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Calomys palistris
Rice Rice, n. [F. riz (cf. Pr. ris, It. riso), L. oryza, Gr. ???, ???, probably from the Persian; cf. OPers. br[=i]zi, akin to Skr. vr[=i]hi; or perh. akin to E. rye. Cf. Rye.] (Bot.) A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed. Ant rice. (Bot.) See under Ant. French rice. (Bot.) See Amelcorn. Indian rice., a tall reedlike water grass (Zizania aquatica), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain, much used for food by North American Indians. It is common in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also water oat, Canadian wild rice, etc. Mountain rice, any species of an American genus (Oryzopsis) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice. Rice bunting. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Ricebird. Rice hen (Zo["o]l.), the Florida gallinule. Rice mouse (Zo["o]l.), a large dark-colored field mouse (Calomys palistris) of the Southern United States. Rice paper, a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a large herb (Fatsia papyrifera, related to the ginseng) into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under pressure. Called also pith paper. Rice troupial (Zo["o]l.), the bobolink. Rice water, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small quantity of rice in water. Rice-water discharge (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from the bowels, in cholera. Rice weevil (Zo["o]l.), a small beetle (Calandra, or Sitophilus, oryz[ae]) which destroys rice, wheat, and Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also black weevil.

Meaning of Calomys from wikipedia

- in a sense similar to modern Calomys (but confusingly placed species related to what is now known as Oryzomys in Calomys), but in the same year Oldfield...
- Genus Calomys - vesper mice Bolivian vesper mouse, Calomys boliviae Crafty vesper mouse, Calomys callidus Large vesper mouse, Calomys callosus Calomys cerqueirai...
- The small vesper mouse (Calomys laucha) is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It is...
- Calomys in a sense very different from that used today, including in it the species Calomys longicaudatus (currently Oligoryzomys nigripes), Calomys coronatus...
- ALBIVENTER) AND ANDEAN VESPER MICE (CALOMYS LEPIDUS) OF THE ALTIPLANO REGION OF BOLIVIA. [1] Baillie, J. 1996. Calomys lepidus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened...
- Lenoxus Brucepattersonius Scapteromys Kunsia Bibimys Tribe Phyllotini Calomys Eligmodontia Andalgalomys Graomys Salinomys Phyllotis Loxodontomys Auliscomys...
- The large vesper mouse (Calomys callosus) is a South American rodent species of the family Cricetidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay...
- mouse (Calomys callidus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Argentina and Paraguay. C****ola, F. (2016). "Calomys callidus"...
- mouse Genus Calomys Calomys boliviae - Bolivian vesper mouse Calomys callidus - crafty vesper mouse Calomys callosus - large vesper mouse Calomys cerqueirai...
- The delicate vesper mouse (Calomys tener) is a South American rodent species of the family Cricetidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil. Its...