected
(gcide) | Palmatisect \Pal*mat"i*sect\, Palmatisected \Pal*mat`i*sect"ed\,
a. [L. palmatus palmate + secare to cut.] (Bot.)
Divided, as a palmate leaf, down to the midrib, so that the
parenchyma is interrupted.
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Rhacophorus nigrapalmatus
(gcide) | Flying \Fly"ing\, a. [From Fly, v. i.]
Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or
rapidly; intended for rapid movement.
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Flying army (Mil.) a body of cavalry and infantry, kept in
motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy
in continual alarm. --Farrow.
Flying artillery (Mil.), artillery trained to rapid
evolutions, -- the men being either mounted or trained to
spring upon the guns and caissons when they change
position.
Flying bridge, Flying camp. See under Bridge, and
Camp.
Flying buttress (Arch.), a contrivance for taking up the
thrust of a roof or vault which can not be supported by
ordinary buttresses. It consists of a straight bar of
masonry, usually sloping, carried on an arch, and a solid
pier or buttress sufficient to receive the thrust. The
word is generally applied only to the straight bar with
supporting arch.
Flying colors, flags unfurled and waving in the air; hence:
To come off with flying colors, to be victorious; to
succeed thoroughly in an undertaking.
Flying doe (Zool.), a young female kangaroo.
Flying dragon.
(a) (Zool.) See Dragon, 6.
(b) A meteor. See under Dragon.
Flying Dutchman.
(a) A fabled Dutch mariner condemned for his crimes to sail
the seas till the day of judgment.
(b) A spectral ship.
Flying fish. (Zool.) See Flying fish, in the Vocabulary.
Flying fox (Zool.), see Flying fox in the vocabulary.
Flying frog (Zool.), either of two East Indian tree frogs
of the genus Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus nigrapalmatus
and Rhacophorus pardalis), having very large and broadly
webbed feet, which serve as parachutes, and enable it to
make very long leaps.
Flying gurnard (Zool.), a species of gurnard of the genus
Cephalacanthus or Dactylopterus, with very large
pectoral fins, said to be able to fly like the flying
fish, but not for so great a distance.
Note: Three species are known; that of the Atlantic is
Cephalacanthus volitans.
Flying jib (Naut.), a sail extended outside of the standing
jib, on the flying-jib boom.
Flying-jib boom (Naut.), an extension of the jib boom.
Flying kites (Naut.), light sails carried only in fine
weather.
Flying lemur. (Zool.) See Colugo.
Flying level (Civil Engin.), a reconnoissance level over
the course of a projected road, canal, etc.
Flying lizard. (Zool.) See Dragon, n. 6.
Flying machine, any apparatus for navigating through the
air, especially a heavier-than-air machine. -- {Flying
mouse} (Zool.), the opossum mouse (Acrobates pygm[ae]us), a
marsupial of Australia. Called also feathertail glider.
Note: It has lateral folds of skin, like the flying
squirrels, and a featherlike tail. -- Flying party
(Mil.), a body of soldiers detailed to hover about an
enemy. -- Flying phalanger (Zool.), one of several
species of small marsuupials of the genera Petaurus and
Belideus, of Australia and New Guinea, having lateral
folds like those of the flying squirrels. The sugar
squirrel (Belideus sciureus), and the ariel ({Belideus
ariel}), are the best known; -- called also {squirrel
petaurus} and flying squirrel. See Sugar squirrel. --
Flying pinion, the fly of a clock. -- Flying sap (Mil.),
the rapid construction of trenches (when the enemy's fire
of case shot precludes the method of simple trenching), by
means of gabions placed in juxtaposition and filled with
earth. -- Flying shot, a shot fired at a moving object,
as a bird on the wing. -- Flying spider. (Zool.) See
Ballooning spider. -- Flying squid (Zool.), an oceanic
squid (Ommastrephes Bartramii syn. {Sthenoteuthis
Bartramii}), abundant in the Gulf Stream, which is able to
leap out of the water with such force that it often falls
on the deck of a vessel. -- Flying squirrel (Zool.) See
Flying squirrel, in the Vocabulary. -- Flying start, a
start in a sailing race in which the signal is given while
the vessels are under way. -- Flying torch (Mil.), a
torch attached to a long staff and used for signaling at
night.
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Semipalmate
(gcide) | Semipalmate \Sem`i*pal"mate\, Semipalmated \Sem`i*pal"ma*ted\,
a. (Zool.)
Having the anterior toes joined only part way down with a
web; half-webbed; as, a semipalmate bird or foot. See Illust.
k under Aves.
