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wilson
(encz) | Wilson,Wilson n: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, mužské křestní
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wilson
(czen) | Wilson,Wilsonn: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, mužské křestní
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wilson
(wn) | Wilson
n 1: author of the first novel by an African American that was
published in the United States (1808-1870) [syn: Wilson,
Harriet Wilson]
2: English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991) [syn:
Wilson, Sir Angus Wilson, Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson]
3: Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813) [syn:
Wilson, Alexander Wilson]
4: United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic
microwave radiation (born in 1918) [syn: Wilson, {Robert
Woodrow Wilson}]
5: Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate
tectonics (1908-1993) [syn: Wilson, John Tuzo Wilson]
6: American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of
the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798) [syn: Wilson,
James Wilson]
7: United States entomologist who has generalized from social
insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929)
[syn: Wilson, E. O. Wilson, Edward Osborne Wilson]
8: Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959)
[syn: Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees Wilson]
9: United States literary critic (1895-1972) [syn: Wilson,
Edmund Wilson]
10: 28th President of the United States; led the United States
in World War I and secured the formation of the League of
Nations (1856-1924) [syn: Wilson, Woodrow Wilson,
Thomas Woodrow Wilson, President Wilson]
11: a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet
high) [syn: Wilson, Mount Wilson] |
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wilsonian
(encz) | Wilsonian, |
Aegialitis Wilsonia
(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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] Plow |
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