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A dark green pigment found in small quantity in human gallstones.

A small paper; a note; a short letter. "I got your melancholy billet." Sterne.

A small Asiatic civet of the genus Arctilis.

One of the smaller vital units of a cell, the bearer of vitality and heredity. See Pangen, in Supplement.

a and species are very numerous and mostly parasitic upon birds. -- Bird mite (Zoöl.), a small mite (genera Dermanyssus, Dermaleichus and allies) parasitic upon birds. The species are numerous. -- Bird of passage, a migratory bird. -- Bird spider (Zoöl.), a very large South American spider (Mygale avicularia). It is…

A shrub (Prunus Padus ) found in Northern and Central Europe. It bears small black cherries.

A species of capsicum (Capsicum baccatum), whose small, conical, coral-red fruit is among the most piquant of all red peppers.

The nest of a small swallow (Collocalia nidifica and several allied species), of China and the neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups.

A plant with a small bright flower, as the Adonis or pheasant's eye, the mealy primrose (Primula farinosa), and species of Veronica, Geranium, etc.

ng, fermenting, and cleansing it. When a twig is smeared with this substance it will hold small birds which may light upon it. Hence: Anything which insnares. Not birdlime or Idean pitch produce A more tenacious mass of clammy juice. Dryden.

Canary seed, hemp, millet or other small seeds used for feeding caged birds.

A small European minnow (Leuciscus phoxinus).

A small loaf or cake of bread, raised and shortened, or made light with soda or baking powder. Usually a number are baked in the same pan, forming a sheet or card.

f anything, such as may be bitten off or taken into the mouth; a morsel; a bite. Hence: A small piece of anything; a little; a mite.

A small scrubby tree (Balanites Ægyptiaca) growing in dry regions of tropical Africa and Asia.

A small bit of anything, of indefinite size or quantity; a short distance. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

An edible, fresh-water fish of the United States, of the genus Micropterus. the small-mouthed kind is M. dolomiei; the largemouthed is M. salmoides.

A small European song bird (Sylvia atricapilla), with a black crown; the mock nightingale.

A small kind of whale, of the genus Globicephalus, of several species. The most common is G. melas. Also sometimes applied to other whales of larger size.

A spreading thorny shrub or small tree (Prunus spinosa), with blackish bark, and bearing little black plums, which are called sloes; the sloe.