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Conus admiralis
Admiral Ad"mi*ral, n. [OE. amiral, admiral, OF. amiral, ultimately fr. Ar. am[=i]r-al-bahr commander of the sea; Ar. am[=i]r is commander, al is the Ar. article, and am[=i]r-al, heard in different titles, was taken as one word. Early forms of the word show confusion with L. admirabilis admirable, fr. admirari to admire. It is said to have been introduced into Europe by the Genoese or Venetians, in the 12th or 13th century. Cf. Ameer, Emir.] 1. A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank are admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets. 2. The ship which carries the admiral; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet. Like some mighty admiral, dark and terrible, bearing down upon his antagonist with all his canvas straining to the wind, and all his thunders roaring from his broadsides. --E. Everett. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A handsome butterfly (Pyrameis Atalanta) of Europe and America. The larva feeds on nettles. Admiral shell (Zo["o]l.), the popular name of an ornamental cone shell (Conus admiralis). Lord High Admiral, a great officer of state, who (when this rare dignity is conferred) is at the head of the naval administration of Great Britain.

Meaning of Admirali from wikipedia

- Flottiljamiral (Finnish Navy) Flottillenadmiral (German Navy) Flotiles admirālis (Latvian Naval Forces) Flotilės admirolas (Lithuanian Naval Force) Flottiljamiral...
- English comes from Anglo-French amiral, "commander", from Medieval Latin admiralis, admirallus. These evolved from the Arabic amīral (أمير الـ) – amīr (أمير)...
- Vojnoizdavački zavod. ISBN 86-335-0112-0. Bjelajac, Mile (2004). Generali i admirali Kraljevine Jugoslavije 1918—1941. Belgrade: Institut za novu istoriju Srbije...
- p. 99. OKM 1939, p. 98. Bibliography Bjelajac, Mile (2004). Generali i admirali Kraljevine Jugoslavije 1918–1941: Studija o vojnoj eliti i biografski leksikon...
- ISBN 978-1-85532-473-2. Bjelajac 2004, p. 15. Bjelajac, Mile (2004). Generali i admirali Kraljevine Jugoslavije 1918–1941. Belgrade: Institut za novu istoriju Srbije...
- Guardiamarina  Latvian Naval Forces v t e Viceadmirālis Kontradmirālis Flotiles admirālis Jūras kapteinis Komandkapteinis Komandleitnants Kapteiņleitnants Virsleitnants...
- the country that did not get executed. Bjelajac, Mile (2004). Generali i admirali Kraljevine Jugoslavije 1918-1941: studija o vojnoj eliti i biografski leksikon...
- "Battles in the Black Sea". rusnavy.com. Martinović, Dušan J. (2003). "Admirali i generali Vojnovići u ruskoj vojsci". Project Rastko Boka (in Serbian)...
- (in Serbian). Retrieved 2021-06-12. Bjelajac, Mile S. (2004). Generali i admirali Kraljevine Jugoslavije 1918—1941. Belgrade: Institut za noviju istoriju...
- Dušan, Ljubica and Darinka.[citation needed] Dušan J. Martinović (2003). "Admirali i generali Vojnovići u ruskoj vojsci". Project Rastko Boka (in Serbian)...