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They are all prickly sea-eggs (presumably the Echinus lividus, which is found in similar places in the west of Ireland), each buried for life in a cup-shaped hole which he has excavated in the rock, and shut in by an overhanging lip of living lime -- seemingly a Nullipore coralline.
Prose Idylls, New and Old Charles Kingsley 1847
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Amaranthus lividus, a low-growing, succulent, purplish-red herb, was cultivated in the gardens of ancient Greece and Rome and in medieval Europe.
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The term _lichen lividus_ indicates the dark purplish hue caused by a torpid circulation and the consequent change of arterial into venous blood before leaving the pimples.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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_Lichen pilaris_ and _lividus_ are modifications of lichen simplex, the former being so named to describe the location of the pimples, _i. e.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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Amoeboid ovum of _Hydra_ (from Balfour, after Kleitnenberg); _b_, early ovum of _Toxopneustes variegatus_, with pseudopodia-like processes (from Balfour, after Selenka); _c_, ovum of _Toxopneustes lividus_, more nearly ripe (from Balfour, Hertwig).
Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions George John Romanes 1871
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* Lucar lividus, apice nigra, the cat bird, or chicken bird.
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C. fufcus, fubtus rufo-lividus, thoracis margine livido.
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C. ovatus lividus, fcutcllo ypfilo flavo jnfcripto.
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