Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A section of opisthobranchiate euthyneurous gastropods, having a mantle-flap: opposed to Non-palliata, and corresponding to Tectibranchiata.

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Examples

  • Some notable mammals are white‑tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus, white‑lipped peccary Tayassu pecary, collared peccary Tayassu tajacu, Central American tapir Tapirus bairdii (VU), white‑face monkey Cebus capucinus and spider monkey Ateles geoffroyi, howler monkey Alouatta palliata, collared anteater Tamandua tetradactyla, jaguar Panthera onca (VU), margay Felis wiedii (VU), jaguarundi F. yagouaroundi and ocelot F. pardalis (VU).

    Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica 2008

  • In addition, these mangrove forests shelter a large number of species in certain groups such as 42 species of birds, including Pelecanus occidentalis, Columbina sp., and Fregata magnificens; carious mammals such as crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata), white-faced capuchin (Cebus capucinus), and jaguar (Panthera onca), and reptiles like Iguana iguana.

    Manabí mangroves 2008

  • For her PhD dissertation she is investigating the feeding behavior of Nicaraguan mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata).

    Wolfram Blog : Work in the Land of Lakes and Volcanoes (Trabajo en la Tierra de Lagos y Volcanes) 2007

  • The Coiba Island agouti Dasyprocta coibae is endemic, as are the Coiba Island howler monkey Alouatta coibensis (EN), mantled howler monkey A. palliata coibensis, an opossum Didelphis marsupialis and a white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus rothschildi.

    Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection, Panama 2009

  • Some populations; however, are very small and seriously endangered, such as two primate species, Alouatta palliata and Cebus albifrons.

    Ecuadorian dry forests 2007

  • [4] In the _fabula togata_ or _tabernaria_ the surroundings of the comedy were Roman, in the _fabula palliata_ Greek, as in Plautus 'plays.

    The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

  • When Plautus wrote, he had the machinery already built for him, and he doubtless seized upon the _palliata_ form as the natural medium for the exploitation of his talents.

    The Dramatic Values in Plautus Wilton Wallace Blanck�� 1916

  • In fact it will be our endeavor to show that the _palliata_ was not a true art form, but merely an outer shell or mold into which Plautus poured his stock of witticisms.

    The Dramatic Values in Plautus Wilton Wallace Blanck�� 1916

  • The writers of comedy become, on the whole and broadly speaking, distinct from the writers of tragedy; and alongside of the _palliata_ springs up the _togata_, or comedy of

    Latin Literature 1902

  • Lastly, Aulus Gellius quotes a brace of lines from one Licinius Imbrex, an old comic writer of the same century, who, in a _fabula palliata_ called Neaera, wrote: -- nolo ego Neaeram te vocent, aut Nerienem, cum quidem Marti es in connubium data.

    The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884

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