BUCEPHALA ISLANDICA

Meaning of BUCEPHALA ISLANDICA in English

Barrow's Goldeneye

Ornitho-Birds English vocab. Английский орнитологический словарь птиц. 2012

BUCEPHALA ISLANDICA — barrow's goldeneye
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
BUCEPHALA — byüˈsefələ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek boukephalē, feminine of boukephalos bullheaded, from bous bull, ox, head of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BUCEPHALA — GOLDENEYE
Ornitho-Birds English vocab
GOLDENEYE — or whistler Either of two species of small, yellow-eyed diving ducks that produce a whistling sound with their rapidly beating …
Английский словарь Британика
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE — ˈbarōz-, -rəz also ˈbe- noun Usage: usually capitalized B Etymology: after Sir John Barrow died 1848 English traveler and admiralty …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GOLDENEYE — /gohl"deuhn uy'/ , n. , pl. goldeneyes , ( esp. collectively ) goldeneye . 1. either of two diving ducks, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GOLDENEYE
Britannica English vocabulary
GOLDENEYE — n. or whistler Either of two species of small, yellow-eyed diving ducks that produce a whistling sound with their rapidly …
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BUCEPHALA CLANGULA — goldeneye, common goldeneye
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
ICELAND MOSS — noun Date: 1805 a lichen ( Cetraria islandica ) of mountainous and arctic regions sometimes used in medicine or as …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GOLDENEYE — noun Date: circa 1678 either of two diving ducks (genus Bucephala ) with small yellow eyes, a lacewing (family Chrysopidae) …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BUFFLEHEAD — noun Etymology: archaic English buffle buffalo + English head Date: 1731 a small North American diving duck ( Bucephala albeola …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
QUAHOG — I. noun also qua·haug or quo·hog or quo·haug ˈkwȯˌhȯg, ˈk(w)ōˌ-, -ˌhäg ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Narraganset poquaûhock, …
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BUCEPHALUS — I. byüˈsefələs noun ( plural bucephaluses -ləsə̇z ; or bucepha·li -ˌlī) Etymology: after Bucephalus, horse of Alexander the Great died …
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MARSH CRESS — noun : an annual or biennial cress ( Rorippa islandica ) that grows in damp places, is a troublesome weed …
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ICELAND MOSS — noun also iceland lichen Usage: usually capitalized I : a lichen ( Cetraria islandica ) with branched flattened partly erect …
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GOLDENEYE — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. a. : a large-headed swift-flying diving duck ( Bucephala clangula or Glaucionetta clangula ) of Eurasia and …
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GLAUCIONETTA — ˌglȯsēəˈned.ə Etymology: New Latin, from Greek glaukion, a duck, from glaukos synonym of bucephala
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CETRARIC ACID — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary cetrar- (from New Latin Cetraria ) + -ic : a bitter crystalline acid that is …
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BUFF-TIP — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun or buff-tipped moth ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷- Etymology: buff (V) : a European moth ( Phalera bucephala ) having violet-gray forewings …
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BUFFLEHEAD — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. now dialect : blockhead , fool 2. also buf·fel·head “ : a small No. American diving duck …
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GOLDEN-EYE — (n.) A duck (Glaucionetta clangula), found in Northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is larger. Called …
Английский словарь Webster
CETRARIN — (n.) A white substance extracted from the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetraria Islandica). It consists of several ingredients, among which is …
Английский словарь Webster
CETRARIC — (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetaria Islandica).
Английский словарь Webster
GOLDEN-EYE — ( n. ) A duck (Glaucionetta clangula), found in Northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CETRARIN — ( n. ) A white substance extracted from the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetraria Islandica). It consists of several ingredients, among …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CETRARIC — ( a. ) Pertaining to, or derived from, the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetaria Islandica).
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MARSH CRESS — any cress belonging to the genus Rorippa, of the mustard family, esp. R. islandica, that grows in marshy areas in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ICELAND MOSS — an edible lichen, Cetraria islandica, of arctic regions, containing a starchlike substance used in medicine. [ 1795-1805 ]
