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AspalathusAspalathus As*pal"a*thus, n. [L. aspalathus, Gr. ?.] (Bot.)
(a) A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil. --Ecclus. xxiv.
15.
(b) A genus of plants of the natural order Leguminos[ae].
The species are chiefly natives of the Cape of Good Hope. Chauliognathus AmericanusSoldier Sol"dier, n. [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF.
soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr.
L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a
soldier), fr. solidus solid. See Solid, and cf. Sold, n.]
1. One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a
private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized
body of combatants.
I am a soldier and unapt to weep. --Shak.
2. Especially, a private in military service, as
distinguished from an officer.
It were meet that any one, before he came to be a
captain, should have been a soldier. --Spenser.
3. A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill,
or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of
emphasis or distinction. --Shak.
4. (Zo["o]l.) The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini.)
[Prov. Eng.]
5. (Zo["o]l.) One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white
ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very
large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest.
See Termite.
Soldier beetle (Zo["o]l.), an American carabid beetle
(Chauliognathus Americanus) whose larva feeds upon other
insects, such as the plum curculio.
Soldier bug (Zo["o]l.), any hemipterous insect of the genus
Podisus and allied genera, as the spined soldier bug
(Podius spinosus). These bugs suck the blood of other
insects.
Soldier crab (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The hermit crab.
(b) The fiddler crab.
Soldier fish (Zo["o]l.), a bright-colored etheostomoid fish
(Etheostoma c[oe]ruleum) found in the Mississippi River;
-- called also blue darter, and rainbow darter.
Soldier fly (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
small dipterous flies of the genus Stratyomys and allied
genera. They are often bright green, with a metallic
luster, and are ornamented on the sides of the back with
markings of yellow, like epaulets or shoulder straps.
Soldier moth (Zo["o]l.), a large geometrid moth (Euschema
militaris), having the wings bright yellow with bluish
black lines and spots.
Soldier orchis (Bot.), a kind of orchis (Orchis
militaris). Compsognathus
Compsognathus Comp*sog"na*thus (k[o^]mp*s[o^]g"n[.a]*th[u^]s),
n. [NL., fr. Gr. kompo`s elegant, pretty + gna`qos jaw.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A genus of Dinosauria found in the Jurassic formation, and
remarkable for having several birdlike features.
Erignathus barbatusSeal Seal (s[=e]l), n. [OE. sele, AS. seolh; akin to OHG.
selah, Dan. s[ae]l, Sw. sj["a]l, Icel. selr.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocid[ae]
and Otariid[ae].
Note: Seals inhabit seacoasts, and are found principally in
the higher latitudes of both hemispheres. There are
numerous species, bearing such popular names as sea
lion, sea leopard, sea bear, or ursine seal,
fur seal, and sea elephant. The bearded seal
(Erignathus barbatus), the hooded seal (Cystophora
crustata), and the ringed seal (Phoca f[oe]tida),
are northern species. See also Eared seal, Harp
seal, and Fur seal, under Eared, Harp, Monk,
and Fur. Seals are much hunted for their skins and
fur, and also for their oil, which in some species is
very abundant.
Harbor seal (Zo["o]l.), the common seal (Phoca vitulina).
It inhabits both the North Atlantic and the North Pacific
Ocean, and often ascends rivers; -- called also marbled
seal, native seal, river seal, bay seal, land
seal, sea calf, sea cat, sea dog, dotard,
ranger, selchie, tangfish. Hypsignathus monstrosus 2. (Zo["o]l.) A fresh-water fish; the stone-roller.
3. (Zo["o]l.) An African fruit bat (Hypsignathus
monstrosus); -- so called from its large blunt nozzle. Mathusian
Mathusian Ma*thu"sian, n.
A follower of Malthus.
ParagnathusParagnathus Pa*rag"na*thus, n.; pl. Paragnathi. [NL. See
Para-, and Gnathic.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) One of the two lobes which form the lower lip, or
metastome, of Crustacea.
(b) One of the small, horny, toothlike jaws of certain
annelids. Polyprion prognathusHapuku Ha*pu"ku, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A large and valuable food fish (Polyprion prognathus) of
New Zealand. It sometimes weighs one hundred pounds or more. Zarathustrian
Zarathustrian ar`a*thus"tri*an, Zarathustric
ar`a*thus"tric, a.
Of or pertaining to Zarathustra, or Zoroaster; Zoroastrian.
--Tylor.
Zarathustric
Zarathustrian ar`a*thus"tri*an, Zarathustric
ar`a*thus"tric, a.
Of or pertaining to Zarathustra, or Zoroaster; Zoroastrian.
--Tylor.
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