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Mormyrus oxyrhynchus
Society of the Sacred Heart (R.C. Ch.), a religious order of women, founded in France in 1800, and approved in 1826. It was introduced into America in 1817. The members of the order devote themselves to the higher branches of female education. Sacred baboon. (Zo["o]l.) See Hamadryas. Sacred bean (Bot.), a seed of the Oriental lotus (Nelumbo speciosa or Nelumbium speciosum), a plant resembling a water lily; also, the plant itself. See Lotus. Sacred beetle (Zo["o]l.) See Scarab. Sacred canon. See Canon, n., 3. Sacred fish (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of fresh-water African fishes of the family Mormyrid[ae]. Several large species inhabit the Nile and were considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians; especially Mormyrus oxyrhynchus. Sacred ibis. See Ibis. Sacred monkey. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any Asiatic monkey of the genus Semnopithecus, regarded as sacred by the Hindoos; especially, the entellus. See Entellus. (b) The sacred baboon. See Hamadryas. (c) The bhunder, or rhesus monkey. Sacred place (Civil Law), the place where a deceased person is buried. Syn: Holy; divine; hallowed; consecrated; dedicated; devoted; religious; venerable; reverend. -- Sa"cred*ly, adv. -- Sa"cred*ness, n.
Prototroctes oxyrhynchus
Upokororo U`po*ko*ro"ro, n. [From the native Maori name.] (Zo["o]l.) An edible fresh-water New Zealand fish (Prototroctes oxyrhynchus) of the family Haplochitonid[ae]. In general appearance and habits, it resembles the northern lake whitefishes and trout. Called also grayling.

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- conquest of Oxyrhynchus. After the Muslim conquest of Egypt in 641, the canal system on which the town depended fell into disrepair, and Oxyrhynchus was abandoned...
- Oxyrhynchus The Oxyrhynchus Papyri are a group of m****cripts discovered during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by papyrologists Bernard...
- The Oxyrhynchus Gospels are two fragmentary m****cripts discovered among the rich finds of discarded papyri at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt. They throw light on...
- of the Oxyrhynchus papyri, now kept at the Papyrology Rooms of the Sackler Library, Oxford. The m****cript was discovered in 1918 in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt...
- "P.Oxy.XXIV 2383". Oxyrhynchus Online. Oxyrhynchus Online. Retrieved 2017-08-28. "P.Oxy.XXIV 2384". Oxyrhynchus Online. Oxyrhynchus Online. Retrieved 2017-08-28...
- Uromacer oxyrhynchus, the sharp-nosed Hispaniolan vine snake or pointed snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae endemic to the Caribbean...
- The rufous beaked snake (Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus) is a species of mildly venomous snake in the family Psammophiidae. The species is native to East Africa...
- The Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) is a member of the family Acipenseridae, and, along with other sturgeon, it is sometimes considered...
- merchant in Roman Egypt. She is one of the people attested in the famous Oxyrhynchus Papyri, and has been the subject of scientific research. She is attested...
- "Anduzedoras oxyrhynchus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 22, 2007. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Anduzedoras oxyrhynchus". FishBase...