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BUFFLEHEAD — — buffleheaded , adj. /buf"euhl hed'/ , n. a small North American duck, Bucephala albeola, the male of which has …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ICELAND MOSS — noun Date: 1805 : a lichen ( Cetraria islandica ) of mountainous and arctic regions sometimes used in medicine or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GOLDENEYE — noun Date: circa 1678 1. : either of two diving ducks (genus Bucephala ) with small yellow eyes ; especially …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BUFFLEHEAD — noun Etymology: archaic English buffle buffalo + English head Date: 1731 : a small North American diving duck ( Bucephala …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GOLDEN-EYE — noun a duck (glaucionetta clangula), found in northern europe, asia, and america. the american variety (var. americana) is larger. called …
Webster English vocab
CETRARIN — noun a white substance extracted from the lichen, iceland moss (cetraria islandica). it consists of several ingredients, among which is …
Webster English vocab
CETRARIC — adj pertaining to, or derived from, the lichen, iceland moss (cetaria islandica).
Webster English vocab
GOLDENEYE — ■ noun ( plural same or ~s ) a migratory northern diving duck, the male of which has a dark …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BUFFLEHEAD — [ 'bʌf(ə)lhɛd ] ■ noun a small diving duck related to the goldeneye, with a large puffy head. [ Bucephala …
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ICELAND MOSS — (also Iceland lichen ) ■ noun a brown branching lichen with stiff spines along the margins of the fronds, which …
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GOLDENEYE — [gold.en.eye] n (ca. 1678) 1: either of two diving ducks (genus Bucephala); esp: a large-headed swift-flying Holarctic diving duck (B. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BUFFLEHEAD — [buf.fle.head] n [archaic E buffle buffalo + E head] (1731): a small No. American diving duck (Bucephala albeola)
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ICELAND MOSS — [Ice.land moss] n (1805): a lichen (Cetraria islandica) of mountainous and arctic regions sometimes used in medicine or as food
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MARSH CRESS — also called Yellow Cress, any of the 70 plant species of the genus Rorippa of the mustard family (Brassicaceae). Most …
Britannica English vocabulary
DIVING DUCK — any duck that obtains its food by diving to the bottom in deep water rather than by dabbling in shallows …
Britannica English vocabulary
BUFFLEHEAD — (Bucephala albeola), small, rapid-flying duck of the family Anatidae, which breeds in woodland ponds and bogs from Alaska and northern …
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SAGA — city and ken (prefecture), northern Kyushu, Japan. Saga was the castle town of the lord (daimyo) Nabeshima Kanso. Traces of …
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PLEISTOCENE SERIES — worldwide division of rocks deposited during the Pleistocene Epoch (1,600,000 to 10,000 years ago). It overlies rocks from the Pliocene …
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JHELUM — town, Punjab province, northeastern Pakistan. The town lies just west of the Jhelum River (there bridged by both road and …
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ICELAND MOSS — (Cetraria islandica), a fruticose (branched, bushy) lichen with an upright thallus usually attached in one place. It varies in colour …
Britannica English vocabulary
ICELAND LICHEN — n. (also Iceland moss) a mountain and moorland lichen, Cetraria islandica, with edible branching fronds.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GOLDEN — adj. 1 a made or consisting of gold (golden sovereign). b yielding gold. 2 coloured or shining like gold (golden …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BUFFLEHEAD — n. a duck, Bucephala albeola, native to N. America, with a head that appears over-large. [obs. buffle buffalo + HEAD]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GOLDEN — adj. 1 a made or consisting of gold (golden sovereign). b yielding gold. 2 coloured or shining like gold (golden …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BUFFLEHEAD — n. a duck, Bucephala albeola, native to n. America, with a head that appears over-large. [ obs. buffle buffalo + …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ICELAND LICHEN — n. (also Iceland moss) a mountain and moorland lichen, Cetraria islandica, with edible branching fronds.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GOLDEN — adj.1 a made or consisting of gold (golden sovereign). b yielding gold. 2 coloured or shining like gold (golden hair). …
Oxford English vocab
BUFFLEHEAD — n. a duck, Bucephala albeola, native to N. America, with a head that appears over-large. Etymology: obs. buffle buffalo + …
Oxford English vocab
ICELAND LICHEN — n. (also Iceland moss) a mountain and moorland lichen, Cetraria islandica, with edible branching fronds.
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