HYSTRIX CRISTATA

Meaning of HYSTRIX CRISTATA in English

porcupine, (crested porcupine)

Animal names in Latin and English dict. Словарь названий животных в латинском и английском . 2012

HYSTRIX — I. ˈhistriks noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, porcupine, from Greek : a genus of terrestrial porcupines that …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HYSTRIX — (n.) A genus of rodents, including the porcupine.
Английский словарь Webster
HYSTRIX — ( n. ) A genus of rodents, including the porcupine.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HYSTRIX — n. (Zoology) category of rodents that includes the porcupine
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HYSTRIX — noun a genus of rodents, including the porcupine.
Webster English vocab
HYSTRIX — large porcupines
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
HYSTRIX — Дикобразовые
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
GOURA CRISTATA CRISTATA — BLUE CROWNED PIGEON
Ornitho-Birds English vocab
PORCUPINE — (n.) Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, …
Английский словарь Webster
PORCUPINE — ( n. ) Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines …
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STAR-NOSED MOLE — noun Date: 1826 a common black long-tailed semiaquatic mole ( Condylura cristata ) of the northeastern United States and adjacent …
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KAFFIR LIME — noun Date: 1978 a citrus tree ( Citrus hystrix ) of southeastern Asia having aromatic leaves and roundish thick-rinded green …
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CORYDALIS — noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Greek korydallis crested lark (Galerida cristata), from korydos crested lark Date: 1818 any …
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COCKSCOMB — noun Date: 1534 coxcomb , a garden plant ( Celosia cristata ) of the amaranth family grown for its flowers
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BLUE JAY — noun Date: 1709 a crested bright blue North American jay ( Cyanocitta cristata )
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MOLE — I Any burrowing, often blind insectivore in the family Talpidae (including 42 species of true moles) or Chrysochloridae (18 species …
Английский словарь Британика
JAY — I Any of 35–40 bird species (family Corvidae) that inhabit woodlands and are known for their bold, raucous manner. Most …
Английский словарь Британика
STAR-NOSED MOLE — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷- noun also starnose ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ : a common black long-tailed semiaquatic No. American mole ( Condylura cristata ) distinguished by …
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SQUIRRELTAIL — ˈ ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷)ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: squirrel (I) + tail 1. : a tufted perennial grass ( Sitanion hystrix ) that has very …
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PORCUPINE CRAB — noun : a spiny anomuran crustacean ( Lithodes hystrix ) of the coast of Japan that resembles a crab
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OLD WORLD PORCUPINE — noun Usage: usually capitalized O&W : a porcupine of the family Hystricidae ; especially : a rather bulky short-tailed terrestrial …
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JUNE GRASS — noun Usage: usually capitalized J 1. : kentucky bluegrass 2. : a tufted grass ( Koeleria cristata ) abundant on …
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HYSTRICOMORPHA — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌmȯrfə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Hystric-, Hystrix + -morpha : a suborder of Rodentia comprising forms …
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HYSTRICOIDEA — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈkȯidēə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Hystric-, Hystrix + -oidea 1. in some classifications : a major …
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HYSTRICIDAE — hə̇ˈstrisəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Hystric-, Hystrix, type genus + -idae : a family of Old …
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HOODED SEAL — noun : a large seal ( Cystophora cristata ) of the north Atlantic distinguished by a large inflatable sac upon …
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HISTRIX — ˈhistriks Etymology: New Latin, alteration of Hystrix synonym of hystrix
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DWARF IRIS — noun : any of several low-growing American irises (as Iris verna and I. cristata ) ; also : any of …
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DILDO — ˈdil(ˌ)dō noun ( -s ) Etymology: origin unknown 1. a. : phallus b. usually dil·doe “ : an object serving …
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CREST FERN — noun or crested fern : a tall woodland fern ( Dryopteris cristata ) of No. America, Europe, and Asia
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CRESTED PIG — noun : a wild swine ( Sus cristata ) of eastern Asia that is blackish brown and has a crest …
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CRESTED LARK — noun : a common stout-bodied lark ( Galerida cristata ) of Europe sometimes kept as a cage bird
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CRESTED IRIS — noun also crested dwarf iris : a low-growing herb ( Iris cristata ) that spreads by rhizomes and rootless stolons …
