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Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidaelig The shell is usually radially ribbed and the edge is therefore often undulated in a characteristic manner The large adductor muscle of some the species is much used as food One species Vola Jacobaeligus occurs on the coast of Palestine and its shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they had been to the Holy Land Called also fan shell See Pecten 2...
Poppy
Any plant or species of the genus Papaver herbs with showy polypetalous flowers and a milky juice From one species Papaver somniferum opium is obtained though all the species contain it to some extent also a flower of the plant See Illust of Capsule...
Sapajou
Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Cebus having long and prehensile tails Some of the species are called also capuchins The bonnet sapajou C subcristatus the golden handed sapajou C chrysopus and the white throated sapajou C hypoleucus are well known species See Capuchin...
Newt
Any one of several species of small aquatic salamanders The common British species are the crested newt Triton cristatus and the smooth newt Lophinus punctatus In America Diemictylus viridescens is one of the most abundant species...
Ichneumon
Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes and family Viverridaelig Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa The Egyptian species Herpestes ichneumon which ranges to Spain and Palestine is noted for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as well as various snakes and lizards and hence was considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians The common species of India Herpestes griseus known as the mongoose has similar habits and is often domesticated It is noted for killing the cobra...
VerbarHyrax
Any animal of the genus Hyrax of which about four species are known They constitute the order Hyracoidea The best known species are the daman Hyrax Syriacus of Palestine and the klipdas Hyrax capensis of South Africa Other species are Hyrax arboreus and Hyrax Sylvestris the former from Southern and the latter from Western Africa See Daman...
Goatsucker
One of several species of insectivorous birds belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera esp the European species Caprimulgus Europaeligus so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats The European species is also goat milker goat owl goat chaffer fern owl night hawk nightjar night churr churr owl gnat hawk and dorhawk...
Crocodile
A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus of several species They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet and inhabit the large rivers of Africa Asia and America The eggs laid in the sand are hatched by the suns heat The best known species is that of the Nile Crocodilus vulgaris or Crocodilus Niloticus The Florida crocodile Crocodilus Americanus is much less common than the alligator and has longer jaws The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other related genera as the gavial and the alligator...
Cicada
Any species of the genus Cicada or of the family Cicadidae They are large hemipterous insects with nearly transparent wings The male makes a shrill sound by peculiar organs in the under side of the abdomen consisting of a pair of stretched membranes acted upon by powerful muscles A noted American species Cicada septendecim is called the seventeen year locust Another common species is the dogday cicada...
Botfly
A dipterous insect of the family Estridaelig of many different species some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals as the horse ox and sheep on which they deposit their eggs A common species is one of the botflies of the horse Gastrophilus equi the larvaelig of which bots are taken into the stomach of the animal where they live several months and pass through their larval states In tropical America one species sometimes lives under the human skin and another in the stomach See Gadfly...
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