| slovo | definícia |
spotted
(encz) | spotted,puntíkovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
spotted
(encz) | spotted,tečkovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
spotted
(encz) | spotted,všimnutý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
spotted
(gcide) | patterned \patterned\ adj.
Having describable patterns, especially patterns of colors.
[Narrower terms: banded, blotched, blotchy, splotched,
brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby, burled, {checked,
checkered}, dappled, mottled, {dotted, flecked, specked,
speckled, stippled}, figured, floral, flowered, laced,
marbled, marbleized, moire, watered, {pinstriped,
pinstripe(prenominal)}, slashed, streaked, spotted,
sprigged, streaked, streaky, striped, stripy,
tessellated, veined, venose] plain, solid
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Spotted
(gcide) | Spot \Spot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spotted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spotting.]
1. To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to
discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots
or figures; as, to spot a garment; to spot paper.
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2. To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize;
to detect; as, to spot a criminal. [Cant]
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3. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish,
as reputation; to asperse.
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My virgin life no spotted thoughts shall stain.
--Sir P.
Sidney.
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If ever I shall close these eyes but once,
May I live spotted for my perjury. --Beau. & Fl.
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To spot timber, to cut or chip it, in preparation for
hewing.
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Spotted
(gcide) | Spotted \Spot"ted\, a.
Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character. "The
spotted panther." --Spenser.
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Spotted fever (Med.), a name applied to various eruptive
fevers, esp. to typhus fever and cerebro-spinal
meningitis.
Spotted tree (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Flindersia
maculosa}); -- so called because its bark falls off in
spots.
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spotted
(wn) | spotted
adj 1: having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color
or texture); "a field patched with ice and snow"; "the
wall had a spotty speckled effect"; "a black-and-white
spotted cow" [syn: patched, spotty, spotted] |
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common spotted orchid
(encz) | common spotted orchid, n: |
little spotted skunk
(encz) | little spotted skunk, n: |
liver-spotted dalmatian
(encz) | liver-spotted dalmatian, n: |
red-spotted purple
(encz) | red-spotted purple, n: |
spotted antbird
(encz) | spotted antbird, n: |
spotted bat
(encz) | spotted bat, n: |
spotted black bass
(encz) | spotted black bass, n: |
spotted coral root
(encz) | spotted coral root, n: |
spotted cowbane
(encz) | spotted cowbane, n: |
spotted crake
(encz) | spotted crake, n: |
spotted cranesbill
(encz) | spotted cranesbill, n: |
spotted dick
(encz) | spotted dick, n: |
spotted eagle ray
(encz) | spotted eagle ray, n: |
spotted fever
(encz) | spotted fever, n: |
spotted flycatcher
(encz) | spotted flycatcher, n: |
spotted gum
(encz) | spotted gum, n: |
spotted hemlock
(encz) | spotted hemlock, n: |
spotted hyena
(encz) | spotted hyena, n: |
spotted joe-pye weed
(encz) | spotted Joe-Pye weed, n: |
spotted lynx
(encz) | spotted lynx, n: |
spotted owl
(encz) | spotted owl, |
spotted ratfish
(encz) | spotted ratfish,chiméra běloskvrnná n: [zoo.] paryba, lat.: Hydrolagus
colliei Jirka Daněk |
spotted ray
(encz) | spotted ray, n: |
spotted salamander
(encz) | spotted salamander, n: |
spotted sandpiper
(encz) | spotted sandpiper, n: |
spotted sea trout
(encz) | spotted sea trout, n: |
spotted skunk
(encz) | spotted skunk, n: |
spotted squeateague
(encz) | spotted squeateague, n: |
spotted sunfish
(encz) | spotted sunfish, n: |
spotted water hemlock
(encz) | spotted water hemlock, n: |
spotted weakfish
(encz) | spotted weakfish, n: |
two-spotted ladybug
(encz) | two-spotted ladybug, n: |
unspotted
(encz) | unspotted, adj: |
Bespotted
(gcide) | Bespot \Be*spot"\ (b[-e]*sp[o^]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Bespotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Bespotting.]
To mark with spots, or as with spots.
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black-spotted trout
(gcide) | Mykiss \My"kiss\, n. [Russ. muikize, prob. fr. a native name.]
