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   Citlaltepetl
         n 1: an extinct volcano in southern Mexico between Mexico City
               and Veracruz; the highest peak in Mexico (18,695 feet)
               [syn: {Citlaltepetl}, {Mount Orizaba}, {Mt Orizaba}, {Pico
               de Orizaba}]

English Dictionary: Citlaltepetl by the DICT Development Group
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cattle \Cat"tle\ (k[acr]t"t'l), n. pl. [OE. calet, chatel,
      goods, property, OF. catel, chatel, LL. captale, capitale,
      goods, property, esp. cattle, fr. L. capitals relating to the
      head, chief; because in early ages beasts constituted the
      chief part of a man's property. See {Capital}, and cf.
      {Chattel}.]
      Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including
      all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules,
      asses, and swine.
  
      {Belted cattle}, {Black cattle}. See under {Belted}, {Black}.
           
  
      {Cattle guard}, a trench under a railroad track and alongside
            a crossing (as of a public highway). It is intended to
            prevent cattle from getting upon the track.
  
      {cattle louse} (Zo[94]l.), any species of louse infecting
            cattle. There are several species. The {H[91]matatopinus
            eurysternus} and {H. vituli} are common species which suck
            blood; {Trichodectes scalaris} eats the hair.
  
      {Cattle plague}, the rinderpest; called also {Russian cattle
            plague}.
  
      {Cattle range}, or {Cattle run}, an open space through which
            cattle may run or range. [U. S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Cattle show}, an exhibition of domestic animals with prizes
            for the encouragement of stock breeding; -- usually
            accompanied with the exhibition of other agricultural and
            domestic products and of implements.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cetylic \Ce*tyl"ic\, a. (Chem.)
      Of, pertaining to, or derived from, spermaceti.
  
      {Cetylic alcohol} (Chem.), a white, waxy, crystalline solid,
            obtained from spermaceti, and regarded as homologous with
            ordinary, or ethyl, alcohol; ethal; -- called also {cetyl
            alcohol}.
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