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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. 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 Alector from wikipedia
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Alector (/əˈlɛktər/;
Ancient Gr****: Ἀλέκτωρ)
refers to more than one
person in
classical mythology and history:
Alector, son of
Magnes and Meliboea, eponyms...
- 2011, it
consists of:
Legacies (2002)
Darknesses (2003)
Scepters (2004)
Alector's Choice (2005) Cadmian's
Choice (2006) Soarer's
Choice (2006) The Lord-Protector's...
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Elusa alector is a
species of moth of the
family Noctuidae. It was
described by
Alfred Ernest Wileman and
Reginald James West in 1928, and is
known from...
- The
black cur****ow (Crax
alector), also
known as the smooth-billed cur****ow and the
crested cur****ow, is a
species of bird in the
family Cracidae, the...
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Anaxarete was
still unmoved,
Aphrodite changed her to stone. Iphis, son of
Alector, was one of the
kings in Argos.
Polynices came to him for
advice on how...
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considered the
brother of Iphianeira, wife of Melampus.
Anaxagoras fathered Alector, the
father of Iphis. In a rare account, he was
recounted as the father...
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attempts to
summon it prematurely,
resulting in the
death of his
daughter Alector. He vows
revenge and
turns himself into a cyborg.
After Nagumo destroys...
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Alectryon may
refer to:
Alectryon (mythology)
Alector,
father of one of the Argonauts,
referred to by
Homer as "Alectryon"
Alectryon (plant), a genus...
- Gr**** mythology,
Acteis (Ancient Gr****: Άκτηἶδοζ Akteϊs) was the
mother by
Alector of Clonius. The
latter was one of the
Boeotian leaders in the
Trojan War...
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Leucippe Iphis ✓ ✓ 2
Mycenae son of
Sthenelus Iphis ✓ 1
Argos son of
Alector Iphitos ✓ ✓ ✓ 3
Oechalia son of
Eurytus and
Antiope Iphitos ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓...
