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An instrument for obtaining directly, without calculation, the true bearing of the sun, and thence the variation of the compass

Same as Pliosaurus.

A genus of large extinct marine reptiles, having a very long neck, a small head, and paddles for swimming. It lived in the Mesozoic age.

An extinct genus of marine reptiles allied to Plesiosaurus, but having a much shorter neck.

An extinct genus of reptiles of the Permian period. Called also Protosaurus.

A genus of reodents comprising the common squirrels.

A genus of large malacopterygious fishes of the order Siluroidei. They inhabit the inland waters of Europe and Asia.

A genus of large Jurassic dinosaurs remarkable for a powerful dermal armature of plates and spines.

elve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of April; -- marked thus [taurus] in almanacs.

A genus of extinct crocodilian reptiles of the Jurassic period, having a long and slender snout.

A treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of knowledge; -- often applied to a comprehensive work, like a dictionary or cyclopedia.

A genus of fishes comprising the hairtails. See Hairtail.

A red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group called the Hyades. Now when Aldebaran was mounted high Above the shiny Cassiopeia's chair. Spenser.

Arabia and adjacent countries. (b) A squirrel-like Australian marsupial, a species of Petaurus. (c) A beautiful Brazilian toucan Ramphastos ariel).

A constellation west of Taurus, drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a ram.

s first broached by Leucippus, was developed by Democritus, and afterward improved by Epicurus, and hence is sometimes denominated the Epicurean philosophy. -- Atomic theory, or the Doctrine of definite proportions (Chem.), teaches that chemical combinations take place between the supposed ultimate particles or atoms…

protected in the Lithuanian forests, and perhaps in the Caucasus. It is distinct from the Urus of Cæsar, with which it has often been confused.

The laurel tree (Laurus nobilis). Hence, in the plural, an honorary garland or crown bestowed as a prize for victory or excellence, anciently made or consisting of branches of the laurel. The patriot's honors and the poet's bays. Trumbull.

A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis).

The fruit of the bay tree or Laurus nobilis.