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A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium; -- called also clotbur.

A species of rove beetle; -- so called from its habit of elevating the tail.

The liver of the common cod and allied species. Cod-liver oil, an oil obtained fron the liver of the codfish, and used extensively in medicine as a means of supplying the body with fat in cases of malnutrition.

ed pappoose root. The name is sometimes also given to the Cimicifuga racemosa, and to two species of Actæa, plants of the Crowfoot family.

A plant of several species of the Mint family, cultivated for its bright-colored or variegated leaves.

The American quail or bobwhite. The name is also applied to other related species. See Bobwhite.

Shade or variety of character; kind; species. Boys and women are for the most part cattle of this color. Shak.

A genus of univale shells, abundant in tropical seas. Some species, as Columbella mercatoria, were formerly used as shell money.

A plant of several species of the genus Aquilegia; as, A. vulgaris, or the common garden columbine; A. Canadensis, the wild red columbine of North America.

The cabrilla. Also, a name applied to a species of wrasse. [Prov. Eng.]

A rough, hairy, perennial plant of several species, of the genus Symphytum.

parasitic, which lives in with, or on, another, partaking usually of the same food. Both species may be benefited by the association.

ses, esp. in the southern and western United States. It bites severely, and is one of the species called kissing bugs. It is also called big bedbug.

A thing of the same genus, species, or kind; a thing allied in nature, character, or action.

The conger eel; -- called also congeree. Conger sea (Zoöl.), the sea eel; a large species of eel (Conger vulgaris), which sometimes grows to the length of ten feet.

Of the same species.

propagation. The brute immedistely regards his own preservation or the continuance of his species. Addison.

A species of medal or medallion of bronze, having a deep furrow on the contour or edge; -- supposed to have been struck in the days of Constantine and his successors. R. S. Poole.

A species of Dorstenia (D. Contrayerva), a South American plant, the aromatic root of which is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic.

An American parrakeet of the genus Conurus. Many species are known. See Parrakeet.