Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of small-flowered terrestrial orchidaceous plants, natives of South Africa, northern India, and the Mascarene Islands.

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  • To the former class of animals belong the so-called castor, the satyrium, the otter, and the so-called latax, or beaver.

    The History of Animals 2002

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