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Definition of Glaucus

Glaucus
Glaucus Glau"cus, n. [L., sea green.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea. These mollusks are beautifully colored with blue and silvery white.

Meaning of Glaucus from wikipedia

- same. It is not known if Glaucus had any children, but Pausanias mentions Glaucus of Carystus as an alleged descendant of Glaucus the sea god. Virgil seems...
- Glaucus atlanticus (common names include the blue sea dragon, sea swallow, blue angel, blue glaucus, dragon slug, blue dragon, blue sea slug, and blue...
- underside P. glaucus is one of a few species of papilionids known to produce gynandromorphs. Most bilateral gynandromorphs are hybrids of P. glaucus and P....
- to Glaucus atlanticus, and is part of a species complex (Informal clade Marginatus) along with Glaucus bennettae, Glaucus thompsoni, and Glaucus mcfarlanei...
- nematocysts of their prey. Glaucus is the only genus in the family Glaucidae. It includes five species. The genus Glaucus was established by monotypy...
- Look up Glaucus or glaucus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In Gr**** mythology, Glaucus was a Gr**** prophetic sea-god. Glaucus, often transliterated...
- Potniae or sometimes of Corinth. Glaucus was the subject of a lost tragedy by Aeschylus, Glaucus Potnieus (Glaucus at Potniae), fragments of which are...
- C. glaucus may refer to: Callistemon glaucus, a shrub in the myrtle family Caulanthus glaucus, a plant in the mustard family Chiton glaucus, the green...
- P. glaucus may refer to: Papilio glaucus, the Eastern tiger swallowtail, a butterfly species native to North America Phyllobius glaucus, a weevil species...
- Daedalus, Glaucus, and Nisus. Unlike Minos I, Minos II fathered numerous children, including Androgeus, Catreus, Deucalion, Ariadne, Phaedra, and Glaucus—all...