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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Plural of quadratum.

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Examples

  • The Oleria quadrata belongs to the clearwing family and is a breed that feeds on aster then passes its alkaloids during mating to the poor and, I assume, unaware female butterfly to render her repugnant to other males.

    The Wonder of Exotic Creatures 2010

  • The Oleria quadrata belongs to the clearwing family and is a breed that feeds on aster then passes its alkaloids during mating to the poor and, I assume, unaware female butterfly to render her repugnant to other males.

    Dora Levy Mossanen: The Wonder of Exotic Creatures 2010

  • Ghost crabs (Ocypode quadrata) inhabit the dry upper portions of beaches, although several times a day they must return to ocean waters to wet their gills.

    Ecoregions of North Carolina and South Carolina (EPA) 2009

  • The letterpress landscape is littered with Qs: quad (short for quadrat), quoin, quarto, quire, question & quotation marks, even quadrata (Roman inscriptional capitals, of which I am particularly fond).

    A to Z: Q is for Quatrefoil Unionpearl 2008

  • The letterpress landscape is littered with Qs: quad (short for quadrat), quoin, quarto, quire, question & quotation marks, even quadrata (Roman inscriptional capitals, of which I am particularly fond).

    Archive 2008-09-01 Unionpearl 2008

  • Huius per tria latera dependent retia seu cortinæ de cordulis sericis, in quibus ad singulos nodos, grossa margarita habetur innexa, quibus cortinis tegitur officina: in eius concauitate tenetur tumba quadrata, in qua conueniunt conductus omnium potuum, qui bibuntur in Curia, et innumera vasorum genera, quibus potus omnibus ministratur.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Huius per tria latera dependent retia seu cortin� de cordulis sericis, in quibus ad singulos nodos, grossa margarita habetur innexa, quibus cortinis tegitur officina: in eius concauitate tenetur tumba quadrata, in qua conueniunt conductus omnium potuum, qui bibuntur in Curia, et innumera vasorum genera, quibus potus omnibus ministratur.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • _Scindatur igitur totus exitus super hac cute exteriori cum carne fissa, et uatur y fac cum file serice et acu quadrata.

    Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson

  • A slight ridge is sometimes seen commencing about the middle of the intertrochanteric’ crest, and reaching vertically downward for about 5 cm. along the back part of the body: it is called the linea quadrata, and gives attachment to the Quadratus femoris and a few fibers of the Adductor magnus.

    II. Osteology. 6c. 3. The Femur 1918

  • _Roma quadrata_ comes to the fore in the Lupercalia: not merely is the site of the ceremony a grotto on the Palatine

    The Religion of Ancient Rome Cyril Bailey 1914

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