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pelagic
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pelagic
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Pelagic
(gcide) | Pelagic \Pe*lag"ic\, a. [L. pelagicus.]
Of or pertaining to the ocean; -- applied especially to
animals that live at the surface of the ocean, away from the
coast. Compare benthic.
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pelagic
(wn) | pelagic
adj 1: relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the
open ocean; "oceanic islands like Bermuda"; "oceanic
currents"; "oceanic birds"; "pelagic organisms"; "pelagic
whaling" [syn: oceanic, pelagic] |
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pelagic biocycle
(encz) | pelagic biocycle,pelagobiocyklus [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
pelagic bird
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pelagický
(czen) | pelagický,pelagicadj: Zdeněk Brož |
Archipelagic
(gcide) | Archipelagic \Ar`chi*pe*lag"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to an archipelago.
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Chaetura pelagica
(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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Haliaeetus pelagicus
(gcide) | Sea eagle \Sea" ea"gle\
1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of fish-eating eagles
of the genus Haliaeetus and allied genera, as the North
Pacific sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus), which has
white shoulders, head, rump, and tail; the European
white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla); and the
Indian white-tailed sea eagle, or fishing eagle
(Polioaetus ichthyaetus). The bald eagle and the osprey
are also sometimes classed as sea eagles.
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2. (Zool.) The eagle ray. See under Ray.
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Pelagic
(gcide) | Pelagic \Pe*lag"ic\, a. [L. pelagicus.]
Of or pertaining to the ocean; -- applied especially to
animals that live at the surface of the ocean, away from the
coast. Compare benthic.
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Procellaria pelagica
(gcide) | Petrel \Pe"trel\, n. [F. p['e]trel; a dim. of the name Peter, L.
Petrus, Gr. pe`tros a stone (--John i. 42); -- probably so
called in allusion to St. Peter's walking on the sea. See
Petrify.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging
to the family Procellarid[ae]. The small petrels, or Mother
Carey's chickens, belong to {Oceanites}, {Oceanodroma},
{Procellaria}, and several allied genera.
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Diving petrel, any bird of the genus Pelecanoides. They
chiefly inhabit the southern hemisphere.
Fulmar petrel, Giant petrel. See Fulmar.
Pintado petrel, the Cape pigeon. See under Cape.
Pintado petrel, any one of several small petrels,
especially Procellaria pelagica, or Mother Carey's
chicken, common on both sides of the Atlantic.
[1913 Webster]Mother \Moth"er\ (m[u^][th]"[~e]r), n. [OE. moder, AS. m[=o]dor;
akin to D. moeder, OS. m[=o]dar, G. mutter, OHG. muotar,
Icel. m[=o][eth]ir, Dan. & Sw. moder, OSlav. mati, Russ.
mate, Ir. & Gael. mathair, L. mater, Gr. mh`thr, Skr.
m[=a]t[.r]; cf. Skr. m[=a] to measure. [root]268. Cf.
Material, Matrix, Metropolis, Father.]
1. A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a
woman who has borne a child.
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2. That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of
birth or origin; generatrix.
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Alas! poor country! . . . it can not
Be called our mother, but our grave. --Shak.
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I behold . . . the solitary majesty of Crete, mother
of a religion, it is said, that lived two thousand
years. --Landor.
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3. An old woman or matron. [Familiar]
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4. The female superior or head of a religious house, as an
abbess, etc.
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5. Hysterical passion; hysteria. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Mother Carey's chicken (Zool.), any one of several species
of small petrels, as the stormy petrel ({Procellaria
pelagica}), and Leach's petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa),
both of the Atlantic, and Oceanodroma furcata of the
North Pacific.
Mother Carey's goose (Zool.), the giant fulmar of the
Pacific. See Fulmar.
Mother's mark (Med.), a congenital mark upon the body; a
birthmark; a naevus.
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archipelagic
(wn) | archipelagic
adj 1: relating to or part of an archipelago; "an archipelagic
war" |
chateura pelagica
(wn) | Chateura pelagica
n 1: American swift that nests in e.g. unused chimneys [syn:
chimney swift, chimney swallow, Chateura pelagica] |
haliaeetus pelagicus
(wn) | Haliaeetus pelagicus
n 1: found on coasts of the northwestern Pacific [syn:
Kamchatkan sea eagle, Stellar's sea eagle, {Haliaeetus
pelagicus}] |
hydrobates pelagicus
(wn) | Hydrobates pelagicus
n 1: sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern
Atlantic and Mediterranean [syn: stormy petrel, {northern
storm petrel}, Hydrobates pelagicus] |
pelagic bird
(wn) | pelagic bird
n 1: bird of the open seas [syn: pelagic bird, oceanic bird] |
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