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

Paleontological :: Paleontological (a.) Of or pertaining to paleontology.

Paleobotany :: Paleobotany (n.) That branch of paleontology which treats of fossil plants.

Bonapartean :: Bonapartean (a.) Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte or his family.

Leon :: Leon (n.) A lion.

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..

Pleonastic :: Pleonastic (a.) Alt. of Pleonastica.

Galleon :: Galleon (n.) A sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often having three or four decks, and used for war or commerce. The term is often rather indiscriminately applied to any large sailing vessel..

Physiophyly :: Physiophyly (n.) The tribal history of the functions, or the history of the paleontological development of vital activities, -- being a branch of phylogeny. See Morphophyly..

Paleozooogy :: Paleozooogy (n.) The science of extinct animals, a branch of paleontology..

Leonced :: Leonced (a.) See Lionced.

Hawkbit :: Hawkbit (n.) The fall dandelion (Leontodon autumnale).

Paleornithology :: Paleornithology (n.) The branch of paleontology which treats of fossil birds.

Leonid :: Leonid (n.) One of the shooting stars which constitute the star shower that recurs near the fourteenth of November at intervals of about thirty-three years; -- so called because these shooting stars appear on the heavens to move in lines directed from the constellation Leo.

Oryctology :: Oryctology (n.) An old name for paleontology.

Pleonasm :: Pleonasm (n.) Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes..

Grenadier :: Grenadier (n.) Originaly, a soldier who carried and threw grenades; afterward, one of a company attached to each regiment or battalion, taking post on the right of the line, and wearing a peculiar uniform. In modern times, a member of a special regiment or corps; as, a grenadier of the guard of Napoleon I. one of the regiment of Grenadier Guards of the British army, etc..

Pompoleon :: Pompoleon (n.) See Pompelmous.

Tilefish :: Tilefish (n.) A large, edible, deep-water food fish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) more or less thickly covered with large, round, yellow spots..

Leonese :: Leonese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Leon.

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