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Carnifex
Carnifex Car"ni*fex, n. [L., fr. caro, carnis, flesh + facere to make.] (Antiq.) The public executioner at Rome, who executed persons of the lowest rank; hence, an executioner or hangman.

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- Look up carnifex in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Carnifex literally means butcher in Latin and in the history of ancient Rome refers to an executioner...
- Polistes carnifex, commonly known as the executioner wasp or executioner paper wasp, is a neotropical vespid wasp in the cosmopolitan genus Polistes. It...
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- within Australian ecosystems. The largest and last species, Thylacoleo carnifex approached the weight of a lioness. The estimated average weight for the...
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- Xenobolus carnifex is a species of spirobolidan millipede found in South India and Sri Lanka. It is a common species and can become a household pest, infesting...
- The Battle of Carnifex Ferry took place on September 10, 1861 in Nicholas County, Virginia (now West Virginia), as part of the Operations in Western Virginia...
- Alexander the Great. His adversaries gave him the nickname adulescentulus carnifex ("teenage butcher") for his ruthlessness. In 60 BC, Pompey joined Cr****us...
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- Cardisoma carnifex is a species of terrestrial crab found in coastal regions from the east coast of Africa and the Red Sea across the Indo-Pacific to the...