Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Obsolete form of armada.
  • A group of gephyreans having setæ and a double blood-vascular system: synonymous with Chœtifera. It consists of the families Echiuridœ and Sternaspidœ.

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Examples

  • "armata" of the Tuscan city brought home not only marble and ivory, for treasure; but earth, -- a fleet's burden, -- from the place where there was healing of soul's leprosy: and their field became a place of holy tombs, prepared for its office with earth from the land made holy by one tomb; which all the knighthood of Christendom had been pouring out its life to win.

    Val d'Arno John Ruskin 1859

  • Noteworthy species include lesser rhea Pterocnemia pennata, Andean condor Vultur gryphus, which form nesting and roosting colonies called condoreras, torrent duck Merganetta armata, black-throated finch Melanodera melanodera, and others.

    Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina 2009

  • The most characteristic species are large trees such as Poulsenia armata, Virola sebifera, Pterygota colombiana, Guarea guidonia, Castilla elastica, Ficus macrosyce, Persea americana and the palm (Dictyocarium lamarckianum).

    Santa Marta montane forests 2008

  • Mojave indicator species include spiny mendora (Mendora spinescens), desert senna (Cassia armata), Mojave dalea (Psorothamnus arborescens), and goldenhead (Acamptopappus shockleyi).

    Mojave desert 2008

  • Notable other species include condor Vultur gryphus, seen particularly around the mountain area of Altar, Cubillin and Quilimas, cock of the rock Rupicola peruviana ecuatorialis, in substantial populations in inaccessible upper forest areas of the eastern Andean slopes, giant humming bird Patagona gigas, torrent duck Marganetta armata, king vulture Sarcoramphus papa and swallow-tailed kite Elanoides porficatus.

    Sangay National Park, Ecuador 2008

  • The largest trees are Ceiba pentandra, Poulsenia armata, Calycophyllum spruceanum, Swietenia macrophylla, and Dipteryx odorata.

    Southwest Amazon moist forests 2008

  • Suore a mano armata è un finto trailer finto per Grindhouse che potrebbe anche diventare un vero film prima o poi…

    No Fat Clips!!! : Nuns with Guns 2008

  • The species recorded on Mount Nimba include Promecolanguria dimidiata, Promecolanguria pseudosulcicollis, Promecolanguria mimbana, Promecolanguria armata, and Barbaropus nigritus.

    Guinean montane forests 2007

  • The undergrowth is characterized by the presence of sedges such as Hypolitrum amplum, and various species of arborescent ferns including Alophila armata.

    Cocos Island moist forests 2007

  • Lăsând la o parte spiriduşii, trollocs, giganţi, zombie, fantezie si fictiune alte capse compusă din armata persană în film, sau transformarea Ephialtes de Trachis într-un cocoşat deformate, filmul are în continuare o mare acurateţe istorică în reprezentare de bine ... ... foarte puţin de substanţă în film este adevărat a istoriei.

    ideonexus.com »2007» martie 2007

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