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The gray whale. See Gray whale, under Gray.

A species of fern (Davallia Canariensis) with a soft, gray, hairy rootstock; -- whence the name.

) having very long legs and antennæ. The elytra are curiously marked with red, black, and gray. -- Harlequin cabbage bug. (Zoöl.) See Calicoback. -- Harlequin caterpillar. (Zoöl.), the larva of an American bombycid moth (Euchætes egle) which is covered with black, white, yellow, and orange tufts of hair. -- Harlequi…

Same as Hastate. Gray.

n variously hauberg, hauberque, hawberk, etc.] Chaucer. Helm, nor hawberk's twisted mail. Gray.

ecies are C. Americana, which produces the common hazelnut, and C. rostrata. See Filbert. Gray.

owl, moor fowl. The male is called, heath cock, and blackcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen. -- Heath hen. (Zoöl.) See Heath grouse (above). -- Heath pea (bot.), a species of bitter vetch (Lathyris macrorhizus), the tubers of which are eaten, and in Scotland are used to flavor whisky. -- Heath throstle (Zoöl.…

he huge columns heave into the sky. Pope. Where heaves the turf in many a moldering heap. Gray. The heaving sods of Bunker Hill. E. Everett.

Having a dull or blunt and soft point. Gray.

d the Muses. From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take. Gray.

See Bloodstone (a). Heliotrope purple, a grayish purple color.

ng about half way between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous; -- said of an ovule. Gray.

fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray hen.

Consisting of seven parts, or having the parts in sets of sevens. Gray.

A collection of dried specimens of plants, systematically arranged. Gray.

swine; a particular stock or family of cattle. The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. Gray.

warbler (Dendroica occidentalis), having the head yellow, the throat black, and the back gray, with black streaks.

A lead-gray sectile mineral. It is a telluride of silver.

Having spirals of changing direction. Gray.

Having the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the funiculus; amphitropous. Gray.