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Semipalmated
(gcide) | Semipalmate \Sem`i*pal"mate\, Semipalmated \Sem`i*pal"ma*ted\,
a. (Zool.)
Having the anterior toes joined only part way down with a
web; half-webbed; as, a semipalmate bird or foot. See Illust.
k under Aves.
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semipalmated plover
(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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semipalmated tattler
(gcide) | Willet \Wil"let\, n. (Zool.)
A large North American snipe (Symphemia semipalmata); --
called also pill-willet, will-willet, {semipalmated
tattler}, or snipe, duck snipe, and stone curlew.
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Carolina willet, the Hudsonian godwit.
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Symphemia semipalmata
(gcide) | Willet \Wil"let\, n. (Zool.)
A large North American snipe (Symphemia semipalmata); --
called also pill-willet, will-willet, {semipalmated
tattler}, or snipe, duck snipe, and stone curlew.
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Carolina willet, the Hudsonian godwit.
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Totipalmate
(gcide) | Totipalmate \To`ti*pal"mate\, a. [L. totus all, whole + E.
palmate.] (Zool.)
Having all four toes united by a web; -- said of certain sea
birds, as the pelican and the gannet. See Illust. under
Aves.
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acer palmatum
(wn) | Acer palmatum
n 1: ornamental shrub or small tree of Japan and Korea with
deeply incised leaves; cultivated in many varieties [syn:
Japanese maple, Acer palmatum] |
catoptrophorus semipalmatus
(wn) | Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
n 1: large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts
[syn: willet, Catoptrophorus semipalmatus] |
family palmaceae
(wn) | family Palmaceae
n 1: chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having
a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves;
coextensive with the order Palmales [syn: Palmae, {family
Palmae}, Palmaceae, family Palmaceae, Arecaceae,
family Arecaceae, palm family] |
family palmae
(wn) | family Palmae
n 1: chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having
a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves;
coextensive with the order Palmales [syn: Palmae, {family
Palmae}, Palmaceae, family Palmaceae, Arecaceae,
family Arecaceae, palm family] |
lygodium palmatum
(wn) | Lygodium palmatum
n 1: delicate fern of the eastern United States having a twining
stem and palmately-lobed sterile fronds and forked fertile
fronds [syn: creeping fern, Hartford fern, {Lygodium
palmatum}] |
order palmales
(wn) | order Palmales
n 1: coextensive with the family Palmae: palms [syn: Palmales,
order Palmales] |
palma christ
(wn) | palma christ
n 1: large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large
palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are
the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized
throughout the tropics [syn: castor-oil plant, {castor
bean plant}, palma christi, palma christ, {Ricinus
communis}] |
palma christi
(wn) | palma christi
n 1: large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large
palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are
the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized
throughout the tropics [syn: castor-oil plant, {castor
bean plant}, palma christi, palma christ, {Ricinus
communis}] |
palmaceae
(wn) | Palmaceae
n 1: chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having
a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves;
coextensive with the order Palmales [syn: Palmae, {family
Palmae}, Palmaceae, family Palmaceae, Arecaceae,
family Arecaceae, palm family] |
palmae
(wn) | Palmae
n 1: chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having
a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves;
coextensive with the order Palmales [syn: Palmae, {family
Palmae}, Palmaceae, family Palmaceae, Arecaceae,
family Arecaceae, palm family] |
palmales
(wn) | Palmales
n 1: coextensive with the family Palmae: palms [syn: Palmales,
order Palmales] |
palmar
(wn) | palmar
adj 1: relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot;
"the volar surface"; "the palmar muscle" [syn: palmar,
volar] |
palmate
(wn) | palmate
adj 1: (of the feet of water birds) having three toes connected
by a thin fold of skin
2: of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a
common point [syn: palmate, palm-shaped] |
palmate leaf
(wn) | palmate leaf
n 1: a leaf resembling an open hand; having lobes radiating from
a common point |
palmately
(wn) | palmately
adv 1: in a palmate manner; "palmately cleft" |
palmately-lobed
(wn) | palmately-lobed
adj 1: having lobes radiating from a central point |
palmatifid
(wn) | palmatifid
adj 1: of a leaf shape; palmately cleft rather than lobed |
palmature
(wn) | palmature
n 1: an abnormality in which the fingers are webbed |
rheum palmatum
(wn) | Rheum palmatum
n 1: long used for laxative properties [syn: Chinese rhubarb,
Rheum palmatum] |
rhodymenia palmata
(wn) | Rhodymenia palmata
n 1: coarse edible red seaweed [syn: dulse, {Rhodymenia
palmata}] |
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