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Chelonia Midas
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of the numerous species of Testudinata, especially a sea turtle, or chelonian. Note: In the United States the land and fresh-water tortoises are also called turtles. 2. (Printing) The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press. Alligator turtle, Box turtle, etc. See under Alligator, Box, etc. green turtle (Zo["o]l.), a marine turtle of the genus Chelonia, having usually a smooth greenish or olive-colored shell. It is highly valued for the delicacy of its flesh, which is used especially for turtle soup. Two distinct species or varieties are known; one of which (Chelonia Midas) inhabits the warm part of the Atlantic Ocean, and sometimes weighs eight hundred pounds or more; the other (C. virgata) inhabits the Pacific Ocean. Both species are similar in habits and feed principally on seaweed and other marine plants, especially the turtle grass. Turtle cowrie (Zo["o]l.), a large, handsome cowrie (Cypr[ae]a testudinaria); the turtle-shell; so called because of its fancied resemblance to a tortoise in color and form. Turtle grass (Bot.), a marine plant (Thalassia testudinum) with grasslike leaves, common about the West Indies. Turtle shell, tortoise shell. See under Tortoise.
Midas rosalia
Marikina Mar`i*ki"na, n. [From the native name: cf. Pg. mariquinha.] (Zo["o]l) A small marmoset (Midas rosalia); the silky tamarin.

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- Midas (/ˈmaɪdəs/; Ancient Gr****: Μίδας) was a king of Phrygia with whom many myths became ****ociated, as well as two later members of the Phrygian royal...
- Midas, king of Phrygia, also a figure from Gr**** mythology. Midas may also refer to: Midas (comics), the name of two fictional characters in the Marvel...
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- Bayerotrochus midas, common name King Midas's slit s****, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae. The size...