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Ambloplites rupestris
Goggle-eye Gog"gle-eye`, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) One of two or more species of American fresh-water fishes of the family Centrarchid[ae], esp. Ch[ae]nobryttus antistius, of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters, and Ambloplites rupestris, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley; -- so called from their prominent eyes. (b) The goggler.
Oligoplites saurus
Leather Leath"er, n. [OE. lether, AS. le?er; akin to D. leder, le[^e]r, G. leder, OHG. ledar, Icel. le?r, Sw. l["a]der, Dan. l[ae]der.] 1. The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively. 2. The skin. [Ironical or Sportive] Note: Leather is much used adjectively in the sense of made of, relating to, or like, leather. Leather board, an imitation of sole leather, made of leather scraps, rags, paper, etc. Leather carp (Zo["o]l.), a variety of carp in which the scales are all, or nearly all, absent. See Illust. under Carp. Leather jacket. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A California carangoid fish (Oligoplites saurus). (b) A trigger fish (Balistes Carolinensis). Leather flower (Bot.), a climbing plant (Clematis Viorna) of the Middle and Southern States having thick, leathery sepals of a purplish color. Leather leaf (Bot.), a low shrub (Cassandra calyculata), growing in Northern swamps, and having evergreen, coriaceous, scurfy leaves. Leather plant (Bot.), one or more New Zealand plants of the composite genus Celmisia, which have white or buff tomentose leaves. Leather turtle. (Zo["o]l.) See Leatherback. Vegetable leather. (a) An imitation of leather made of cotton waste. (b) Linen cloth coated with India rubber. --Ure.

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- is derived from Gr**** and is a compound of ambloo meaning "blunt" and oplites meaning "shield", while the specific name means "large-e****". Through its...
- Army in the first period of King Otto's reign. Enlisted men were called oplíte, the ancient hoplite with modern pronunciation. Cavalry trooper and officer...
- Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1868 - Oxfordian Marnes de Villers of France 'S.' oplites Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1863 - Toarcian La Caine-Curcy of France 'S.' rudis...
- oculatus - Chaetonotus oculifer - Chaetonotus odontopharynx - Chaetonotus oplites - Chaetonotus paluster - Chaetonotus parafurcatus - Chaetonotus paucisquamatus...
- formed by J. R. Tissot, a former member of R2E management. He developed the Oplite personal computer for Normerel. Normerel was in 1988 the third French computer...
- Astragalus oophorus S.Watson Astragalus ophiocarpus Benth. ex Bunge Astragalus oplites Benth. ex R.Parker Astragalus orbicularifolius P.C.Li & C.C.Ni Astragalus...