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A fasciataHoneybee Hon"ey*bee`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any bee of the genus Apis, which lives in communities and
collects honey, esp. the common domesticated hive bee (Apis
mellifica), the Italian bee (A. ligustica), and the
Arabiab bee (A. fasciata). The two latter are by many
entomologists considered only varieties of the common hive
bee. Each swarm of bees consists of a large number of workers
(barren females), with, ordinarily, one queen or fertile
female, but in the swarming season several young queens, and
a number of males or drones, are produced. Ascian
Ascian As"cian, n.
One of the Ascii.
E fasciatusSkink Skink, n. [L. scincus, Gr. ????.] [Written also
scink.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless
lizards of the family Scincid[ae], common in the warmer
parts of all the continents.
Note: The officinal skink (Scincus officinalis) inhabits
the sandy plains of South Africa. It was believed by
the ancients to be a specific for various diseases. A
common slender species (Seps tridactylus) of Southern
Europe was formerly believed to produce fatal diseases
in cattle by mere contact. The American skinks include
numerous species of the genus Eumeces, as the
blue-tailed skink (E. fasciatus) of the Eastern
United States. The ground skink, or ground lizard
(Oligosoma laterale) inhabits the Southern United
States. FasciaFascia Fas"ci*a, n.; pl. Fasci[ae]. [L., a band: cf. It.
fascia. See Fasces, and cf. Fess.]
1. A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage
or roller.
2. (Arch.) A flat member of an order or building, like a flat
band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands
which make up the architrave, in the Ionic order. See
Illust. of Column.
3. (Anat.) The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat,
immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of
connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an
aponeurosis.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A broad well-defined band of color. FasciaeFascia Fas"ci*a, n.; pl. Fasci[ae]. [L., a band: cf. It.
fascia. See Fasces, and cf. Fess.]
1. A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage
or roller.
2. (Arch.) A flat member of an order or building, like a flat
band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands
which make up the architrave, in the Ionic order. See
Illust. of Column.
3. (Anat.) The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat,
immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of
connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an
aponeurosis.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A broad well-defined band of color. Fascial
Fascial Fas"ci*al, a.
1. Pertaining to the fasces.
2. (Anat.) Relating to a fascia.
FasciateFasciate Fas"ci*ate, Fasciated Fas"ci*a`ted, a. [L.
fasciatus, p. p. of fasciare to envelop with bands, fr.
fascia band. See Fasces.]
1. Bound with a fillet, sash, or bandage.
2. (Bot.)
(a) Banded or compacted together.
(b) Flattened and laterally widened, as are often the
stems of the garden cockscomb.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Broadly banded with color. FasciatedFasciate Fas"ci*ate, Fasciated Fas"ci*a`ted, a. [L.
fasciatus, p. p. of fasciare to envelop with bands, fr.
fascia band. See Fasces.]
1. Bound with a fillet, sash, or bandage.
2. (Bot.)
(a) Banded or compacted together.
(b) Flattened and laterally widened, as are often the
stems of the garden cockscomb.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Broadly banded with color. Fasciation
Fasciation Fas`ci*a"tion, n.
The act or manner of binding up; bandage; also, the condition
of being fasciated.
Hadropterus nigrofasciatusCrabeater Crab"eat`er (kr[a^]b"[=e]t`[~e]r), n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The cobia.
(b) An etheostomoid fish of the southern United States
(Hadropterus nigrofasciatus).
(c) A small European heron (Ardea minuta, and other allied
species). P fasciatus Sand grouse (Zo["o]l.), any one of many species of Old
World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and
resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also rock
grouse, rock pigeon, and ganga. They mostly belong to
the genus Pterocles, as the common Indian species (P.
exustus). The large sand grouse (P. arenarius), the
painted sand grouse (P. fasciatus), and the pintail sand
grouse (P. alchata) are also found in India. See Illust.
under Pterocletes.
Sand hill, a hill of sand; a dune.
Sand-hill crane (Zo["o]l.), the American brown crane (Grus
Mexicana).
Sand hopper (Zo["o]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian.
Sand hornet (Zo["o]l.), a sand wasp.
Sand lark. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small lark (Alaudala raytal), native of India.
(b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the
sanderling, and the common European sandpiper.
(c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ([AE]gialophilus
ruficapillus); -- called also red-necked plover.
Sand launce (Zo["o]l.), a lant, or launce.
Sand lizard (Zo["o]l.), a common European lizard (Lacerta
agilis).
Sand martin (Zo["o]l.), the bank swallow.
Sand mole (Zo["o]l.), the coast rat.
Sand monitor (Zo["o]l.), a large Egyptian lizard (Monitor
arenarius) which inhabits dry localities.
Sand mouse (Zo["o]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
Sand myrtle. (Bot.) See under Myrtle.
Sand partridge (Zo["o]l.), either of two small Asiatic
partridges of the genus Ammoperdix. The wings are long
and the tarsus is spurless. One species (A. Heeji)
inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species (A.
Bonhami), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also seesee
partridge, and teehoo.