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CRESTED CARIAMA — noun : a cariama ( Cariama cristata ) of the campos of southern Brazil that is yellowish gray mottled with …
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CARIAMA — ˌkarēˈamə noun Etymology: New Latin, from Portuguese, seriema, modification of Tupi çariama — more at seriema 1. capitalized : a …
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BOTTLEBRUSH — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: so called from the shape of the flower 1. a. : any of certain Australian shrubs or …
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BLUE PALMETTO — noun : a dwarf fan palm ( Rhapidophyllum hystrix ) of the southern United States having a creeping stem that …
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BLUE JAY — noun 1. a. : the common jay ( Cyanocitta cristata ) of eastern No. America with a handsome crest and …
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BELLBIRD — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: so called from its bell-like note : any of several birds whose notes are likened to the …
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AMARANTH — ˈaməˌran(t)th, -aa(ə)n- noun ( -s ) Etymology: in sense 1, alteration (probably influenced by Greek anthos flower) of Greek amaranton, …
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TRITON — (n.) Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders. The common European species are Hemisalamandra cristata, Molge palmata, and M. …
Английский словарь Webster
STARNOSE — (n.) A curious American mole (Condylura cristata) having the nose expanded at the end into a stellate disk; -- called …
Английский словарь Webster
SERIEMA — (n.) A large South American bird (Dicholophus, / Cariama cristata) related to the cranes. It is often domesticated. Called also …
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PIPER — (n.) A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) having very long spines, native of both the American and European coasts.
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COXCOMB — (n.) A name given to several plants of different genera, but particularly to Celosia cristata, or garden cockscomb. Same as …
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COCKSCOMB — (n.) A plant (Celosia cristata), of many varieties, cultivated for its broad, fantastic spikes of brilliant flowers; -- sometimes called …
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BLUE JAY — () The common jay of the United States (Cyanocitta, or Cyanura, cristata). The predominant color is bright blue.
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TRITON — ( n. ) Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders. The common European species are Hemisalamandra cristata, Molge palmata, …
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STARNOSE — ( n. ) A curious American mole (Condylura cristata) having the nose expanded at the end into a stellate disk; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SERIEMA — ( n. ) A large South American bird (Dicholophus, / Cariama cristata) related to the cranes. It is often domesticated. …
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PIPER — ( n. ) A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) having very long spines, native of both the American and European coasts.
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COXCOMB — ( n. ) A name given to several plants of different genera, but particularly to Celosia cristata, or garden cockscomb. …
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PORCUPINEFISH — /pawr"kyeuh puyn'fish'/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) porcupinefish , ( esp. referring to two or more kinds …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BOTTLEBRUSH GRASS — a North American grass, Hystrix patula, having loose flower spikes with long awns. [ 1835-45 ]
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PORCUPINE FISH — Date: 1681 : any of several bony fishes (family Diodontidae) that have sharp spines covering the body and inflate themselves …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KAFFIR LIME — Date: 1978 : a citrus tree ( Citrus hystrix ) of southeastern Asia having aromatic leaves and roundish thick-rinded green …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PORCUPINE — noun any old word rodent of the genus hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, …
Webster English vocab
PIPER — noun ·see pepper. 2. piper ·noun one who plays on a pipe, or the like, ·esp. on a bagpipe. 3. …
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PORCUPINE FISH — ■ noun a spiny tropical marine fish which inflates itself when threatened. [ Diodon hystrix and other species.]
Concise Oxford English vocab
PORCUPINE FISH — [porcupine fish] n (1681): any of several bony fishes (family Diodontidae) having sharp spines covering the body; esp: a spotted …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PORCUPINE FISH — any of the spiny, shallow-water fishes of the family Diodontidae, found in seas around the world, especially the species Diodon …
Britannica English vocabulary
PORCUPINE — also called quill pig, any of the large, quill-bearing rodents of the families Erethizontidae and Hystricidae (order Rodentia). Porcupines are …
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Animal names in Latin and English vocab

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