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Agelaeus phoeniceus
Blackbird Black"bird (bl[a^]k"b[~e]rd), n. (Zo["o]l.) In England, a species of thrush (Turdus merula), a singing bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given to several birds, as the Quiscalus versicolor, or crow blackbird; the Agel[ae]us ph[oe]niceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See Redwing.
Amblyopsis spelaeus
Blindfish Blind"fish`, n. A small fish (Amblyopsis spel[ae]us) destitute of eyes, found in the waters of the Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky. Related fishes from other caves take the same name.
Ursus spelaeus
Cave Cave (k[=a]v), n. [F. cave, L. cavus hollow, whence cavea cavity. Cf. Cage.] 1. A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den. 2. Any hollow place, or part; a cavity. [Obs.] ``The cave of the ear.' --Bacon. Cave bear (Zo["o]l.), a very large fossil bear (Ursus spel[ae]us) similar to the grizzly bear, but large; common in European caves. Cave dweller, a savage of prehistoric times whose dwelling place was a cave. --Tylor. Cave hyena (Zo["o]l.), a fossil hyena found abundanty in British caves, now usually regarded as a large variety of the living African spotted hyena. Cave lion (Zo["o]l.), a fossil lion found in the caves of Europe, believed to be a large variety of the African lion. Bone cave. See under Bone.

Meaning of Elaeus from wikipedia

- Elaeus (Ancient Gr****: Ἐλαιοῦς Elaious, later Ἐλεοῦς Elaeus), the “Olive City”, was an ancient Gr**** city located in Thrace, on the Thracian Chersonese...
- Elaeus or Elaios (Ancient Gr****: Ἔλαιος) was a town of ancient Aetolia, belonging to Calydon, was strongly fortified, having received all the necessary...
- Elaeus is an ancient city of Thrace, now in Turkey. Elaeus or Elaious (Ancient Gr****: Ἔλαιοῦς) may also refer to: Elaeus (Aetolia), a town of ancient Aetolia...
- to have buried it by the side of the way leading from Lerna to Elaeus. The site of Elaeus is tentatively located west-southwest of modern Speliotaki (Spiliotaki)...
- Elaeus or Elaious (Ancient Gr****: Ἐλαιοῦς) was a deme of ancient Attica. The site of Elaeus is tentatively located east of Magoula. Steph**** of Byzantium...
- Elaeus or Elaious (Ancient Gr****: Ἔλαιοῦς) was a town in Chaonia in ancient Epirus, mentioned only by Ptolemy, but probably situated in the plain Elaeon...
- Elaeus was a town on the coast of Sinus Doridis (the "Gulf of Doris"), in ancient Doris in Asia Minor noted by Pliny the Elder; its location was later...
- Elaeus or Elaious (Ancient Gr****: Ἐλαιοῦς) was a town of ancient Greece on the island of Naxos. It is cited, along with Melas, in an ancient inscription...
- organised there in his honour, Pindar noted. The tomb of Protesilaus at Elaeus in the Thracian Chersonese is do****ented in the 5th century BCE, when, during...
- Elaeus or Elaious (Ancient Gr****: Ἐλαιοῦς) or Elaios (Ἐλαῖος) was an emporium or trading place on the coast of Bithynia at the mouth of a river of the...