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Micrathene Whitneyi
Elf Elf ([e^]lf), n.; pl. Elves ([e^]lvz). [AS. [ae]lf, ylf; akin to MHG. alp, G. alp nightmare, incubus, Icel. [=a]lfr elf, Sw. alf, elfva; cf. Skr. [.r]bhu skillful, artful, rabh to grasp. Cf. Auf, Oaf.] 1. An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks. Every elf, and fairy sprite, Hop as light as bird from brier. --Shak. 2. A very diminutive person; a dwarf. Elf arrow, a flint arrowhead; -- so called by the English rural folk who often find these objects of prehistoric make in the fields and formerly attributed them to fairies; -- called also elf bolt, elf dart, and elf shot. Elf child, a child supposed to be left by elves, in room of one they had stolen. See Changeling. Elf fire, the ignis fatuus. --Brewer. Elf owl (Zo["o]l.), a small owl (Micrathene Whitneyi) of Southern California and Arizona.
Whitneyite
Whitneyite Whit"ney*ite, n. [So called after J.D. Whitney, an American geologist.] (Min.) an arsenide of copper from Lake Superior.

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- The elf owl (Micrathene whitneyi) is a small grayish-brown owl about the size of a sparrow found in the Southwestern United States, central Mexico, and...
- (Mustelus whitneyi) is a species of houndshark and a part of the family Triakidae. The most noticeable difference between Mustelus whitneyi and its relatives...
- Adeia whitneyi, common name Whitney's bristleweed, is a North American species of shrub in the daisy family. It has been found only in the state of California...
- include: Astragalus whitneyi var. confusus Astragalus whitneyi var. siskiyouensis Astragalus whitneyi var. whitneyi "Astragalus whitneyi". Germplasm Resources...
- Chlosyne whitneyi, the rockslide checkerspot or Sierra Nevada checkerspot, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western North America...
- The Santo thicketbird (Cincloramphus whitneyi) is a bird species. It used to be placed in the "Old World warbler" family Sylviidae, but it does not seem...
- The Fatu Hiva monarch (Pomarea whitneyi) is a large flycatcher in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to Fatu Hiva in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia...
- by the common name Harlequin monkeyflower. It is also known as Diplacus whitneyi. Diplacus bicolor is endemic to the southern Sierra Nevada of California...
- Exogyra texana Roemer, 1849 Exogyra upatoiensis Stephenson, 1914 Exogyra whitneyi Bose, 1910 Exogyra woolmani Richards, 1947 Fossils of Exogyra have been...
- trichopsis Flammulated owl, Psiloscops flammeolus Elf owl, Micrathene whitneyi Great gray owl, Strix nebulosa Northern saw-whet owl, Aegolius acadicus...