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Pyrrharctia isabella
Isabella moth Is`a*bel"la moth` (?; 115). (Zo["o]l.) A common American moth (Pyrrharctia isabella), of an isabella color. The larva, called woolly bear and hedgehog caterpillar, is densely covered with hairs, which are black at each end of the body, and red in the middle part.
Pyrrhic
Pyrrhic Pyr"rhic, a. [L. pyrrhichius, Gr. ? belonging to the ? (sc. ?) a kind of war dance.] 1. Of or pertaining to an ancient Greek martial dance. `` ye have the pyrrhic dance as yet.' --Byron. 2. (Pros.) Of or pertaining to a pyrrhic, or to pyrrhics; containing pyrrhic; as, a pyrrhic verse.
Pyrrhic
Pyrrhic Pyr"rhic, n. 1. [Gr. ?: cf. F. pyrrhique, fem.] An ancient Greek martial dance, to the accompaniment of the flute, its time being very quick. 2. [L. pyrrhichius (sc. pes), Gr. ? (sc. ?): cf. F. pyrrhique, masc.] (Pros.) A foot consisting of two short syllables.
Pyrrhicist
Pyrrhicist Pyr"rhi*cist, n. (Gr. Antiq.) One two danced the pyrrhic.
Pyrrhonean
Pyrrhonean Pyr*rho"ne*an, Pyrrhonic Pyr*rhon"ic, a. [L. Pyrrhon[^e]us: cf. F. pyrrhonien.] Of or pertaining to pyrrhonism.
Pyrrhonic
Pyrrhonean Pyr*rho"ne*an, Pyrrhonic Pyr*rhon"ic, a. [L. Pyrrhon[^e]us: cf. F. pyrrhonien.] Of or pertaining to pyrrhonism.
Pyrrhonism
Pyrrhonism Pyr"rho*nism, n. [From Pyrrho, the founder of a school of skeptics in Greece (about 300 b. c.): cf. F. pyrrhonisme.] Skepticism; universal doubt.
Pyrrhonist
Pyrrhonist Pyr"rho*nist, n. A follower of Pyrrho; a skeptic.
Pyrrhotine
Pyrrhotine Pyr"rho*tine, Pyrrhotite Pyr"rho*tite, n. [Gr. ? flame-colored, fr. ? fire.] (Min.) A bronze-colored mineral, of metallic luster. It is a sulphide of iron, and is remarkable for being attracted by the magnet. Called also magnetic pyrites.
Pyrrhotite
Pyrrhotine Pyr"rho*tine, Pyrrhotite Pyr"rho*tite, n. [Gr. ? flame-colored, fr. ? fire.] (Min.) A bronze-colored mineral, of metallic luster. It is a sulphide of iron, and is remarkable for being attracted by the magnet. Called also magnetic pyrites.

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- , xix.5–6. Franke 1989, pp. 456–457. Dion. Hal. Ant. Rom., xx.3; Plut. Pyrrh., 21.9, source of the quote; Dio, x.5. Franke 1989, pp. 473–480. Dion. Hal...
- Catholic Church. Its site is located near Çayırbağ in Asiatic Turkey. Plutarch Pyrrh. 4; Appian, Syriac. 55. Hierocles. Synecdemus. Vol. p. 677. Concil. Nicaen...
- iii. 18; Diogenes Laertius iv. 28; ****tus Empiricus, Adv. Math. vii. 150, Pyrrh. Hyp. i. 233  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from...
- University Press, 1980, p. 11 Cicero, Academica, i. 12 ****tus Empiricus, Pyrrh. Hypotyp. i. 234 Cicero, De Oratore, iii. 18. Cicero Academica Varro, 44–45...
- Laërtius, vi. 82 ****tus Empiricus, Adv. Math. vii. 388, 399 ****tus Empiricus, Pyrrh. Hyp. ii. 18, adv. Math. vii. 48 Gaines, Robert N. (1997). Philosophy &...
- received reinforcements from Tyndarion. (Diod. Ecl. viii. p. 495 ; comp. Plut. Pyrrh. 23; Droysen, Geschichte des ****enismus, vol. ii. p. 150) History of Taormina...
- iii. 18; Diogenes Laertius iv. 28; ****tus Empiricus, Adv. Math. vii. 150, Pyrrh. Hyp. i. 233  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from...
- Solinus 2. § 10; Steph. B. s. v.; Procop. B. G. i. 15. Livy ix. 27. Plutarch Pyrrh. 25; Frontinus Strategemata iv. 1. § 14. Livy Epit. xv.; Velleius Paterculus...
- but in fact, it is nowhere in the Organon. ****tus Empiricus in his Hyp. Pyrrh (Outlines of Pyrronism) ii. 164 first mentions the related syllogism "Socrates...
- public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Megacles". Dictionary of Gr**** and Roman Biography and Mythology. (Plut. Pyrrh. 16, 17; Zonar. viii. 3.)...