"Trochilus" is a word in ENGLISH
An annular molding whose section is concave, like the
edge of a pulley; -- called also scotia.
A genus of humming birds. It Formerly included all the
known species.
Any one of several species of wrens and kinglets.
The crocodile bird.
Dad wouldn't let me fool with his guitar much, because I'm left-handed, and I'd pick it up upside down. But I remember learning to sing 'Paper Doll,' the Mills Brothers song - this was during the war - and I remember my dad taking me down to one of those little record booths where you could make spoken letters to send home.
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A driver pulled up beside a rundown farmhouse. He got out and knocked at the door. A very old woman answered the door, and he asked her for directions to Des Moines."Don't know," the woman said.He got back in his car and pulled away. Then he heard voices. He looked in his rearview mirror and saw the woman and an equally old man waving for him to come back. So he made a U- turn and drove up to them."This is my husband," the old woman said. "He doesn't know how to get to Des Moines either."
A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. …
Read the complete definitionThe berries of a species of cypress in the East Indies.
Read the complete definitionIn ancient English law. A renunciation of one's country, a species of self-imposed banishment, under an oath never to return …
Read the complete definitionA group of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration.
Read the complete definitionA genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called …
Read the complete definitionThe inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also gum acacia, and gum arabic.
Read the complete definitionA genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed …
Read the complete definitionIn its original meaning, an association formed for mutual improvement, or for the advancement of science or art; ln later …
Read the complete definitionIn French feudal law. A species of relief; a selgnoriul right due ou every
Read the complete definitionThe group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch …
Read the complete definitionA genus including many species of small mites.
Read the complete definitionA mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or …
Read the complete definitionA name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley.
Read the complete definitionThe herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; -- applied to any plant of the genus Aconitum (tribe Hellebore), all the species of …
Read the complete definitionA small species of agouti (Dasyprocta acouchy).
Read the complete definitionA genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of …
Read the complete definitionA small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (/ Pelias) berus. The puff …
Read the complete definitionIn the civil law. The welding together of iron; a species of
Read the complete definitionA genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair. Also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort.
Read the complete definitionIn the civil law. Adjunc-tion; a species of accessio, whereby two things belonging to different proprietors are brought into firm …
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