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Erismatura rubida
Ruddy Rud"dy, a. [Compar. Ruddier; superl. Ruddiest.] [AS. rudig. See Rud, n.] 1. Of a red color; red, or reddish; as, a ruddy sky; a ruddy flame. --Milton. They were more ruddy in body than rubies. --Lam. iv. 7. 2. Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips. --Dryden. Ruddy duck (Zo["o]l.), an American duck (Erismatura rubida) having a broad bill and a wedge-shaped tail composed of stiff, sharp feathers. The adult male is rich brownish red on the back, sides, and neck, black on the top of the head, nape, wings, and tail, and white on the cheeks. The female and young male are dull brown mixed with blackish on the back; grayish below. Called also dunbird, dundiver, ruddy diver, stifftail, spinetail, hardhead, sleepy duck, fool duck, spoonbill, etc. Ruddy plover (Zo["o]l.) the sanderling.
Merismatic
Merismatic Mer`is*mat"ic, a. [Gr. ? division, fr. ? part.] (Biol.) Dividing into cells or segments; characterized by separation into two or more parts or sections by the formation of internal partitions; as, merismatic growth, where one cell divides into many.

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- Kawas. Erisma bicolor Ducke Erisma blancoa Marc.-Berti Erisma bracteosum Ducke Erisma calcaratum (Link) Warm. Erisma costatum Stafleu Erisma djalma-batistae...
- originated in South America. Erismadelphus is thought to have diverged from Erisma approximately 30 million years ago, and traveled to Africa as the result...
- derivatives in Ancient Gr****, including ἐρίζω erízō "to fight" and ἔρισμα érisma "object of a quarrel". In Homer's Iliad, Eris is called (allegorically?)...
- several plants and may refer to: Cedrela fissilis, in the family Meliaceae Erisma uncinatum, a tropical hardwood in the family Vochysiaceae Guarea balansae...
- Theobroma subincanum Sterculiaceae cacau-jacar Theobroma mariae Sterculiaceae cacauí Theobroma speciosum Sterculiaceae ****urá Erisma ****ura Vochysiaceae...
- Lance Grande (1984) suggested the genus name to be derived the Gr**** word erisma meaning "cause of dispute", top meaning "place" and ter meaning wonder....
- Hymenolobium petraeum, Dipteryx odorata, Swietenia macrophylla, Erisma bicolor and Erisma uncinatum. The Serra dos Pacaás Novos forms the boundary between...
- is "Bal****" unguiformis Sowerby (1846); genus also includes "Bal****" erisma Sowerby (1846) and a new species V. mortoni. Announced in 2020; the final...
- species in the Ocotea, Nectandra, Licania, Trichilia, Guarea, Toulicia, Erisma, and Ruizterania genera. The tall canopy forests also hold trees of the...
- cornuta (Reinhard, 1931) Phytomyptera curriei (Townsend, 1916) Phytomyptera erisma (Reinhard, 1962) Phytomyptera erotema (Reinhard, 1958) Phytomyptera evanescens...