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Alabaster
Alabaster Al"a*bas"ter, n. [L. alabaster, Gr. ?, said to be derived fr. Alabastron, the name of a town in Egypt, near which it was common: cf. OF. alabastre, F. alb[^a]tre.] 1. (Min.) (a) A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc. (b) A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster. 2. A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; -- so called from the stone of which it was originally made. --Fosbroke.

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- The black-striped pipefish (Syngnathus abaster) is a species of fish in the family Syngnathidae. It is found in the eastern Atlantic from the southern...
- sand smelt (Atherina boyeri caspia), black-striped pipefish (Syngnatus abaster caspius), Caucasian dwarf goby (Knipowitschia caucasica), monkey goby (Neogobius...
- amphibian species are Cobitis maroccana, Anguilla anguilla, Syngnathus abaster, Bufo bufo, Bufo calamita and Rana perezi. The most common reptiles are...
- The subcaudal pouch of the male of the black-striped pipefish (Syngnathus abaster)...
- Alexander, et al. “Feeding Patterns of the Black-Striped Pipefish Syngnathus Abaster in an Invaded Freshwater Habitat.” Environmental Biology of Fishes, vol...
- Nerophis lumbriciformis Nerophis maculatus Nerophis ophidion Syngnathus abaster Syngnathus acus Syngnathus phlegon Syngnathus rostellatus Syngnathus taenionotus...
-  Georgia,  Romania,  Russia,  Turkey,  Ukraine Not evaluated Syngnathus abaster Risso, 1826 Black-striped pipefish Native  Bulgaria,  Georgia,  Romania...
- — Sakhalin stickleback [107] Syngnathus (Seaweed pipefish) Syngnathus abaster — Black-striped pipefish [108] Siniperca Siniperca chuatsi — Mandarin fish...
- States. There are currently 36 recognized species in this genus: Syngnathus abaster A. Risso, 1827 (Black-striped pipefish) Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758...
- glanis (Linnaeus, 1758) Syngnathidae Black-striped pipefish, Syngnathus abaster (Risso, 1827) Narrow-snouted pipefish, Syngnathus tenuirostris (Rathke...