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   harpy bat
         n 1: any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene
               distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes
               [syn: {harpy}, {harpy bat}, {tube-nosed bat}, {tube-nosed
               fruit bat}]

English Dictionary: herb of grace by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
herb of grace
n
  1. European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
    Synonym(s): rue, herb of grace, Ruta graveolens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
herbivore
n
  1. any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants; "horses are herbivores"; "the sauropod dinosaurs were apparently herbivores"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
herbivorous
adj
  1. feeding only on plants [ant: carnivorous, insectivorous, omnivorous]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hoheria populnea
n
  1. small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage
    Synonym(s): lacebark, ribbonwood, houhere, Hoheria populnea
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Harpy \Har"py\, n.; pl. {Harpies}. [F. harpie, L. harpyia, Gr.
      [?], from the root of [?] to snatch, to seize. Gf.
      {Rapacious}.]
      1. (Gr. Myth.) A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and
            filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a
            vulture, with long claws, and the face pale with hunger.
            Some writers mention two, others three.
  
                     Both table and provisions vanished guite. With sound
                     of harpies' wings and talons heard.   --Milton.
  
      2. One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
  
                     The harpies about all pocket the pool. --Goldsmith.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier ({Circus
                  [91]ruginosus}).
            (b) A large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged
                  American eagle ({Thrasa[89]tus harpyia}). It ranges
                  from Texas to Brazil.
  
      {Harpy bat} (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) An East Indian fruit bat of the genus {Harpyia} (esp.
                  {H. cerphalotes}), having prominent, tubular nostrils.
            (b) A small, insectivorous Indian bat ({Harpiocephalus
                  harpia}).
  
      {Harpy fly} (Zo[94]l.), the house fly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Harpy \Har"py\, n.; pl. {Harpies}. [F. harpie, L. harpyia, Gr.
      [?], from the root of [?] to snatch, to seize. Gf.
      {Rapacious}.]
      1. (Gr. Myth.) A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and
            filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a
            vulture, with long claws, and the face pale with hunger.
            Some writers mention two, others three.
  
                     Both table and provisions vanished guite. With sound
                     of harpies' wings and talons heard.   --Milton.
  
      2. One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
  
                     The harpies about all pocket the pool. --Goldsmith.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier ({Circus
                  [91]ruginosus}).
            (b) A large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged
                  American eagle ({Thrasa[89]tus harpyia}). It ranges
                  from Texas to Brazil.
  
      {Harpy bat} (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) An East Indian fruit bat of the genus {Harpyia} (esp.
                  {H. cerphalotes}), having prominent, tubular nostrils.
            (b) A small, insectivorous Indian bat ({Harpiocephalus
                  harpia}).
  
      {Harpy fly} (Zo[94]l.), the house fly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Puss \Puss\ (p[usdot]s), n. [Cf. D. poes, Ir. & Gael. pus.]
      1. A cat; -- a fondling appellation.
  
      2. A hare; -- so called by sportsmen.
  
      {Puss in the corner}, a game in which all the players but one
            occupy corners of a room, or certain goals in the open
            air, and exchange places, the one without a corner
            endeavoring to get a corner while it is vacant, leaving
            some other without one.
  
      {Puss moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of stout
            bombycid moths belonging to {Cerura}, {Harpyia}, and
            allied genera, esp. {Harpyia vinuli}, of Europe. The
            larv[91] are humpbacked, and have two caudal appendages.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Harvey process \Har"vey proc"ess\ (Metal.)
      A process of hardening the face of steel, as armor plates,
      invented by Hayward A. Harvey of New Jersey, consisting in
      the additional carburizing of the face of a piece of low
      carbon steel by subjecting it to the action of carbon under
      long-continued pressure at a very high heat, and then to a
      violent chilling, as by a spray of cold water. This process
      gives an armor plate a thick surface of extreme hardness
      supported by material gradually decreasing in hardness to the
      unaltered soft steel at the back.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Herb \Herb\ (?; 277), n. [OE. herbe, erbe, OF. herbe, erbe, F.
      herbe, L. herba; perh. akin to Gr. forbh` food, pasture,
      fe`rbein to feed.]
      1. A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent,
            but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.
  
      Note: Annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower
               the second season, and then die; perennial herbs
               produce new stems year after year.
  
      2. Grass; herbage.
  
                     And flocks Grazing the tender herb.   --Milton.
  
      {Herb bennet}. (Bot.) See {Bennet}.
  
      {Herb Christopher} (Bot.), an herb ({Act[91]a spicata}),
            whose root is used in nervous diseases; the baneberry. The
            name is occasionally given to other plants, as the royal
            fern, the wood betony, etc.
  
      {Herb Gerard} (Bot.), the goutweed; -- so called in honor of
            St. Gerard, who used to be invoked against the gout. --Dr.
            Prior.
  
      {Herb grace}, [or] {Herb of grace}. (Bot.) See {Rue}.
  
      {Herb Margaret} (Bot.), the daisy. See {Marguerite}.
  
      {Herb Paris} (Bot.), an Old World plant related to the
            trillium ({Paris quadrifolia}), commonly reputed
            poisonous.
  
      {Herb Robert} (Bot.), a species of {Geranium} ({G.
            Robertianum}.)

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Herbiferous \Her*bif"er*ous\, a. [Herb + -ferous: cf. F.
      herbif[82]re.]
      Bearing herbs or vegetation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Herbivore \Her"bi*vore\, n. [Cf. F. herbivore.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the Herbivora. --P. H. Gosse.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Herbivorous \Her*biv"o*rous\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Eating plants; of or pertaining to the Herbivora.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ribbonwood \Rib"bon*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
      A malvaceous tree ({Hoheria populnea}) of New Zealand, the
      bark of which is used for cordage.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harveyville, KS (city, FIPS 30575)
      Location: 38.78916 N, 95.96213 W
      Population (1990): 267 (110 housing units)
      Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 66431
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