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Circumlittoral
Circumlittoral Cir`cum*lit"to*ral, a. [Pref. circum- + L.
littus, littoris, shore; preferable form, litus, litoris.]
Adjointing the shore.
Littoral
Littoral Lit"to*ral, a. [L. littoralis, litoralis, from
littus, litus, the seashore: cf. F. littoral.]
1. Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the sea.
2. (Biol.) Inhabiting the seashore, esp. the zone between
high-water and low-water mark.
Odontaspis littoralis Sand grouse (Zo["o]l.), any one of many species of Old
World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and
resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also rock
grouse, rock pigeon, and ganga. They mostly belong to
the genus Pterocles, as the common Indian species (P.
exustus). The large sand grouse (P. arenarius), the
painted sand grouse (P. fasciatus), and the pintail sand
grouse (P. alchata) are also found in India. See Illust.
under Pterocletes.
Sand hill, a hill of sand; a dune.
Sand-hill crane (Zo["o]l.), the American brown crane (Grus
Mexicana).
Sand hopper (Zo["o]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian.
Sand hornet (Zo["o]l.), a sand wasp.
Sand lark. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small lark (Alaudala raytal), native of India.
(b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the
sanderling, and the common European sandpiper.
(c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ([AE]gialophilus
ruficapillus); -- called also red-necked plover.
Sand launce (Zo["o]l.), a lant, or launce.
Sand lizard (Zo["o]l.), a common European lizard (Lacerta
agilis).
Sand martin (Zo["o]l.), the bank swallow.
Sand mole (Zo["o]l.), the coast rat.
Sand monitor (Zo["o]l.), a large Egyptian lizard (Monitor
arenarius) which inhabits dry localities.
Sand mouse (Zo["o]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
Sand myrtle. (Bot.) See under Myrtle.
Sand partridge (Zo["o]l.), either of two small Asiatic
partridges of the genus Ammoperdix. The wings are long
and the tarsus is spurless. One species (A. Heeji)
inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species (A.
Bonhami), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also seesee
partridge, and teehoo.
Sand picture, a picture made by putting sand of different
colors on an adhesive surface.
Sand pike. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The sauger.
(b) The lizard fish.
Sand pillar, a sand storm which takes the form of a
whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like
those of the Sahara and Mongolia.
Sand pipe (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to
several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous
rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called
also sand gall.
Sand pride (Zo["o]l.), a small British lamprey now
considered to be the young of larger species; -- called
also sand prey.
Sand pump, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket
with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well.
Sand rat (Zo["o]l.), the pocket gopher.
Sand rock, a rock made of cemented sand.
Sand runner (Zo["o]l.), the turnstone.
Sand saucer (Zo["o]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or
o["o]thec[ae], of any mollusk of the genus Natica and
allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer,
and is coated with fine sand; -- called also sand
collar.
Sand screw (Zo["o]l.), an amphipod crustacean
(Lepidactylis arenarius), which burrows in the sandy
seabeaches of Europe and America.
Sand shark (Zo["o]l.), an American shark (Odontaspis
littoralis) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern
United States; -- called also gray shark, and dogfish
shark. See Illust. under Remora.
Sand skink (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of Old
World lizards belonging to the genus Seps; as, the
ocellated sand skink (Seps ocellatus) of Southern
Europe.
Sand skipper (Zo["o]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian.
Sand smelt (Zo["o]l.), a silverside.
Sand snake. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing
snakes of the genus Eryx, native of Southern Europe,
Africa, and Asia, especially E. jaculus of India and
E. Johnii, used by snake charmers.
(b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus
Psammophis, especially P. sibilans.
Sand snipe (Zo["o]l.), the sandpiper.
Sand star (Zo["o]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on
sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star.
Sand storm, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind.
Sand sucker, the sandnecker.
Sand swallow (Zo["o]l.), the bank swallow. See under
Bank.
Sand tube, a tube made of sand. Especially:
(a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of
lightning; a fulgurite.
(b) (Zo["o]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand.
(c) (Zo["o]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous
particles in its wall, which connects the oral water
tube with the madreporic plate.
Sand viper. (Zo["o]l.) See Hognose snake.
Sand wasp (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
hymenopterous insects belonging to the families
Pompilid[ae] and Spherid[ae], which dig burrows in
sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or
spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve
as food for her young. Sublittoral
Sublittoral Sub*lit"to*ral, a.
Under the shore. --Smart.
Vitex littoralisTeak Teak, n. [Malayalm tekku.] (Bot.)
A tree of East Indies (Tectona grandis) which furnishes an
extremely strong and durable timber highly valued for
shipbuilding and other purposes; also, the timber of the
tree. [Written also teek.]
African teak, a tree (Oldfieldia Africana) of Sierra
Leone; also, its very heavy and durable wood; -- called
also African oak.
New Zeland teak, a large tree (Vitex littoralis) of New
Zeland; also, its hard, durable timber.
Meaning of Littora from wikipedia
- 1882
Characoma nilotica Paraxia chamaeleon Möschler, 1890
Clettharra littora Bethune-Baker, 1894
Thalpochares laurea H. Druce, 1898
Nycteola proteella...
- from a poem by
Archibald Pitcairn (1652–1713):
Tellurem fecere dei, sua
littora Belgae. C.D. van Strien,
British Travellers in
Holland During the Stuart...
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Augustinus ad
Rutipina littora in
insula Thaneti post tot
terrae marisque labores tandem advectus hoc in loco ****
Ethelberto rege
congressus primam apud...
- ergo est magnus,
habens super corium suum
tamquam sabulones,
sicut iuxta littora maris. Haec in
medio pelago eleuat dorsum suum
super undas maris sursum;...
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navigandi artem adhuc imperfectam, et quod
neglectis fere
directionibus littora soleant legi. In
articularium itidem locorum transpositione errare poterant...
- Tilesio, W. G. (1815). "De
skeleto mammonteo Sibirico ad
maris glacialis littora anno 1807 effosso, cui
praemissae Elephantini generis specierum distinctiones"...
- I. A
solis ortu
usque ad
occidua littora maris planctus pulsat pectora. Heu mihi misero! II.
Ultra marina agmina tristitia tetigit ingens ****
merore nimio...
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Gottlieb Tilesius), "De
skeleto mammonteo Sibirico ad
maris glacialis littora anno 1807 effosso, cui
praemissae Elephantini generis specierum distinctiones...
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coast (Habitat in America,
sylvas vastissimis agminibus quotannis deserens littora maris petiturus: "lives in America;
every year, an army
marches out of...
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naturalis et civilis. 1670, 1671, 1679
Ulysses peregrinans,
omnia lustrans littora. 1671, 1672
Historia ecclesiastica. ed.
Melchior Leydekker, 1687 translations:...
