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Definition of C familiaris

C familiaris
Creeper Creep"er (kr[=e]p"[~e]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing. Standing waters are most unwholesome, . . . full of mites, creepers; slimy, muddy, unclean. --Burton. 2. (Bot.) A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia). 3. (Zo["o]l.) A small bird of the genus Certhia, allied to the wrens. The brown or common European creeper is C. familiaris, a variety of which (var. Americana) inhabits America; -- called also tree creeper and creeptree. The American black and white creeper is Mniotilta varia. 4. A kind of patten mounted on short pieces of iron instead of rings; also, a fixture with iron points worn on a shoe to prevent one from slipping. 5. pl. A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often telegraph creepers. 6. A small, low iron, or dog, between the andirons. 7. pl. An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dragging at the bottom of a well, or any other body of water, and bringing up what may lie there. 8. Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen. 9. pl. (Arch.) Crockets. See Crocket.

Meaning of C familiaris from wikipedia

- The dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it is derived from extinct...
- Williams, Robert Edward Branston, George Thomas Wright. Published by Printed by C. Whittingham, 1830. Encyclopædia Britannica 9th edition, 1875, in the 1891...
- spider web. Eggs, Collection Museum Wiesbaden Certhia familiaris familiaris - MHNT Certhia familiaris brittanica - MHNT In Europe, the typical clutch of...
- (either included in the species Canis familiaris, or considered one of the following independent taxa: Canis familiaris dingo, Canis dingo, or Canis lupus...
- Indexes of Names in Zoology. In 1955, the ICZN's Direction 22 added Canis familiaris as the type specimen for genus Canis to the official list. Canis is primitive...
- pp. 259–260. ISBN 0195064011 K.-P. Koepfli; M. E. Gompper; E. Eizirik; C.-C. Ho; L. Linden; J. E. Maldonado; R. K. Wayne (2007). "Phylogeny of the Procyonidae...
- the Himalayas. Its specific distinctness from the common treecreeper (C. familiaris) was recently validated. This is a small bird, 12.5 cm (4.9 in) long...
- Look up familiaris in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In the Middle Ages, a familiaris (plural familiares), more formally a familiaris regis ("familiar...
- A. C.; Breitenmoser-Würsten, C.; Eizirik, E.; Gentry, A.; Werdelin, L.; Wilting, A.; Yamaguchi, N.; Abramov, A. V.; Christiansen, P.; Driscoll, C.; Duckworth...
- Others were wolf-like in characteristics. C. latrans (the coyote) is theorized to have descended from C. lepophagus. The formation of the Isthmus of...