(Zool.)
A salmon (Salmo mykiss, syn. Salmo purpuratus) marked
with black spots and a red throat, found in most of the
rivers from Alaska to the Colorado River, and in Siberia; --
called also black-spotted trout, cutthroat trout, and
redthroat trout.
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Cinque-spotted
(gcide) | Cinque-spotted \Cinque"-spot`ted\, a.
Five-spotted. [R.] --Shak.
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Eye-spotted
(gcide) | Eye-spotted \Eye"-spot`ted\, a.
Marked with spots like eyes.
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Juno's bird, in her eye-spotted train. --Spenser.
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red-spotted purple
(gcide) | Ursula \Ur"su*la\, n. (Zool.)
A beautiful North American butterfly (Basilarchia astyanax
syn. Limenitis astyanax). Its wings are nearly black with
red and blue spots and blotches. Called also {red-spotted
purple}.
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red-spotted trout
(gcide) | malma \mal"ma\, n. (Zool.)
A spotted trout (Salvelinus malma), inhabiting Northern
America, west of the Rocky Mountains; -- called also {Dolly
Varden trout}, bull trout, red-spotted trout, and
golet.
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[1913 Webster]Dolly Varden \Dol"ly Var"den\
1. A character in Dickens's novel "Barnaby Rudge," a
beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a
cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons.
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2. A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women;
also, a style of dress.
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Dolly Varden trout (Zool.), a trout of northwest America;
-- called also bull trout, malma, and {red-spotted
trout}. See Malma.
[1913 Webster]Bull trout \Bull" trout`\ (Zool.)
(a) In England, a large salmon trout of several species, as
Salmo trutta and Salmo Cambricus, which ascend
rivers; -- called also sea trout.
(b) Salvelinus malma of California and Oregon; -- called
also Dolly Varden trout and red-spotted trout.
(c) The huso or salmon of the Danube.
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Spotted
(gcide) | patterned \patterned\ adj.
Having describable patterns, especially patterns of colors.
[Narrower terms: banded, blotched, blotchy, splotched,
brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby, burled, {checked,
checkered}, dappled, mottled, {dotted, flecked, specked,
speckled, stippled}, figured, floral, flowered, laced,
marbled, marbleized, moire, watered, {pinstriped,
pinstripe(prenominal)}, slashed, streaked, spotted,
sprigged, streaked, streaky, striped, stripy,
tessellated, veined, venose] plain, solid
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]Spot \Spot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spotted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spotting.]
1. To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to
discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots
or figures; as, to spot a garment; to spot paper.
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2. To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize;
to detect; as, to spot a criminal. [Cant]
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3. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish,
as reputation; to asperse.
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My virgin life no spotted thoughts shall stain.
--Sir P.
Sidney.
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If ever I shall close these eyes but once,
May I live spotted for my perjury. --Beau. & Fl.
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To spot timber, to cut or chip it, in preparation for
hewing.
[1913 Webster]Spotted \Spot"ted\, a.
Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character. "The
spotted panther." --Spenser.
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Spotted fever (Med.), a name applied to various eruptive
fevers, esp. to typhus fever and cerebro-spinal
meningitis.
Spotted tree (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Flindersia
maculosa}); -- so called because its bark falls off in
spots.
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spotted bower bird
(gcide) | Bower bird \Bow"er bird`\ (Zool.)
An Australian bird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus or
Ptilonorhynchus holosericeus), allied to the starling. The
male constructs singular bowers or playhouses of twigs and
decorates them with bright-colored objects to attract
females; the satin bird.
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Note: The name is also applied to other related birds of the
same region, having similar habits; as, the {spotted
bower bird} (Chalmydodera maculata), and the regent
bird (Sericulus melinus).
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spotted eagle ray
(gcide) | Ray \Ray\, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. Roach.] (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order
Raiae, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.
(b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat,
narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See
Skate.
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Bishop ray, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray
(Aetobatus narinari syn. Stoasodon narinari) of the
Southern United States and the West Indies; also called
the spotted eagle ray and white-spotted eagle ray.
Butterfly ray, a short-tailed American sting ray
(Pteroplatea Maclura), having very broad pectoral fins.
