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   Oligoplites
         n 1: leatherjackets [syn: {Oligoplites}, {genus Oligoplites}]

English Dictionary: Oligoporus by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oligopoly
n
  1. (economics) a market in which control over the supply of a commodity is in the hands of a small number of producers and each one can influence prices and affect competitors
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Oligoporus
n
  1. a genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae [syn: Oligoporus, genus Oligoporus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Oligoporus leucospongia
n
  1. a pore fungus with a whitish cottony soft cap found on conifer logs in forests at high elevation in the western United States and adjacent Canada
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Oil cup}, a cup, or small receptacle, connected with a
            bearing as a lubricator, and usually provided with a wick,
            wire, or adjustable valve for regulating the delivery of
            oil.
  
      {Oil engine}, a gas engine worked with the explosive vapor of
            petroleum.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oligopetalous \Ol`i*go*pet"al*ous\, a. [Oligo- + petal.] (Bot.)
      Having few petals.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Leather \Leath"er\, n. [OE. lether, AS. le[?]er; akin to D.
      leder, le[88]r, G. leder, OHG. ledar, Icel. le[?]r, Sw.
      l[84]der, Dan. l[91]der.]
      1. The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned,
            tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides,
            collectively.
  
      2. The skin. [Ironical or Sportive]
  
      Note: Leather is much used adjectively in the sense of made
               of, relating to, or like, leather.
  
      {Leather board}, an imitation of sole leather, made of
            leather scraps, rags, paper, etc.
  
      {Leather carp} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of carp in which the
            scales are all, or nearly all, absent. See Illust. under
            {Carp}.
  
      {Leather jacket}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A California carangoid fish ({Oligoplites saurus}).
            (b) A trigger fish ({Balistes Carolinensis}).
  
      {Leather flower} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Clematis Viorna})
            of the Middle and Southern States having thick, leathery
            sepals of a purplish color.
  
      {Leather leaf} (Bot.), a low shrub ({Cassandra calyculata}),
            growing in Northern swamps, and having evergreen,
            coriaceous, scurfy leaves.
  
      {Leather plant} (Bot.), one or more New Zealand plants of the
            composite genus {Celmisia}, which have white or buff
            tomentose leaves.
  
      {Leather turtle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Leatherback}.
  
      {Vegetable leather}.
            (a) An imitation of leather made of cotton waste.
            (b) Linen cloth coated with India rubber. --Ure.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Olsburg, KS (city, FIPS 52825)
      Location: 39.43205 N, 96.61543 W
      Population (1990): 192 (76 housing units)
      Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 66520
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