Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In ornithology, a genus of guans of the family Cracidæ and the subfamily Penelopinæ.
- n. In entomology, the typical genus of Ortalidæ, founded by Fallen in 1810, containing robust dark-colored flies found on the leaves of bushes vibrating their wings in the sunshine.
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- n. chachalacas
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Sic Venusj et Veneris contra fic filius orfus: alla tuarum audita mihi neque vifa fororum, quam te memorem? virgo! namque haud tibi voltus ortalis, nec vox hominem fonat; o, Deal certe;
P. Virgilii Maronis opera: emendabat et notulis illustr. G. Wakefield
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