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C virgata
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.
Embernagra rufivirgata
Greenfinch Green"finch`, n. (Zo["o]l.) 1. A European finch (Ligurinus chloris); -- called also green bird, green linnet, green grosbeak, green olf, greeny, and peasweep. 2. The Texas sparrow (Embernagra rufivirgata), in which the general color is olive green, with four rufous stripes on the head.
Nyctipthecus trivirgatus
Durukuli Du`ru*ku"li, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small, nocturnal, South American monkey (Nyctipthecus trivirgatus). [Written also douroucouli.]
Solidago Virga-aurea
Golden-rod Gold"en-rod`, n. (Bot.) A tall herb (Solidago Virga-aurea), bearing yellow flowers in a graceful elongated cluster. The name is common to all the species of the genus Solidago. Golden-rod tree (Bot.), a shrub (Bosea Yervamora), a native of the Canary Isles.
Virgate
Virgate Vir"gate, a. [L. virgatus made of twigs, fr. virga a twig, rod. See Verge a rod.] (Bot.) Having the form of a straight rod; wand-shaped; straight and slender.
Virgate
Virgate Vir"gate, n. [LL. virgata, virgata terrae, so much land as virga terrae, a land measure, contains, fr. L. virga a twig, rod.] A yardland, or measure of land varying from fifteen to forty acres. [Obs.] --T. Warton.
Virgated
Virgated Vir"ga*ted, a. [L. virgatus striped. See Virgate, a.] Striped; streaked. [Obs.]

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- A virga, also called a dry storm, is an observable streak or shaft of precipitation that evaporates or sublimates before reaching the ground. A shaft...
- A virga is an observable streak or shaft of precipitation. Virga may also refer to: Virga (butterfly), genus of butterflies Virga parish, parish in Priekule...
- Vincenzo Virga (Italian: [vinˈtʃɛntso ˈvirɡa]; born 11 September 1936 in Erice, Province of Trapani) has been the boss of the Trapani Mafia family and...
- the frontal system. A nimbostratus virga cloud is the same as normal nimbostratus, but the rain or snow falls as virga which doesn't reach the ground. Stratus...
- Virga Jesse (The branch from Jesse), WAB 52, is a motet by the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner. It sets the gradual Virga Jesse floruit for unaccompanied...
- Cirro****ulus floccus lacunosus (V-21) Precipitation-based supplementary feature Virga Light precipitation that evaporates well above ground level; mostly seen...
- The Virga Jesse Basilica (Dutch: Virga Jessebasiliek) is a basilica located on Kapelstraat in H****elt, Belgium. The church is best known for housing the...
- Federico Virga (born 28 October 1993) is an Italian football player who currently plays for A.S.D. Imperia. He made his professional debut in the Segunda...
- Ages: et egredietur virga de radice Iesse et flos de radice eius ascendet (Isaiah 11:1). Flos, pl flores is Latin for flower. Virga is a "green twig",...
- Tactusa virga is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is known from the Chinese province of Yunnan. The wingspan...