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M alpestris
Triton 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 alpestris
Shore 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.]

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- subspecies: Plant Spines inflorescence Flower P. alpestris ssp alpestris Fruits Habitat of P. alpestris ssp zoellneri Sapphire tower blooming at San Diego...
- Myosotis alpestris at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Myosotis alpestris at Wikispecies "Myosotis alpestris". Plants for a ****ure. Myosotis alpestris in the...
- 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...
- South Africa. Cr****ula alpestris subsp. m****onii is a variety of the species, also found in South Africa. Cr****ula alpestris is perennial and grows up...
- Vertiginidae, the whorl snails. Subspecies † Vertigo alpestris tobieni Schlickum & Strauch, 1979 Vertigo alpestris uturyotoensis Kuroda & Hukuda, 1944 The s****...
- subspecies of A. alpestris: Amara alpestris alpestris A. Villa & G.B. Villa, 1833 Amara alpestris baldensis K. & J. Daniel, 1898 Amara alpestris bonomii Holdhaus...
- by Austrian zoologist Laurenti, as Triton alpestris, from the Ötscher mountain in the Austrian Alps (alpestris meaning "alpine" in Latin). He used that...
- Noccaea alpestris is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Br****icaceae. "Noccaea alpestris (Jacq.) Kerguélen | Plants of the World Online...
- Treated as a distinct species, it takes the name Alpine spruce (Picea alpestris). As with Siberian spruce, it hybridizes extensively with Norway spruce;...
- Perrottetia alpestris subsp. philippinensis is a subspecies of Perrottetia alpestris. It is a plant in the family Dipentodontaceae, sometimes classified...