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Birds that may visit mangrove communities include Amazona autumnalis, scarlet macaw (Ara macao), green macaw (Ara ambigua), military macaw (A. militaris), snowy cotinga (Carpodectes nitidus), and several parrots, parakeets, and hummingbirds.
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'Quid? cum est Lucilius ausus primus in hunc operis componere carmina morem, detrahere et pellem, nitidus qua quisque per ora cederet, introrsum turpis, num Laelius et qui duxit ab oppressa meritum Carthagine nomen ingenio offensi aut laeso doluere Metello famosisque Lupo cooperto versibus? atqui primores populi arripuit populumque tributim, scilicet uni aequus virtuti atque eius amicis.'
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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_P. _ nitidus, niger, distinctè punctatus; alis subhyalinis, venis fuscis; segmentis abdominalibus apice depressis.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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_C. _ niger, lævis et nitidus; antennis tarsisque pallidè testaceis; thorace spinis duabus acutis armato.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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At Messala nitidus et candidus, et quodammodo præ se ferens in dicendo nobilitatem suam, viribus minor.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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_P. _ lævis, nitidus, niger; thorace spinis duabus crassis compressis acutis posticè armato.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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_P. _ niger, lævis, nitidus; femoribus abdominisque squamulâ ferrugineis.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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Professor J.R. Blake records from this pit the following fossils {93a}: — Belemnites nitidus, Ammonites serratus, R.ssoa mosensis,
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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We are told by Gennadius of Marseilles that he was lingua nitidus et ingenio acer, and so rich in knowledge of the ancients that he composed a commentary on the whole Book of Daniel.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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It is strange that Dupin should have called him minus nitidus ac politus, for both in the words he employs and in their order he almost incurs the blame of preciosity.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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