Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The mataco; the tolypeutine or three-banded armadillo of South America (Dasypus or Tolypeutes tricinctus), a small species capable of rolling it self up into a complete ball. It is also notable for walking on the tips of the fore claws, the two outer toes being much reduced, while the third is greatly developed. There are other species of Tolypeutes (which see).
Wiktionary
- n. The three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes matacus
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) See mataco.
WordNet 3.0
- n. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates
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“We may even apply to those two views the terms aparâ and parâ -- lower and higher -- knowledge.”
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1
“Knowledge is in the Upanishads frequently opposed to avîdyâ, by which latter term we have to understand ignorance as to Brahman, absence of philosophic knowledge; and, again, in several places we find the knowledge of the sacrificial part of the Veda with its supplementary disciplines contrasted as inferior with the knowledge of the Self; to which latter distinction the Mu/nd/aka Up. (I, 4) applies the terms aparâ and parâ vîdyâ.”
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1
“Asadar, cand la ei e 8 seara, pe la noi e 8 dimineata in urmatoarea zi. de cand au intrat serialele in vacanta, nu mai tin minte exact ... "apar" [stiti la ce ma refer] sa zicem ca ex: Gossip Girl - 1 sept ora 23: 59. apare pe 1 dimineata sau pe 2 dimineata? faza cu ora ma incurca zanduka: zugravu, comentariile tale nu sunt nici la spam ...”
“I was ambushed & beaten by the police, my phone confiscated , my car ripped apar& supplies taken #jan25less than a minute ago via webSandmonkey”
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“The state-run Xinhua news agency quoted one local Communist Party official as saying that the plane broke apar”
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“Mutaţiile apar foarte rar, conservarea modele biologice care apar, dar se pare că evolua cu o frecvenţă suficient de a introduce noi modele de testare şi biologice care contesta modelele precedente.”
“Solare şi a surselor de energie gravitationala nu apar ideală, deoarece lumina stelelor şi de gravitatea sunt varia în întreaga galaxie, scădere în jos pentru o resursă minuscule în vaste spatii goale între stele.”
“În primul rând există bărbaţi grăsime monstruos negru, cu ochii care apar trup în noapte.”
“HATS OFF TO ANDY REINHARDT - In a deliciously scathing article in BusinessWeek, correspondent Andy Reinhardt tears apar the EU Parliment's decision to scrap the Computer Implemented Inventions CII as politicking gone amok, and describing the decision-making process as nonsense squared:”
“Este o coincidenţă faptul că tipul de coincidenţă care apar mai des în viaţa unei persoane reflectă, de obicei, atitudinea lor.”
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stripes and bands
variegated armadillos and other asundry bands and stripes
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