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Anolis :: Anolis (n.) A genus of lizards which belong to the family Iguanidae. They take the place in the New World of the chameleons in the Old, and in America are often called chameleons..

Copaiva :: Copaiva (n.) A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of Copaifera, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and is much used in affections of the mucous membranes; -- called also balsam of copaiba..

Imperial :: Imperial (n.) The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin; -- so called from the style of beard of Napoleon III.

Pleomorphism :: Pleomorphism (n.) The theory that the various genera of bacteria are phases or variations of growth of a number of Protean species, each of which may exhibit, according to undetermined conditions, all or some of the forms characteristic of the different genera and species..

Paleograph :: Paleograph (n.) An ancient manuscript.

Leopardwood :: Leopardwood (n.) See Letterwood.

Oleoresin :: Oleoresin (n.) A natural mixture of a terebinthinate oil and a resin.

Diplomatic :: Diplomatic (n.) The science of diplomas, or the art of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their age, authenticity, etc.; paleography..

Pleonaste :: Pleonaste (n.) A black variety of spinel.

Captivate :: Captivate (v. t.) To acquire ascendancy over by reason of some art or attraction; to fascinate; to charm; as, Cleopatra captivated Antony; the orator captivated all hearts..

Malleolus :: Malleolus (n.) A layer, a shoot partly buried in the ground, and there cut halfway through..

Ant-lion :: Ant-lion (n.) A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a pitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species is Myrmeleon obsoletus, the European is M. formicarius..

Paleous :: Paleous (a.) Chaffy; like chaff; paleaceous.

Trimera :: Trimera (n. pl.) A division of Coleoptera including those which have but three joints in the tarsi.

Teleology :: Teleology (n.) The doctrine of the final causes of thing.

Edelweiss :: Edelweiss (n.) A little, perennial, white, woolly plant (Leontopodium alpinum), growing at high elevations in the Alps..

Eozoic :: Eozoic (a.) Of or pertaining to rocks or strata older than the Paleozoic, in many of which the eozoon has been found..

Orthoceras :: Orthoceras (n.) An extinct genus of Paleozoic Cephalopoda, having a long, straight, conical shell. The interior is divided into numerous chambers by transverse septa..

Ceruleous :: Ceruleous (a.) Cerulean.

Polymorphism :: Polymorphism (n.) Same as Pleomorphism.

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