Devil ray. See Sea Devil.
Eagle ray, any large ray of the family Myliobatidae, or
Aetobatidae. The common European species ({Myliobatis
aquila}) is called also whip ray, and miller.
Electric ray, or Cramp ray, a torpedo.
Starry ray, a common European skate (Raia radiata).
Sting ray, any one of numerous species of rays of the
family Trygonidae having one or more large, sharp,
barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also
stingaree.
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Spotted fever
(gcide) | Spotted \Spot"ted\, a.
Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character. "The
spotted panther." --Spenser.
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Spotted fever (Med.), a name applied to various eruptive
fevers, esp. to typhus fever and cerebro-spinal
meningitis.
Spotted tree (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Flindersia
maculosa}); -- so called because its bark falls off in
spots.
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spotted hind
(gcide) | Hind \Hind\ (h[imac]nd), n. [AS. hind; akin to D. hinde, OHG.
hinta, G. hinde, hindin, Icel., Sw., & Dan. hind, and perh.
to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.), E. hunt, or cf.
Gr. kema`s a young deer.]
1. (Zool.) The female of the red deer, of which the male is
the stag.
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2. (Zool.) A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as
Epinephelus apua of Bermuda, and {Epinephelus
Drummond-hayi} of Florida; -- called also coney, {John
Paw}, spotted hind.
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spotted lens
(gcide) | Spot \Spot\ (sp[o^]t), n. [Cf. Scot. & D. spat, Dan. spette, Sw.
spott spittle, slaver; from the root of E. spit. See Spit
to eject from the mouth, and cf. Spatter.]
1. A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a
blot; a place discolored.
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Out, damned spot! Out, I say! --Shak.
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2. A stain on character or reputation; something that soils
purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.
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Yet Chloe, sure, was formed without a spot. --Pope.
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3. A small part of a different color from the main part, or
from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a
leopard; the spots on a playing card.
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4. A small extent of space; a place; any particular place.
"Fixed to one spot." --Otway.
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That spot to which I point is Paradise. --Milton.
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"A jolly place," said he, "in times of old!
But something ails it now: the spot is cursed."
--Wordsworth.
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5. (Zool.) A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called
from a spot on its head just above its beak.
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6. (Zool.)
(a) A sciaenoid food fish (Liostomus xanthurus) of the
Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black
spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark
bars on the sides. Called also goody, Lafayette,
masooka, and old wife.
(b) The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot
on each side at the base of the tail. See Redfish.
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7. pl. Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for
immediate delivery. [Broker's Cant]
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Crescent spot (Zool.), any butterfly of the family
Melitaeidae having crescent-shaped white spots along the
margins of the red or brown wings.
Spot lens (Microscopy), a condensing lens in which the
light is confined to an annular pencil by means of a
small, round diaphragm (the spot), and used in dark-field
illumination; -- called also spotted lens.
Spot rump (Zool.), the Hudsonian godwit ({Limosa
haemastica}).
Spots on the sun. (Astron.) See Sun spot, ander Sun.
On the spot, or Upon the spot, immediately; before
moving; without changing place; as, he made his decision
on the spot.
It was determined upon the spot. --Swift.
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Syn: Stain; flaw; speck; blot; disgrace; reproach; fault;
blemish; place; site; locality.
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spotted rock trout
(gcide) | Sea trout \Sea" trout`\ (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of true trouts which descend
rivers and enter the sea after spawning, as the European
bull trout and salmon trout, and the eastern American
spotted trout.
(b) The common squeteague, and the spotted squeteague.
(c) A California fish of the family Chiridae, especially
Hexagrammus decagrammus; -- called also {spotted rock
trout}. See Rock trout, under Rock.
(d) A California sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion nobilis); --
called also white sea bass.
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spotted sand flounder
(gcide) | Windowpane \Win"dow*pane`\, n.
1. (Arch.) See Pane, n., (3)
b . [In this sense, written also window pane.]
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2. (Zool.) A thin, spotted American turbot ({Pleuronectes
maculatus}) remarkable for its translucency. It is not
valued as a food fish. Called also spotted turbot,
daylight, spotted sand flounder, and water flounder.