Sand picture, a picture made by putting sand of different
colors on an adhesive surface.
Sand pike. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The sauger.
(b) The lizard fish.
Sand pillar, a sand storm which takes the form of a
whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like
those of the Sahara and Mongolia.
Sand pipe (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to
several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous
rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called
also sand gall.
Sand pride (Zo["o]l.), a small British lamprey now
considered to be the young of larger species; -- called
also sand prey.
Sand pump, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket
with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well.
Sand rat (Zo["o]l.), the pocket gopher.
Sand rock, a rock made of cemented sand.
Sand runner (Zo["o]l.), the turnstone.
Sand saucer (Zo["o]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or
o["o]thec[ae], of any mollusk of the genus Natica and
allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer,
and is coated with fine sand; -- called also sand
collar.
Sand screw (Zo["o]l.), an amphipod crustacean
(Lepidactylis arenarius), which burrows in the sandy
seabeaches of Europe and America.
Sand shark (Zo["o]l.), an American shark (Odontaspis
littoralis) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern
United States; -- called also gray shark, and dogfish
shark. See Illust. under Remora.
Sand skink (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of Old
World lizards belonging to the genus Seps; as, the
ocellated sand skink (Seps ocellatus) of Southern
Europe.
Sand skipper (Zo["o]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian.
Sand smelt (Zo["o]l.), a silverside.
Sand snake. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing
snakes of the genus Eryx, native of Southern Europe,
Africa, and Asia, especially E. jaculus of India and
E. Johnii, used by snake charmers.
(b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus
Psammophis, especially P. sibilans.
Sand snipe (Zo["o]l.), the sandpiper.
Sand star (Zo["o]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on
sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star.
Sand storm, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind.
Sand sucker, the sandnecker.
Sand swallow (Zo["o]l.), the bank swallow. See under
Bank.
Sand tube, a tube made of sand. Especially:
(a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of
lightning; a fulgurite.
(b) (Zo["o]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand.
(c) (Zo["o]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous
particles in its wall, which connects the oral water
tube with the madreporic plate.
Sand viper. (Zo["o]l.) See Hognose snake.
Sand wasp (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
hymenopterous insects belonging to the families
Pompilid[ae] and Spherid[ae], which dig burrows in
sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or
spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve
as food for her young. Paradoxirus fasciatusMusang Mu*sang", n. (Zo["o]l.)
A small animal of Java (Paradoxirus fasciatus), allied to
the civets. It swallows, but does not digest, large
quantities of ripe coffee berries, thus serving to
disseminate the coffee plant; hence it is called also coffee
rat. Seriola fasciataBonito Bo*ni"to, n.; pl. Bonitoes. [Sp. & Pg. bonito, fr.
Ar. bain[=i]t and bain[=i]th.] [Often incorrectly written
bonita.] (Zo["o]l.)
1. A large tropical fish (Orcynus pelamys) allied to the
tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four
brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the
American coast.
2. The skipjack (Sarda Mediterranea) of the Atlantic, an
important and abundant food fish on the coast of the
United States, and (S. Chilensis) of the Pacific, and
other related species. They are large and active fishes,
of a blue color with black oblique stripes.
3. The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the
southern of the United States and the West Indies.
4. The cobia or crab eater (Elacate canada), an edible fish
of the Middle and Southern United States. Trifasciated
Trifasciated Tri*fas"ci*a`ted, a. [Pref. tri- + fasciated.]
Having, or surrounded by, three fasci[ae], or bands.
Meaning of Ascia from wikipedia
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- 1775
Musca molio Harris, 1780
Ascia floralis Meigen, 1822
Ascia lanceolata Meigen, 1822
Neoascia molio (Harris, 1780)
Ascia maculata Macquart, 1829 Syrphus...
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Neoascia meticulosa (Scopoli, 1763)
Synonyms Ascia aenea Meigen, 1822
Ascia hastata Wiedemann, 1822
Ascia nitidula Meigen, 1822
Musca meticulosa Scopoli...
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Neoascia metallica (Williston, 1882)
Synonyms Ascia metallica Williston, 1882
Ascia nasuta Bigot, 1883
Ascia quadrinotata Bigot, 1883
Neoascia minuta Curran...
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tenur (Harris 1780)
Synonyms Musca tenur Harris, 1780
Ascia quadripunctata Meigen, 1822
Ascia dispar Meigen, 1822
Neoascia floralis ssp.
lapponica Kanervo...
- Species: N. longiscutata
Binomial name
Neoascia longiscutata (Shiraki, 1930)
Synonyms Ascia longiscutata Shiraki, 1930
Ascia breviscutata Shiraki, 1930...
- N. geniculata
Binomial name
Neoascia geniculata (Meigen, 1822)
Synonyms Ascia geniculata Meigen, 1822
Neoascia conica Curran, 1925
Neoascia macrofemoralis...
- Genus:
Neoascia Species: N. globosa
Binomial name
Neoascia globosa (Walker, 1849)
Synonyms Neoascia distincta Williston, 1887
Ascia globosa Walker, 1849...
