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Alpestrine
Alpestrine Al*pes"trine, a. (Bot.)
Growing on the elevated parts of mountains, but not above the
timbe? line; subalpine.
Alpestrine
Alpestrine Al*pes"trine, a. [L. Alpestris.]
Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains; as,
Alpestrine diseases, etc.
M alpestrisTriton Tri"ton, n. [L., fr. Gr.?.] (Gr. Myth.)
A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and
the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and
painters as having the upper part of his body like that of a
man, and the lower part like that of a fish. He often has a
trumpet made of a shell.
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea, Or hear old
Triton blow his wreathed horn. --Wordsworth.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of many species of marine gastropods
belonging to Triton and allied genera, having a stout
spiral shell, often handsomely colored and ornamented with
prominent varices. Some of the species are among the
largest of all gastropods. Called also trumpet shell,
and sea trumpet.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of aquatic
salamanders. The common European species are
Hemisalamandra cristata, Molge palmata, and M.
alpestris, a red-bellied species common in Switzerland.
The most common species of the United States is
Diemyctylus viridescens. See Illust. under Salamander. Otocoris alpestrisShore Shore, n. [OE. schore, AS. score, probably fr. scieran,
and so meaning properly, that which is shorn off, edge; akin
to OD. schoore, schoor. See Shear, v. t.]
The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an
ocean, lake, or large river.
Michael Cassio, Lieutenant to the warlike Moor Othello,
Is come shore. --Shak.
The fruitful shore of muddy Nile. --Spenser.
In shore, near the shore. --Marryat.
On shore. See under On.
Shore birds (Zo["o]l.), a collective name for the various
limicoline birds found on the seashore.
Shore crab (Zo["o]l.), any crab found on the beaches, or
between tides, especially any one of various species of
grapsoid crabs, as Heterograpsus nudus of California.
Shore lark (Zo["o]l.), a small American lark (Otocoris
alpestris) found in winter, both on the seacoast and on
the Western plains. Its upper parts are varied with dark
brown and light brown. It has a yellow throat, yellow
local streaks, a black crescent on its breast, a black
streak below each eye, and two small black erectile ear
tufts. Called also horned lark.
Shore plover (Zo["o]l.), a large-billed Australian plover
(Esacus magnirostris). It lives on the seashore, and
feeds on crustaceans, etc.
Shore teetan (Zo["o]l.), the rock pipit (Anthus
obscurus). [Prov. Eng.]
Meaning of Alpestri from wikipedia
- Cr****ula
alpestris, also
known as the sand-coated cr****ula, is a
species of
flowering plant in the
genus Cr****ula
endemic to the Cape
Provinces of South...
- Puya
alpestris is a
species of
bromeliad endemic to the
Chilean Andes. It is
native to dry hills, rock
outcrops in
central and
southern Chile at elevations...
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Myosotis alpestris or
alpine forget-me-not is a
herbaceous perennial plant in the
flowering plant family Boraginaceae. The
alpine forget-me-not is the...
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Thymus alpestris is a
species of
flowering plant in the
family Lamiaceae native to the
eastern Alps and Carpathians. "Thymus
alpestris Tausch ex A.Kern"...
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Xanthomyia alpestris is a
species of
tephritid or
fruit flies in the
genus Xanthomyia of the
family Tephritidae. Finland, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia...
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Aplocnemus alpestris is a
species of soft-winged
flower beetles belonging to the
family Rhadalidae. This
species is
present in
Central and
Southern Europe...
- The
horned lark or s**** lark (Eremophila
alpestris) is a
species of lark in the
family Alaudidae found across the
northern hemisphere. It is
known as...
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subspecies of A.
alpestris:
Amara alpestris alpestris A.
Villa & G.B. Villa, 1833
Amara alpestris baldensis K. & J. Daniel, 1898
Amara alpestris bonomii Holdhaus...
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Deconica alpestris is a
species of
mushroom in the
family Strophariaceae. Its
holotype was
found by Rolf
Singer in 1979
growing on
calcareous soil at...
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Silene alpestris, the
alpine catch-fly, is a
species of
flowering plant in the pink
family Caryophyllaceae,
native to
Europe in the
mountains of Italy...
