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- n. An English name of the stitchwort, Stellaria Holostea, from the fragility of its joints.
- n. A book-name for the giant fulmar, Ossifraga gigantea: usually called capehen by sailors; also, rarely used in books for the osprey, Pandion haliaëtus and the lammergeier, Gypaëtus barbatus.
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“The rest of us learned that sticks and stones breakbones.”
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"In zoology and botany, a name (other than the technical name) of an animal or plant found only in scientific treatises—that is, not in use as a vernacular name. It is often a mere adaptation of th...
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