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The urus.

A red or crimson pigment obtained from certain feathers of several species of turacou; whence the name. It contains nearly six per cent of copper.

Any one of several species of plantain eaters of the genus Turacus, native of Africa. They are remarkable for the peculiar green and red pigments found in their feathers. [Written also touraco, and touracou.]

A green pigment found in the feathers of the turacou. See Turacin.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of languages of simple structure and low grade (called also Altaic, Ural-Altaic, and Scythian), spoken in the northern parts of Europe and Asia and Central Asia; of pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these languages.

An extensive division of mankind including the Mongols and allied races of Asia, together with the Malays and Polynesians.

The hare kangaroo.

A headdress worn by men in the Levant and by most Mohammedans of the male sex, consisting of a cap, and a sash, scarf, or shawl, usually of cotton or linen, wound about the cap, and sometimes hanging down the neck.

rchin when deprived of its spines; -- popularly so called from a fancied resemblance to a turban.

A kind of fungus with an irregularly wrinkled, somewhat globular pileus (Helvella, or Gyromitra, esculenta.).

A turban. Balfour (Cyc. of Ind.).

Wearing a turban. " A malignant and a turbaned Turk." Shak.

A turban. [Obs.] Milton. I see the Turk nodding with his turbant. Howell.

A right of digging turf on another man's land; also, the ground where turf is dug.

An extensive group of worms which have the body covered externally with vibrating cilia. It includes the Rhabdocoela and Dendrocoela. Formerly, the nemerteans were also included in this group.

One of the Turbellaria. Also used adjectively.

See Turpeth.

Having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear; -- used of liquids of any kind; as, turbid water; turbid wine. On that strong, turbid water, a small boat, Guided by one weak hand, was seen to float. Whittier.

Turbidness.

In a turbid manner; with muddiness or confusion.