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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.
Cavia rupestris
Moco Mo"co, n. (Zo["o]l.) A South American rodent (Cavia rupestris), allied to the Guinea pig, but larger; -- called also rock cavy.
Cladophora rupestris
Seabeard Sea"beard`, n. (Bot.) A green seaweed (Cladophora rupestris) growing in dense tufts.
Ctenolabrus rupestris
Goldfinny Gold"fin`ny, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of two or more species of European labroid fishes (Crenilabrus melops, and Ctenolabrus rupestris); -- called also goldsinny, and goldney.
Geotrupes stercorarius
Dor Dor, n. [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L. taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. Dormouse.] (Zo["o]l.) A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the June bug. Called also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzzard clock.

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- theories. Rupes on the Earth's moon Rupes on Mercury Rupes on Venus Rousillon Rupes Rupes Tenuis Verona Rupes The two Latin forms, singular rūpes with a...
- after mythological names ****ociated with Mercury; escarpments are called rupes and are named after the ships of famous explorers; long, narrow depressions...
- The Rupes Nigra ("Black Rock"), a phantom island, was believed to be a black rock located at the Magnetic North Pole or at the geographic North Pole itself...
- 18°18′S 347°48′E / 18.3°S 347.8°E / -18.3; 347.8 Verona Rupes is the tallest known cliff on Miranda, a moon of Ur****, and plausibly holds the record...
- crater. The rupes are named after the Carnegie, a wooden (non-magnetic) American ship used to carry out magnetic observations. "Carnegie Rupes". Gazetteer...
- Rupe may refer to: Places: Rupe, Mozambique, a settlement in Mozambique Rupe, Celje, a village in the City Muni****lity of Celje, eastern Slovenia Rupe...
- The Tarpeian Rock (/tɑːrˈpiːən/; Latin: Rupes Tarpeia or Saxum Tarpeium; Italian: Rupe Tarpea) is a steep cliff on the south side of the Capitoline Hill...
- Mitc**** Edward Rupe (1955 – February 7, 2006) was a convicted murderer who achieved notoriety when his death sentence was overturned after a judge determined...
- mathematician and astronomer Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli. "Planetary Names: Rupes, rupēs: Rupes Toscanelli on Moon". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov. v t e...
- to Rupes Recta at Wikimedia Commons "Rupes Recta", Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA, February 9, 2011, retrieved 2012-03-27 – mosaic image of Rupes Recta...