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Spotted tortoise
(gcide) | Tortoise \Tor"toise\, n. [OE. tortuce, fr. OF. tortis crooked,
fr. L. tortus twisted, crooked, contorted, p. p. of torquere,
tortum, to wind; cf. F. tortue tortoise, LL. tortuca,
tartuca, Pr. tortesa crookedness, tortis crooked. so called
in allusion to its crooked feet. See Torture.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the
order Testudinata.
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Note: The term is applied especially to the land and
fresh-water species, while the marine species are
generally called turtles, but the terms tortoise and
turtle are used synonymously by many writers. See
Testudinata, Terrapin, and Turtle.
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2. (Rom. Antiq.) Same as Testudo, 2.
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Box tortoise, Land tortoise, etc. See under Box,
Land, etc.
Painted tortoise. (Zool.) See Painted turtle, under
Painted.
Soft-shell tortoise. (Zool.) See Trionyx.
Spotted tortoise. (Zool.) A small American fresh-water
tortoise (Chelopus guttatus or Nanemys guttatus)
having a blackish carapace on which are scattered round
yellow spots.
Tortoise beetle (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
small tortoise-shaped beetles. Many of them have a
brilliant metallic luster. The larvae feed upon the leaves
of various plants, and protect themselves beneath a mass
of dried excrement held over the back by means of the
caudal spines. The golden tortoise beetle ({Cassida
aurichalcea}) is found on the morning-glory vine and
allied plants.
Tortoise plant. (Bot.) See Elephant's foot, under
Elephant.
Tortoise shell, the substance of the shell or horny plates
of several species of sea turtles, especially of the
hawkbill turtle. It is used in inlaying and in the
manufacture of various ornamental articles.
Tortoise-shell butterfly (Zool.), any one of several
species of handsomely colored butterflies of the genus
Aglais, as Aglais Milberti, and Aglais urticae, both
of which, in the larva state, feed upon nettles.
Tortoise-shell turtle (Zool.), the hawkbill turtle. See
Hawkbill.
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Spotted tree
(gcide) | Spotted \Spot"ted\, a.
Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character. "The
spotted panther." --Spenser.
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Spotted fever (Med.), a name applied to various eruptive
fevers, esp. to typhus fever and cerebro-spinal
meningitis.
Spotted tree (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Flindersia
maculosa}); -- so called because its bark falls off in
spots.
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Spotted turbot
(gcide) | Turbot \Tur"bot\, n. [F.; -- probably so named from its shape,
and from L. turbo a top, a whirl.] (Zool.)
(a) A large European flounder (Rhombus maximus) highly
esteemed as a food fish. It often weighs from thirty to
forty pounds. Its color on the upper side is brownish
with small roundish tubercles scattered over the surface.
The lower, or blind, side is white. Called also {bannock
fluke}.
(b) Any one of numerous species of flounders more or less
related to the true turbots, as the American plaice, or
summer flounder (see Flounder), the halibut, and the
diamond flounder (Hypsopsetta guttulata) of California.
(c) The filefish; -- so called in Bermuda.
(d) The trigger fish.
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Spotted turbot. See Windowpane.
[1913 Webster]Windowpane \Win"dow*pane`\, n.
1. (Arch.) See Pane, n., (3)
b . [In this sense, written also window pane.]
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2. (Zool.) A thin, spotted American turbot ({Pleuronectes
maculatus}) remarkable for its translucency. It is not
valued as a food fish. Called also spotted turbot,
daylight, spotted sand flounder, and water flounder.
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spotted turbot
(gcide) | Turbot \Tur"bot\, n. [F.; -- probably so named from its shape,
and from L. turbo a top, a whirl.] (Zool.)
(a) A large European flounder (Rhombus maximus) highly
esteemed as a food fish. It often weighs from thirty to
forty pounds. Its color on the upper side is brownish
with small roundish tubercles scattered over the surface.
The lower, or blind, side is white. Called also {bannock
fluke}.
(b) Any one of numerous species of flounders more or less
related to the true turbots, as the American plaice, or
summer flounder (see Flounder), the halibut, and the
diamond flounder (Hypsopsetta guttulata) of California.
