Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
vinatico .
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- noun See
vinatico .
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- noun Alternative form of
vinatico .
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Examples
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Omnium nobilium sufficientia in eo probatur si venatica noverint, si aleam, si corporis vires ingentibus poculis commonstrent, si naturae robur numerosa venere probent, &c. 3644.
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Of the venatica, the hunters and spies in the hire of Istarian clergy.
The Dark Queen Williams, Michael, 1952 Dec. 17- 1994
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Then accompa-nied-in what the venatica called "the interest of geologic science," though it was really an armed surveillance.
The Dark Queen Williams, Michael, 1952 Dec. 17- 1994
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Regardless of the guards and venatica, one road remains for our people.
The Dark Queen Williams, Michael, 1952 Dec. 17- 1994
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-- A herd of hartebeests passed close to our huts, pursued by a pack of six wild dogs (_Hyaena venatica_).
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The animal described in the text evidently was a specimen of the hunting leopard, _Felis jubata (F. guttata, F. venatica) _.
Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official William Sleeman 1822
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There is another variety, which is a sort of link between the hyena and the dog, called the venatica.
The Mission; or Scenes in Africa Frederick Marryat 1820
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(_odoratio quaedam venatica_), -- a good scent for truth and beauty, -- it appears as extravagance, whimsicality, eccentricity, or insanity, according to its degree of aberration.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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It seems to be the Chien Sauvage or Cynhyene (Cynhyaena venatica) of the French traveller M. Delegorgue, who in his “Voyage dans l’Afrique Australe,” minutely and diffusely describes it.
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"wilde-honden," very absurdly named by sapient naturalists _Hyena venatica_ or "hunting hyena," and by others, with equal absurdity the
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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The hyena and the vulture are the scavengers of the tropical regions. The hyena devours what the vulture leaves, which is the skin and bones of a dead carcass. Its power of jaw is so great, that it breaks the largest bone with facility.”
“In Africa there are four hyenas:— The common spotted hyena, or wolf of the colonists, whose smell is so offensive that dogs leave it with disgust after it is killed; its own fellows will, however, devour it immediately. The striped or ferocious hyena, called the shard-wolf; and another, which the colonists call the bay-wolf, and which I believe to be the one known as the laughing hyena. There is another variety, which is a sort of link between the hyena and the dog, called the venatica. It hunts in packs, and the colonists term it the wild honde. It was first classed by Burchell the traveller. This last is smaller, but much fiercer, than the others.”
July 18, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word venatica
See also vinatico.
July 19, 2015