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Pentail
A peculiar insectivore (Ptilocercus Lowii) of Borneo; -- so called from its very long, quill-shaped tail, which is scaly at the base and plumose at the tip.
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A genus of East Indian pheasants. The common species (A. giganteus) is remarkable for the great length and beauty of the wing and tail…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, insectivore, ptilocercus, lowii, borneo.Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, insectivore, ptilocercus, lowii, borneo.A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base; as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, insectivore, ptilocercus, lowii, borneo.A rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, insectivore, ptilocercus, lowii, borneo.A mineral of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, usually in plumose masses, also compact. It is a sulphide of antimony and lead.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, insectivore, ptilocercus, lowii, borneo.A cephalopod, belonging to the genus Loligo and related genera. There are many species. They have a sack of inklike fluid which they d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, insectivore, ptilocercus, lowii, borneo.A gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree (Dryobalanops camphora) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; -- called also Malay ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, insectivore, ptilocercus, lowii, borneo.An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, insectivore, ptilocercus, lowii, borneo.A quill of the crow, or a very fine pen made from such a quill.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, insectivore, ptilocercus, lowii, borneo.A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tail cut sho…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, insectivore, ptilocercus, lowii, borneo.In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, insectivore, ptilocercus, lowii, borneo.The solid part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair; the stump of a tail; the part of a tail left after clipping or cut…
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