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Lagena
Lagena La*ge"na, n.; pl. L. Lagen[ae], E. Lagenas. [L., a flask; cf. Gr. ?, ?.] (Anat.) The terminal part of the cochlea in birds and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the cochlea, in fishes and amphibians.
Lagenae
Lagena La*ge"na, n.; pl. L. Lagen[ae], E. Lagenas. [L., a flask; cf. Gr. ?, ?.] (Anat.) The terminal part of the cochlea in birds and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the cochlea, in fishes and amphibians.
Lagenaria vulgaris
Gourd Gourd, n. [F. gourde, OF. cougourde, gouhourde, fr. L. cucurbita gourd (cf. NPr. cougourdo); perh. akin to corbin basket, E. corb. Cf. Cucurbite.] 1. (Bot.) A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitace[ae]; and especially the bottle gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes. 2. A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd; hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle. --Chaucer. Bitter gourd, colocynth.
Lagenas
Lagena La*ge"na, n.; pl. L. Lagen[ae], E. Lagenas. [L., a flask; cf. Gr. ?, ?.] (Anat.) The terminal part of the cochlea in birds and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the cochlea, in fishes and amphibians.
Nonagenarian
Nonagenarian Non`a*ge*na"ri*an, n. [L. nonagenarius containing, or consisting of, ninety, fr. nonageni ninety each; akin to novem nine.] A person ninety years old.
Quadragenarious
Quadragenarious Quad`ra*ge*na"ri*ous, a. [L. quadragenarius, fr. qyadrageni forty each.] Consisting of forty; forty years old.
Septuagenarian
Septuagenarian Sep`tu*a*ge*na"ri*an, n. A person who is seventy years of age; a septuagenary.
Septuagenary
Septuagenary Sep`tu*ag"e*na*ry, a. [L. septuagenarius, fr. septuageny seventy each; akin to septuaginta seventy, septem seven. See Seven.] Consisting of seventy; also, seventy years old. -- n. A septuagenarian.
Sexagenarian
Sexagenarian Sex`a*ge*na"ri*an, n. [See Sexagenary.] A person who is sixty years old.
Sexagenary
Sexagenary Sex*ag"e*na*ry, n. 1. Something composed of sixty parts or divisions. 2. A sexagenarian. --Sir W. Scott.

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- The Agena Target Vehicle (/əˈdʒiːnə/; ATV), also known as Gemini-Agena Target Vehicle (GATV), was an uncrewed spacecraft used by NASA during its Gemini...
- Thor-Agena was a series of orbital launch vehicles. The launch vehicles used the Douglas-built Thor first stage and the Lockheed-built Agena second stages...
- months earlier, NASA had launched an Agena Target Vehicle for Gemini 6, but the Atlas-Agena launch failed when the Agena's engine exploded during orbital injection...
- the addition of an Agena upper stage. It consisted of five separate rockets. The Titan-3B Agena-D was a basic Titan IIIA with an Agena D upper stage. The...
- Thorad-Agena was an American expendable launch system, derived from the Thor and Delta rockets. The first stage of the rocket was a stretched Thor variant...
- a variety of upper stages. Together with the Agena upper stage, Thor was the booster of the Thor-Agena vehicle used to launch the early Corona (also...