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Definition of C nigricans

C nigricans
Sucker Suck"er (s[u^]k"[~e]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies. 2. A suckling; a sucking animal. --Beau. & Fl. 3. The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket. --Boyle. 4. A pipe through which anything is drawn. 5. A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a plaything. 6. (Bot.) A shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment from the body of the plant. 7. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of North American fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family Catostomid[ae]; so called because the lips are protrusile. The flesh is coarse, and they are of little value as food. The most common species of the Eastern United States are the northern sucker (Catostomus Commersoni), the white sucker (C. teres), the hog sucker (C. nigricans), and the chub, or sweet sucker (Erimyzon sucetta). Some of the large Western species are called buffalo fish, red horse, black horse, and suckerel. (b) The remora. (c) The lumpfish. (d) The hagfish, or myxine. (e) A California food fish (Menticirrus undulatus) closely allied to the kingfish (a); -- called also bagre. 8. A parasite; a sponger. See def. 6, above. They who constantly converse with men far above their estates shall reap shame and loss thereby; if thou payest nothing, they will count thee a sucker, no branch. --Fuller. 9. A hard drinker; a soaker. [Slang] 10. A greenhorn; one easily gulled. [Slang, U.S.] 11. A nickname applied to a native of Illinois. [U. S.] Carp sucker, Cherry sucker, etc. See under Carp, Cherry, etc. Sucker fish. See Sucking fish, under Sucking. Sucker rod, a pump rod. See under Pump. Sucker tube (Zo["o]l.), one of the external ambulacral tubes of an echinoderm, -- usually terminated by a sucker and used for locomotion. Called also sucker foot. See Spatangoid.

Meaning of C nigricans from wikipedia

- C. nigricans may refer to: Caecilia nigricans, an amphibian species found in Colombia, Ecuador and Panama Calyptranthes nigricans, DC., a plant species...
- Caecilia nigricans, commonly known as the Rio Lita caecilian, is a species of amphibian in the family Caeciliidae. It is a subterranean species located...
- acanthosis nigricans: 86  refers to acanthosis nigricans occurring as a paraneoplastic syndrome ****ociated with a cancer. Malignant acanthosis nigricans is most...
- [video:1] When a hedgehog hibernates, its normal 30–35 °C (86–95 °F) body temperature decreases to 2–5 °C (36–41 °F). Hedgehog gestation lasts 35–58 days, depending...
- microsatellite loci. Synonyms of M. nigricans are: Maikaira nigricans (sic) Lacepède, 1802 Makaira nigricans nigricans Lacepède, 1802 Xiphias ensis Lacepède...
- p=taxdetails&id=494516 on 2016-03-03 Cyerce nigricans ( Pease, 1866) http://seaslugs.free.fr/nudibranche/a_cyerce_nigricans.htm Jensen K.R. (2007) Biogeography...
- Clavulina nigricans is a species of coral fungus in the family Clavulinaceae. It produces large, highly branched black fruit bodies that measure 12–19 cm...
- Cantharis nigricans is a species of soldier beetle native to Europe. Fauna Europaea Norman H. Joy, 1932 A Practical Handbook of British Beetles v t e...
- Retrieved 11 April 2014. "Cytisus nigricans". Trees and shrubs online. Retrieved 24 February 2021. "Cytisus nigricans 'Cyni'". RHS. Retrieved 17 February...
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