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LithophagousLithophagous Li*thoph"a*gous, a. [Litho- + Gr. ? to eat.]
(Zo["o]l.)
(a) Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich.
(b) Eating or destroying stone; -- applied to various animals
which make burrows in stone, as many bivalve mollusks,
certain sponges, annelids, and sea urchins. See
Lithodomus. LithophagusLithodomus Li*thod"o*mus, n. [NL. See Lithodome.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of elongated bivalve shells, allied to the mussels,
and remarkable for their ability to bore holes for shelter,
in solid limestone, shells, etc. Called also Lithophagus.
Note: These holes are at first very small and shallow, but
are enlarged with the growth of the shell, sometimes
becoming two or three inches deep and nearly an inch
diameter. Lithophane
Lithophane Lith`o*phane, n. [Litho- + Gr. fai`nein to show,
reveal.]
Porcelain impressed with figures which are made distinct by
transmitted light, -- as when hung in a window, or used as a
lamp shade.
LithophaneLithophane Lith"o*phane, n. [Litho- + Gr. ? to show, reveal.]
Porcelain impressed with figures which are made distinct by
transmitted light, as in a lamp shade. -- Lith`o*phan"ic,
a. -- Li*thoph"a*ny, n. LithophanicLithophane Lith"o*phane, n. [Litho- + Gr. ? to show, reveal.]
Porcelain impressed with figures which are made distinct by
transmitted light, as in a lamp shade. -- Lith`o*phan"ic,
a. -- Li*thoph"a*ny, n. LithophanyLithophane Lith"o*phane, n. [Litho- + Gr. ? to show, reveal.]
Porcelain impressed with figures which are made distinct by
transmitted light, as in a lamp shade. -- Lith`o*phan"ic,
a. -- Li*thoph"a*ny, n. XanthophaneXanthophane Xan"tho*phane, n. [Xantho- + Gr. fai`nein to
show.] (Physiol.)
The yellow pigment present in the inner segments of the
retina in animals. See Chromophane.
Meaning of Thopha from wikipedia
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Thopha saccata, the
double drummer, is the
largest Australian species of
cicada and
reputedly the
loudest insect in the world. Do****ented by the Danish...
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Thopha (from Hebrew: תף, romanized: tof, lit. 'drum') is a
genus of
cicada native to Australia. Five
species are recognised, the
double drummer (Thopha...
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Thopha sessiliba,
commonly known as the
northern double drummer, is an
Australian cicada native to Queensland, the
Northern Territory and
northern Western...
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Thopha colorata,
commonly known as the
golden drummer, is an
Australian cicada native to
Central Australia.
Adult cicadas alight exclusively on
river red...
- 5 kHz with a weak
harmonic at 12 kHz. Like the
related double drummer (
Thopha saccata), its sac-like
tymbal covers amplify its call. The
white drummer...
- the
thophini tribe of the
Cicadinae subfamily and is
allied to the
genus Thopha. Two
species have been described,
Arunta perulata and A. interclusa. These...
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Genus Thopha *
Amyot and Serville, 1843
Thopha colorata Distant, 1907 (Orange Drummer)
Thopha emmotti Moulds, 2001 (Desert
Double Drummer)
Thopha hutchinsoni...
- An
illustration of the
cicada Thopha saccata in Kirby's 1885
Elementary text-book of entomology...
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second Australian species of
cicada described after the
double drummer (
Thopha saccata). It was
formerly commonly known as the
Great Green Cicada; in addition...
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tibicen australis (Davis, 1912)
Synonyms Cicada tibicen Linnaeus, 1758
Thopha chloromera Walker, 1850
Tibicen chloromerus (Walker, 1850)
Cicada sayi Smith...
