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Wandering Jew
Wandering Wan"der*ing, a. & n. from Wander, v. Wandering albatross (Zo["o]l.), the great white albatross. See Illust. of Albatross. Wandering cell (Physiol.), an animal cell which possesses the power of spontaneous movement, as one of the white corpuscles of the blood. Wandering Jew (Bot.), any one of several creeping species of Tradescantia, which have alternate, pointed leaves, and a soft, herbaceous stem which roots freely at the joints. They are commonly cultivated in hanging baskets, window boxes, etc. Wandering kidney (Med.), a morbid condition in which one kidney, or, rarely, both kidneys, can be moved in certain directions; -- called also floating kidney, movable kidney. Wandering liver (Med.), a morbid condition of the liver, similar to wandering kidney. Wandering mouse (Zo["o]l.), the whitefooted, or deer, mouse. See Illust. of Mouse. Wandering spider (Zo["o]l.), any one of a tribe of spiders that wander about in search of their prey.

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- The Wandering Jew (occasionally referred to as the Eternal Jew, a calque from German "der Ewige Jude") is a mythical immortal man whose legend began to...
- Wandering Jew, wandering Jew, or Judeu Errante in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Wandering Jew is a character from Christian legend. Wandering Jew...
- The Wandering Jew (French: Le Juif errant) is an 1844 novel by the French writer Eugène Sue. Two figures cry out to each other across the Bering Straits...
- title was Der ewige Jude, the German term for the character of the "Wandering Jew" in medieval folklore. The film was directed by Fritz Hippler at the...
- The Wandering Jew is a 1933 British fantasy drama film produced for the Gaumont-Twickenham Film Studios and directed by Maurice Elvey. It recounts the...
- Members of the genus are known by many common names, including inchplant, wandering jew, spiderwort, dayflower and trad. Tradescantia grow 30–60 cm tall (1–2 ft)...
- include silver inch plant and wandering Jew. The latter name is controversial, and some now use the alternative wandering dude. The plant is po****r in...
- The Eternal Jew is a calque of the German Der Ewige Jude, referring to the Wandering Jew archetype. It may refer to: The Eternal Jew (play), 1906 Yiddish-language...
- The Wandering Jews (German: Juden auf Wanderschaft) is a short non-fiction book (1926–27) by Joseph Roth about the plight of the Jews in the mid-1920s...
- and The Wandering Jew (Le Juif errant; 10 vols, 1844–1845), which were among the most po****r specimens of the serial novel. The Wandering Jew is a Gothic...