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A genus of marine mollusks of the order Tectibranchiata; the sea hare. Some of the species when disturbed throw out a deep purple liquor, which colors the water to some distance. See Illust. in Appendix.

The quality or state of being apocryphal; doubtfulness of credit or genuineness.

distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth. A proper name, on the other hand, stands for a si…

A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larvæ of other Tunicata. It is the type of the order Copelata or Larvalia. See Illustration in Appendix.

Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree.

An order of birds, including the genus Apteryx.

A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the kiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same country. Five species are known.

A genus of fresh-water phyllopod crustaceans. See Phyllopod.

A genus of eagles.

A South American bird, of the genus Pleroglossius, allied to the toucans. There are several species.

Of or pertaining to an order of plants, of which the genus Arum is the type.

A genus of tall conifers of the pine family. The species are confined mostly to South America and Australia. The wood cells differ from those of other in having the dots in their lateral surfaces in two or three rows, and the dots of contiguous rows alternating. The seeds are edible.

An evergreen tree of the cypress tribe, genus Thuja. The American species is the T. occidentalis.

The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the strawberry; the arbute tree. Trailing arbutus (Bot.), a creeping or trailing plant of the Heath family (Epigæa repens), having white or usually rose- colored flowers with a delicate fragrance, growing in smal…

An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw.

A genus of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the squids, found esp. in the North Atlantic and about New Zealand.

A genus of palms, one species of which produces the areca nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in India with the leaf of the Piper Betle and lime.

A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. The famous Persian Argas, also called Miana bug, is A. Persicus; that of Central America, called talaje by the natives, is A. Talaje.

rolicus Pennantii) with silvery scales. The name is also applied to various fishes of the genus Argentina.

A cephalopod of the genus Argonauta.