(c) The filefish; -- so called in Bermuda.
(d) The trigger fish.
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Spotted turbot. See Windowpane.
[1913 Webster]Windowpane \Win"dow*pane`\, n.
1. (Arch.) See Pane, n., (3)
b . [In this sense, written also window pane.]
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2. (Zool.) A thin, spotted American turbot ({Pleuronectes
maculatus}) remarkable for its translucency. It is not
valued as a food fish. Called also spotted turbot,
daylight, spotted sand flounder, and water flounder.
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spotted turtle
(gcide) | Terrapin \Ter"ra*pin\, n. [Probably of American Indian origin.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and
brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food. [Written
also terapin, terrapen, terrapene, turpen, and
turapen.]
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Note: The yellow-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys scabra) of the
Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin
(Pseudemys rugosa or Chrysemys rubriventris),
native of the tributaries Chesapeake Bay (called also
potter, slider, and redfender), and the
diamond-back or salt-marsh terrapin ({Malaclemmys
palustris}), are the most important American species.
The diamond-back terrapin is native of nearly the whole
of the Atlantic coast of the United States.
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Alligator terrapin, the snapping turtle.
Mud terrapin, any one of numerous species of American
tortoises of the genus Cinosternon.
Painted terrapin, the painted turtle. See under Painted.
Speckled terrapin, a small fresh-water American terrapin
(Chelopus guttatus) having the carapace black with round
yellow spots; -- called also spotted turtle.
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spotted weakfish
(gcide) | squeteague \sque*teague"\ (skw[-e]*t[=e]g"), n. [From the North
American Indian name.] (Zool.)
An American sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion regalis), abundant on
the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a
food fish. It is of a bright silvery color, with iridescent
reflections. Called also weakfish, squitee, chickwit,
and sea trout. The spotted squeteague ({Cynoscion
nebulosus}) of the Southern United States is a similar fish,
but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is
called also spotted weakfish and squit, and, locally,
sea trout, and sea salmon. See also under squitee.
[1913 Webster]Weakfish \Weak"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
Any fish of the genus Cynoscion; a squeteague; -- so called
from its tender mouth. See Squeteague.
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Spotted weakfish (Zool.), the spotted squeteague.
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Spotted weakfish
(gcide) | squeteague \sque*teague"\ (skw[-e]*t[=e]g"), n. [From the North
American Indian name.] (Zool.)
An American sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion regalis), abundant on
the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a
food fish. It is of a bright silvery color, with iridescent
reflections. Called also weakfish, squitee, chickwit,
and sea trout. The spotted squeteague ({Cynoscion
nebulosus}) of the Southern United States is a similar fish,
but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is
called also spotted weakfish and squit, and, locally,
sea trout, and sea salmon. See also under squitee.
[1913 Webster]Weakfish \Weak"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
Any fish of the genus Cynoscion; a squeteague; -- so called
from its tender mouth. See Squeteague.
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Spotted weakfish (Zool.), the spotted squeteague.
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Spotted wintergreen
(gcide) | Wintergreen \Win"ter*green`\, n. (Bot.)
A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter.
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Note: In England, the name wintergreen is applied to the
species of Pyrola which in America are called
English wintergreen, and shin leaf (see Shin leaf,
under Shin.) In America, the name wintergreen is
given to Gaultheria procumbens, a low evergreen
aromatic plant with oval leaves clustered at the top of
a short stem, and bearing small white flowers followed
by red berries; -- called also checkerberry, and
sometimes, though improperly, partridge berry.
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Chickweed wintergreen, a low perennial primulaceous herb
(Trientalis Americana); -- also called star flower.
Flowering wintergreen, a low plant (Polygala paucifolia)
with leaves somewhat like those of the wintergreen
(Gaultheria), and bearing a few showy, rose-purple
blossoms.
oil of wintergreen, An aromatic oil, consisting almost
entirely of methyl salicylate (CH3CO.O.C6H4.OH),
obtained by distillation of an extract of the wintergreen
(Gaultheria procumbens); it can also be obtained from
some other plants. It is used as a flavoring agent for
tooth powders and pastes, sometimes combined with menthol
or eucalyptus. It is called also oil of teaberry, {oil
of partridgeberry}, and oil of gaultheria.
