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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. VirgateVirgate 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.
VirgatedVirgated Vir"ga*ted, a. [L. virgatus striped. See Virgate,
a.]
Striped; streaked. [Obs.]
Meaning of Virga from wikipedia
- 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...
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Vincenzo Virga (Italian pronunciation: [vinˈtʃɛntso
ˈvirɡa]; born 11
September 1936 in Erice,
Province of Trapani) has been the boss of the
Trapani Mafia...
- 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...
- 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",...
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Vincent Virga (born
September 28, 1942) is a **** American-born
editor and writer. He is the
author of the
novels ****wyck (1980), A
Comfortable Corner...
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Turbonilla virga is a
species of sea snail, a
marine gastropod mollusk in the
family Pyramidellidae, the
pyrams and
their allies. This
species occurs...
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Albertinus de
Virga (or
Albertin de
Virga) was a 15th-century
Venetian cartographer.
Practically nothing is
known of his life, save that he was probably...
- a punctum. The
initial neume may be a
virga (in
which case the
virga +
oriscus may be
together called a
virga strata), in
which case the
pressus indicates...
- Cirro****ulus
floccus lacunosus (V-21) Precipitation-based
supplementary feature Virga Light precipitation that
evaporates well
above ground level;
mostly seen...
