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AEgithalos caudatus Titmouse Tit"mouse`, n.; pl. Titmice. [OE. titemose,
titmase; tit small, or a small bird + AS. m[=a]se a kind of
small bird; akin to D. mees a titmouse, G. meise, OHG. meisa,
Icel. meisingr. The English form has been influenced by the
unrelated word mouse. Cf. Tit a small bird.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing
birds belonging to Parus and allied genera; -- called also
tit, and tomtit.
Note: The blue titmouse (Parus c[oe]ruleus), the marsh
titmouse (P. palustris), the crested titmouse (P.
cristatus), the great titmouse (P. major), and the
long tailed titmouse ([AE]githalos caudatus), are the
best-known European species. See Chickadee.
Amarantus caudatus Thrumwort Thrum"wort`, n. (Bot.)
A kind of amaranth (Amarantus caudatus). --Dr. Prior.
Amphicerus bicaudatus Twig Twig, n. [AS. twig; akin to D. twijg, OHG. zwig, zwi, G.
zweig, and probably to E. two.]
A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no
definite length or size.
The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on
the outside with hides. --Sir T.
Raleigh.
Twig borer (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small
beetles which bore into twigs of shrubs and trees, as the
apple-tree twig borer (Amphicerus bicaudatus).
Twig girdler. (Zo["o]l.) See Girdler, 3.
Twig rush (Bot.), any rushlike plant of the genus Cladium
having hard, and sometimes prickly-edged, leaves or
stalks. See Saw grass, under Saw.
C caudatus Cosmos Cos"mos, n. (Bot.)
A genus of composite plants closely related to Bidens,
usually with very showy flowers, some with yellow, others
with red, scarlet, purple, white, or lilac rays. They are
natives of the warmer parts of America, and many species are
cultivated. Cosmos bipinnatus and C. diversifolius are
among the best-known species; C. caudatus, of the West
Indies, is widely naturalized.
C caudatus Shark Shark, n. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps through OF. fr.
carcharus a kind of dogfish, Gr. karchari`as, so called from
its sharp teeth, fr. ka`rcharos having sharp or jagged teeth;
or perhaps named from its rapacity (cf. Shark, v. t. & i.);
cf. Corn. scarceas.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch
fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas.
Note: Some sharks, as the basking shark and the whale shark,
grow to an enormous size, the former becoming forty
feet or more, and the latter sixty feet or more, in
length. Most of them are harmless to man, but some are
exceedingly voracious. The man-eating sharks mostly
belong to the genera Carcharhinus, Carcharodon, and
related genera. They have several rows of large sharp
teeth with serrated edges, as the great white shark
(Carcharodon carcharias, or Rondeleti) of tropical
seas, and the great blue shark (Carcharhinus glaucus)
of all tropical and temperate seas. The former
sometimes becomes thirty-six feet long, and is the most
voracious and dangerous species known. The rare
man-eating shark of the United States coast
(Charcarodon Atwoodi) is thought by some to be a
variety, or the young, of C. carcharias. The dusky
shark (Carcharhinus obscurus), and the smaller blue
shark (C. caudatus), both common species on the coast
of the United States, are of moderate size and not
dangerous. They feed on shellfish and bottom fishes.
2. A rapacious, artful person; a sharper. [Colloq.]
3. Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark.
[Obs.] --South.
Baskin shark, Liver shark, Nurse shark, Oil shark,
Sand shark, Tiger shark, etc. See under Basking,
Liver, etc. See also Dogfish, Houndfish,
Notidanian, and Tope.
Gray shark, the sand shark.
Hammer-headed shark. See Hammerhead.
Port Jackson shark. See Cestraciont.
Shark barrow, the eggcase of a shark; a sea purse.
Shark ray. Same as Angel fish
(a), under Angel.
Thrasher shark, or Thresher shark, a large, voracious
shark. See Thrasher.
Whale shark, a huge harmless shark (Rhinodon typicus) of
the Indian Ocean. It becomes sixty feet or more in length,
but has very small teeth.
Centetes ecaudatus Tenrec Ten"rec, n. [From the native name: cf. F. tanrac,
tanrec, tandrec.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small insectivore (Centetes ecaudatus), native of
Madagascar, but introduced also into the islands of Bourbon
and Mauritius; -- called also tanrec. The name is applied
to other allied genera. See Tendrac.
I brevicaudatus Indris In"dris, Indri In"dri, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any lemurine animal of the genus Indris.
Note: Several species are known, all of them natives of
Madagascar, as the diadem indris (I. diadema), which
has a white ruff around the forehead; the woolly indris
(I. laniger); and the short-tailed or black indris
(I. brevicaudatus), which is black, varied with gray.
Lepidopus caudatus or argyreus Scabbard Scab"bard, n. [OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers,
escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan.
origin; cf. Icel. sk[=a]lpr scabbard, and G. bergen to
conceal. Cf. Hauberk.]
The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is
kept; a sheath.
Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade.
--Fairfax.
Scabbard fish (Zo["o]l.), a long, compressed,
silver-colored t[ae]nioid fish (Lepidopus caudatus, or
argyreus), found on the European coasts, and more
abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called
frostfish and considered an excellent food fish.
Raphanus caudatus Radish Rad"ish, n. [F. radis; cf. It. radice, Pr. raditz: all
fr. L. radix, -icis, a root, an edible root, especially a
radish, akin to E. wort. See Wort, and cf. Eradicate,
Race a root, Radix.] (Bot.)
The pungent fleshy root of a well-known cruciferous plant
(Paphanus sativus); also, the whole plant.
Radish fly (Zo["o]l.), a small two-winged fly (Anthomyia
raphani) whose larv[ae] burrow in radishes. It resembles
the onion fly.
Rat-tailed radish (Bot.), an herb (Raphanus caudatus)
having a long, slender pod, which is sometimes eaten.
Wild radish (Bot.), the jointed charlock.
