English Dictionary: ladyfish | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Marabou \Mar`a*bou"\, n. [F.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A large stork of the genus {Leptoptilos} (formerly {Ciconia}), esp. the African species ({L. crumenifer}), which furnishes plumes worn as ornaments. The Asiatic species ({L. dubius}, or {L. argala}) is the adjutant. See {Adjutant}. [Written also {marabu}.] 2. One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe. [Louisiana] --Bartlett. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Butcher \Butch"er\, n. [OE. bochere, bochier, OF. bochier, F. boucher, orig., slaughterer of buck goats, fr. OF. boc, F. bouc, a buck goat; of German or Celtic origin. See {Buck} the animal.] 1. One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food. 2. A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle. [bd]Butcher of an innocent child.[b8] --Shak. {Butcher bird} (Zo[94]l.), a species of shrike of the genus {Lanius}. Note: The {Lanius excubitor} is the common butcher bird of Europe. In England, the bearded tit is sometimes called the {lesser butcher bird}. The American species are {L.borealis}, or {northern butcher bird}, and {L. Ludovicianus} or {loggerhead shrike}. The name butcher bird is derived from its habit of suspending its prey impaled upon thorns, after killing it. {Butcher's meat}, such flesh of animals slaughtered for food as is sold for that purpose by butchers, as beef, mutton, lamb, and pork. | |
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Ladybug \La"dy*bug`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Ladybird}. | |
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Ladybird \La"dy*bird`\, n. [Equiv. to, bird of Our Lady.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genus {Coccinella} and allied genera (family {Coccinellid[91]}); -- called also {ladybug}, {ladyclock}, {lady cow}, {lady fly}, and {lady beetle}. {Coccinella seplempunctata} in one of the common European species. See {Coccinella}. Note: The ladybirds are usually more or less hemispherical in form, with a smooth, polished surface, and often colored red, brown, or black, with small spots of brighter colors. Both the larv[91] and the adult beetles of most species feed on aphids, and for this reason they are very beneficial to agriculture and horticulture. | |
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Ladybug \La"dy*bug`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Ladybird}. | |
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Ladybird \La"dy*bird`\, n. [Equiv. to, bird of Our Lady.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genus {Coccinella} and allied genera (family {Coccinellid[91]}); -- called also {ladybug}, {ladyclock}, {lady cow}, {lady fly}, and {lady beetle}. {Coccinella seplempunctata} in one of the common European species. See {Coccinella}. Note: The ladybirds are usually more or less hemispherical in form, with a smooth, polished surface, and often colored red, brown, or black, with small spots of brighter colors. Both the larv[91] and the adult beetles of most species feed on aphids, and for this reason they are very beneficial to agriculture and horticulture. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Coccinella \[d8]Coc`ci*nel"la\, n. [NL., fr. L. coccineus scarlet-colored. See {Cochoneal}.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of small beetles of many species. They and their larv[91] feed on aphids or plant lice, and hence are of great benefit to man. Also called {ladybirds} and {ladybugs}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ladyfish \La"dy*fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large, handsome oceanic fish ({Albula vulpes}), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also {bonefish}, {grubber}, {French mullet}, and {macab[82]}. (b) A labroid fish ({Harpe rufa}) of Florida and the West Indies. | |
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Bygone \By"gone`\, n. Something gone by or past; a past event. [bd]Let old bygones be[b8] --Tennyson. {Let bygones be bygones}, let the past be forgotten. | |
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Lithophagous \Li*thoph"a*gous\, a. [Litho- + Gr. [?] to eat.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich. (b) Eating or destroying stone; -- applied to various animals which make burrows in stone, as many bivalve mollusks, certain sponges, annelids, and sea urchins. See {Lithodomus}. | |
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d8Lithodomus \[d8]Li*thod"o*mus\, n. [NL. See {Lithodome}.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of elongated bivalve shells, allied to the mussels, and remarkable for their ability to bore holes for shelter, in solid limestone, shells, etc. Called also {Lithophagus}. Note: These holes are at first very small and shallow, but are enlarged with the growth of the shell, sometimes becoming two or three inches deep and nearly an inch diameter. | |
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Lithophosphor \Lith"o*phos`phor\, n. [Litho- + phosphor.] A stone that becomes phosphoric by heat. | |
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Lithophosphoric \Lith`o*phos*phor"ic\, a. Pertaining to lithophosphor; becoming phosphoric by heat. | |
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Lithophyse \Lith"o*physe\, n. [Litho- + Gr. [?] a flatus, air bubble.] (Min.) A spherulitic cavity often with concentric chambers, observed in some volcanic rocks, as in rhyolitic lavas. It is supposed to be produced by expanding gas, whence the name. | |
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Loud-voiced \Loud"-voiced`\, a. Having a loud voice; noisy; clamorous. --Byron. | |
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Ludification \Lu`di*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. ludificatio, fr. ludificare to make sport of; ludus sport + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {-fy}.] The act of deriding. | |
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Ludificatory \Lu*dif"i*ca*to*ry\, a. [L. ludificatorius.] Making sport; tending to excite derision. [Obs.] | |
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Lute-backed \Lute"-backed`\, a. Having a curved spine. | |
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Lido Beach, NY (CDP, FIPS 42279) Location: 40.59215 N, 73.60775 W Population (1990): 2786 (1289 housing units) Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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