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rubicund
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Rubicund
(gcide) | Rubicund \Ru"bi*cund\, a. [L. rubicundus, fr. rubere to be red,
akin to ruber red. See Red.]
Inclining to redness; ruddy; red. "His rubicund face."
--Longfellow.
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rubicund
(wn) | rubicund
adj 1: inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with
outdoor life; "a ruddy complexion"; "Santa's rubicund
cheeks"; "a fresh and sanguine complexion" [syn:
rubicund, ruddy, florid, sanguine] |
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Acipenser rubicundus
(gcide) | Lake \Lake\, n. [AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea,
Icel. l["o]gr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. la`kkos pond, tank. Cf.
Loch, Lough.]
A large body of water contained in a depression of the
earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or
less extended area.
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Note: Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt
lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually
no outlet to the ocean.
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Lake dwellers (Ethnol.), people of a prehistoric race, or
races, which inhabited different parts of Europe. Their
dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short distance
from the shore. Their relics are common in the lakes of
Switzerland.
Lake dwellings (Archaeol.), dwellings built over a lake,
sometimes on piles, and sometimes on rude foundations kept
in place by piles; specifically, such dwellings of
prehistoric times. Lake dwellings are still used by many
savage tribes. Called also lacustrine dwellings. See
Crannog.
Lake fly (Zool.), any one of numerous species of dipterous
flies of the genus Chironomus. In form they resemble
mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The larvae live in
lakes.
Lake herring (Zool.), the cisco (Coregonus Artedii).
Lake poets, Lake school, a collective name originally
applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey,
Coleridge, and Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country
of Cumberland, England, Lamb and a few others were classed
with these by hostile critics. Called also lakers and
lakists.
Lake sturgeon (Zool.), a sturgeon (Acipenser rubicundus),
of moderate size, found in the Great Lakes and the
Mississippi River. It is used as food.
Lake trout (Zool.), any one of several species of trout and
salmon; in Europe, esp. Salmo fario; in the United
States, esp. Salvelinus namaycush of the Great Lakes,
and of various lakes in New York, Eastern Maine, and
Canada. A large variety of brook trout ({Salvelinus
fontinalis}), inhabiting many lakes in New England, is
also called lake trout. See Namaycush.
Lake whitefish. (Zool.) See Whitefish.
Lake whiting (Zool.), an American whitefish ({Coregonus
Labradoricus}), found in many lakes in the Northern United
States and Canada. It is more slender than the common
whitefish.
[1913 Webster]Sturgeon \Stur"geon\, n. [F. esturgeon, LL. sturio, sturgio,
OHG. sturjo, G. st["o]r; akin to AS. styria, styriga.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid
fishes belonging to Acipenser and allied genera of the
family Acipenseridae. They run up rivers to spawn, and are
common on the coasts and in the large rivers and lakes of
North America, Europe, and Asia. Caviar is prepared from the
roe, and isinglass from the air bladder.
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Note: The common North American species are {Acipenser
sturio} of the Atlantic coast region, {Acipenser
transmontanus} of the Pacific coast, and {Acipenser
rubicundus} of the Mississippi River and its
tributaries. In Europe, the common species is
Acipenser sturio, and other well-known species are
the sterlet and the huso. The sturgeons are included in
the order Chondrostei. Their body is partially
covered by five rows of large, carinated, bony plates,
of which one row runs along the back. The tail is
heterocercal. The toothless and protrusile mouth is
beneath the head, and has four barbels in front.
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Shovel-nosed sturgeon. (Zool.) See Shovelnose
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Pomancentrus rubicundus
(gcide) | Garibaldi \Ga`ri*bal"di\, n.
1. A jacket worn by women; -- so called from its resemblance
in shape to the red shirt worn by the Italians patriot
Garibaldi.
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2. (Zool.) A California market fish ({Pomancentrus
rubicundus}) of a deep scarlet color.
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Rubicund
(gcide) | Rubicund \Ru"bi*cund\, a. [L. rubicundus, fr. rubere to be red,
akin to ruber red. See Red.]
Inclining to redness; ruddy; red. "His rubicund face."
--Longfellow.
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Rubicundity
(gcide) | Rubicundity \Ru`bi*cun"di*ty\, n. [LL. rubicunditas.]
The quality or state of being rubicund; ruddiness.
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To parade your rubicundity and gray hairs. --Walpole.
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Semnopithecus rubicundus
(gcide) | Kalasie \Ka`la*sie"\, n. (Zool.)
A long-tailed monkey of Borneo (Semnopithecus rubicundus).
It has a tuft of long hair on the head.
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