Acarus :: Acarus (n.) A genus including many species of small mites.

Aruspex :: Aruspex (n.) One of the class of diviners among the Etruscans and Romans, who foretold events by the inspection of the entrails of victims offered on the altars of the gods..

Aruspice :: Aruspice (n.) A soothsayer of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspex.

Aruspices :: Aruspices (pl. ) of Aruspe.

Aruspicy :: Aruspicy (n.) Prognostication by inspection of the entrails of victims slain sacrifice.

Carus :: Carus (n.) Coma with complete insensibility; deep lethargy.

Haruspication :: Haruspication (n.) See Haruspicy.

Haruspice :: Haruspice (n.) A diviner of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspice.

Haruspicy :: Haruspicy (n.) The art or practices of haruspices. See Aruspicy.

Homarus :: Homarus (n.) A genus of decapod Crustacea, including the common lobsters..

Parusia :: Parusia (n.) A figure of speech by which the present tense is used instead of the past or the future, as in the animated narration of past, or in the prediction of future, events..

Scarus :: Scarus (n.) A Mediterranean food fish (Sparisoma scarus) of excellent quality and highly valued by the Romans; -- called also parrot fish.

Tartarus :: Tartarus (n.) The infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as the place of punishment for the spirits of the wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often used synonymously with Hades, or the Lower World in general..

Tylarus :: Tylarus (n.) One of the pads on the under surface of the toes of birds.

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