Spotted wintergreen, a low evergreen plant ({Chimaphila
maculata}) with ovate, white-spotted leaves.
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Spottedness
(gcide) | Spottedness \Spot"ted*ness\, n.
State or quality of being spotted.
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Unspotted
(gcide) | Unspotted \Un*spot"ted\, a.
Not spotted; free from spot or stain; especially, free from
moral stain; unblemished; immaculate; as, an unspotted
reputation. -- Un*spot"ted*ness, n.
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Unspottedness
(gcide) | Unspotted \Un*spot"ted\, a.
Not spotted; free from spot or stain; especially, free from
moral stain; unblemished; immaculate; as, an unspotted
reputation. -- Un*spot"ted*ness, n.
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white-spotted eagle ray
(gcide) | Ray \Ray\, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. Roach.] (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order
Raiae, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.
(b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat,
narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See
Skate.
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Bishop ray, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray
(Aetobatus narinari syn. Stoasodon narinari) of the
Southern United States and the West Indies; also called
the spotted eagle ray and white-spotted eagle ray.
Butterfly ray, a short-tailed American sting ray
(Pteroplatea Maclura), having very broad pectoral fins.
Devil ray. See Sea Devil.
Eagle ray, any large ray of the family Myliobatidae, or
Aetobatidae. The common European species ({Myliobatis
aquila}) is called also whip ray, and miller.
Electric ray, or Cramp ray, a torpedo.
Starry ray, a common European skate (Raia radiata).
Sting ray, any one of numerous species of rays of the
family Trygonidae having one or more large, sharp,
barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also
stingaree.
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chihuahuan spotted whiptail
(wn) | Chihuahuan spotted whiptail
n 1: having longitudinal stripes overlaid with light spots;
upland lizard of United States southwest and Mexico [syn:
Chihuahuan spotted whiptail, Cnemidophorus exsanguis] |
common spotted orchid
(wn) | common spotted orchid
n 1: European orchid having lanceolate leaves spotted purple and
pink to white or mauve flowers spotted or lined deep red or
purple [syn: common spotted orchid, {Dactylorhiza
fuchsii}, Dactylorhiza maculata fuchsii] |
dark-spotted
(wn) | dark-spotted
adj 1: having dark spots |
little spotted skunk
(wn) | little spotted skunk
n 1: small skunk with a marbled black and white coat; of United
States and Mexico [syn: spotted skunk, {little spotted
skunk}, Spilogale putorius] |
liver-spotted dalmatian
(wn) | liver-spotted dalmatian
n 1: a brown-spotted dalmatian |
maroon-spotted
(wn) | maroon-spotted
adj 1: having maroon spots |
purple-spotted
(wn) | purple-spotted
adj 1: having purple spots |
red-spotted purple
(wn) | red-spotted purple
n 1: similar to the banded purple but with red spots on
underwing surfaces [syn: red-spotted purple, {Limenitis
astyanax}] |
rocky mountain spotted fever
(wn) | Rocky Mountain spotted fever
n 1: caused by rickettsial bacteria and transmitted by wood
ticks [syn: Rocky Mountain spotted fever, {mountain
fever}, tick fever] |
spotted antbird
(wn) | spotted antbird
n 1: a kind of antbird [syn: spotted antbird, {Hylophylax
naevioides}] |
spotted barramundi
(wn) | spotted barramundi
n 1: a species of large fish found in Australian rivers [syn:
Australian arowana, Dawson River salmon, saratoga,
spotted barramundi, spotted bonytongue, {Scleropages
leichardti}] |
spotted bat
(wn) | spotted bat
n 1: a large bat of the southwestern United States having spots
and enormous ears [syn: jackass bat, spotted bat,
Euderma maculata] |
spotted black bass
(wn) | spotted black bass
n 1: a variety of black bass [syn: Kentucky black bass,
spotted black bass, Micropterus pseudoplites] |
spotted bonytongue
(wn) | spotted bonytongue
n 1: a species of large fish found in Australian rivers [syn:
Australian arowana, Dawson River salmon, saratoga,
spotted barramundi, spotted bonytongue, {Scleropages
leichardti}] |
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