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Coleopterist
Coleopterist Co`le*op"ter*ist, n. One versed in the study of the Coleoptera.
Lepidopterist
Lepidopterist Lep`i*dop"ter*ist, n. (Zo["o]l.) One who studies the Lepidoptera.
Neuropteris
Neuropteris Neu*rop"te*ris, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a nerve + ? a kind of fern.] (Paleon.) An extensive genus of fossil ferns, of which species have been found from the Devonian to the Triassic formation.
Onoclea Struthiopteris
Ostrich Os"trich, n. [OE. ostriche, ostrice, OF. ostruche, ostruce, F. autruche, L. avis struthio; avis bird + struthio ostrich, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? bird, sparrow. Cf. Aviary, Struthious.] [Formerly written also estrich.] (Zo["o]l.) A large bird of the genus Struthio, of which Struthio camelus of Africa is the best known species. It has long and very strong legs, adapted for rapid running; only two toes; a long neck, nearly bare of feathers; and short wings incapable of flight. The adult male is about eight feet high. Note: The South African ostrich (Struthio australis) and the Asiatic ostrich are considered distinct species by some authors. Ostriches are now domesticated in South Africa in large numbers for the sake of their plumes. The body of the male is covered with elegant black plumose feathers, while the wings and tail furnish the most valuable white plumes. Ostrich farm, a farm on which ostriches are bred for the sake of their feathers, oil, eggs, etc. Ostrich farming, the occupation of breeding ostriches for the sake of their feathers, etc. Ostrich fern (Bot.) a kind of fern (Onoclea Struthiopteris), the tall fronds of which grow in a circle from the rootstock. It is found in alluvial soil in Europe and North America.
Pecopteris
Pecopteris Pe*cop"te*ris, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? to comb + ? a kind of fern.] (Paleon.) An extensive genus of fossil ferns; -- so named from the regular comblike arrangement of the leaflets.
Phoxopteris nubeculana
Sewer Sew"er, n. 1. One who sews, or stitches. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer (Phoxopteris nubeculana)
Tomopteris
Tomopteris To*mop"te*ris, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a cut + ? wing (but taken to mean, fin).] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of transparent marine annelids which swim actively at the surface of the sea. They have deeply divided or forked finlike organs (parapodia). This genus is the type of the order, or suborder, Gymnocopa.

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- China. Some species of Pteris have considerable economic and ecological value, such as Pteris multifida, Pteris ensiformis, Pteris vittata can be used for...
-  641-647 (résumé) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pteris vittata. Lansdown, R.V. (2013). "Pteris vittata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013:...
- Garden - Pteris cretica". Retrieved 27 June 2013. "RHS Plant Selector - Pteris cretica". Retrieved 17 February 2021. "RHS Plant Selector - Pteris nipponica"...
- Pteris ensiformis, the slender brake, silver lace fern, sword brake fern, or slender brake fern, is a plant species of the genus Pteris in the family...
- comes from Ancient Gr**** words στρουθίων (strouthíōn) "ostrich" and πτερίς (pterís) "fern". The fronds are dimorphic, with the deciduous green sterile fronds...
- Pteris parkeri, the silver ribbon fern,[citation needed] is a species of evergreen fern in the family Pteridaceae, native to ****an, Taiwan and Korea. "Pteris...
- family Pteridaceae/ Pteris tremula var. caudata Pteris tremula var. minor Pteris tremula var. pectinata Pteris tremula var. tremula Pteris tremula is a terrestrial...
- Pteri (Gr****: Πτέρη) is a village and a community in Achaea, Greece. It is located about 15 km (9.3 mi) south of Aigio, and east of the Selinountas river...
- Asian subspecies of P. aquilinum. Common bracken was first described as Pteris aquilina by Carl Linnaeus, in Volume 2 of his Species Plantarum in 1753...
- Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pteris semipinnata. Pteris semipinnata is a fern species in the Pteridoideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae. It is...