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Alectorides
Alectorides Al`ec*tor"i*des, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a cock.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A group of birds including the common fowl and the pheasants.
Alectoromachy
Alectoromachy A*lec`to*rom"a*chy, n. [Gr. ? cock + ? fight.]
Cockfighting.
AlectoromancyAlectoromancy A*lec"to*ro*man`cy, n.
See Alectryomancy. Crax alectorCurassow Cu*ras"sow (k?-r?s"s?), n. [Native name in Brazil.]
(Zool.)
A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax,
Ourax, etc., of the family Cracid[ae].
Note: The crested curassow (Crax alector) is black, and
about the size of a small hen-turkey, with an erectile
crest of curled feathers. It ranges from Mexico to
Brazil. The galeated curassow or cushew bird (Ourax
Pauxi) is similar in size, and has a large, hollow,
blue, pear-shaped protuberance on the head. Dialectology
Dialectology Di`a*lec*tol"o*gy, n. [Dialect + -logy.]
That branch of philology which is devoted to the
consideration of dialects. --Beck.
Dialector
Dialector Di`a*lec"tor, n.
One skilled in dialectics.
Textor alectorOxbird Ox"bird`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The dunlin.
(b) The sanderling.
(c) An African weaver bird (Textor alector).
Meaning of Alecto from wikipedia
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Alecto (Ancient Gr****: Ἀληκτώ, romanized: Alēktṓ, lit. 'Unceasing anger') is one of the
Erinyes or
Furies in Gr**** mythology.
According to Hesiod, Alecto...
- The
Alecto,
initially known as the
Harry Hopkins Mk 1 CS, was a self
propelled gun
developed by the
British during World War II. In 1942 a
project for...
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Alecto may
refer to:
Alecto, one of the Gr****
Erinyes (Furies)
Alecto (motorcycle), an
English motorcycle manufactured in the
immediate post-WW1 period...
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Alecto,
after Alecto, one of the
Erinyes of Gr**** mythology: HMS
Alecto (1781) was a 12-gun fire ship
launched in 1781 and sold in 1802. HMS
Alecto (1839)...
- giggle;
Alecto is
described as a "stocky
little woman" and
shares her brother's
squatness and laugh. In
Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows,
Alecto and Amycus...
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Alecto motorcycles were
manufactured between 1919 and 1925 in
London by
Whitmee Engineering. A chain-driven 345cc
model was
built between 1923 and 1924...
- series,
after Gideon the
Ninth (2019) and
Harrow the
Ninth (2020), with
Alecto the
Ninth to follow. The
novel was
nominated for the 2023 Hugo
Award for...
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followed by
Harrow the
Ninth (2020), Nona the
Ninth (2022), and the
upcoming Alecto the Ninth. In the star
system Dominicus,
there are nine planets, each home...
- file? See
media help. The
black flying fox or
black fruit bat (Pteropus
alecto) is a bat in the
family Pteropodidae. It is
among the
largest bats in the...
- for use in
airfield defence. One
variant on the Mk VIII was designed, the
Alecto self-propelled gun
which was to have
mounted a
howitzer and used as a close-support...
