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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Cyaneidae — variousjellyfish .
Etymologies
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Examples
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_ Cyanea, gracilis, cylindrica; antennis piceis basi albidis, arista plumosa; abdomine piceo basi apiceque cyaneis; pedibus albidis, femoribus posterioribus nigris apice albidis, femoribus posticis subtus spinosis, tibiis posticis nigris; alis subcinereis apice subfuscis; halteribus albidis apice nigris.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology
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_ Cyanea, capite aurato, mystace setis paucis longis nigris; antennis nigris, articulo tertio fusiformi; pectore albido, abdomine angusto, femoribus intus tibiisque purpureis; alis nigricantibus basi cinereis, halteribus piceis.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology
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_ Cyanea, capite aurato, antennarum articulo tertio fusiformi, thoracis lateribus purpureo-viridibus, pectore ventreque argenteis, abdomine maculis lateralibus argenteis, alis cinereis, apice posticeque nigricantibus.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology
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_ Cyanea, facie aurata, antennarum articulo tertio longissime subfusiformi, abdominis maculis lateralibus pectoreque argenteis, alis cinereis, basi subcinereis, halteribus albis.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology
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Cyanea capillata is the miscreant's full name, and he can be as dangerous to life as, and far more painful than, the bite of the cobra.
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Cyanea capillata is the miscreant's full name, and he can be as dangerous to life as, and far more painful than, the bite of the cobra.
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Cyanea capillata is the miscreant's full name, and he can be as dangerous to life as, and far more painful than, the bite of the cobra.
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Cyanea capillata is the miscreant's full name, and he can be as dangerous to life as, and far more painful than, the bite of the cobra.
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I had no fear of _Aurelia_, but when another free-swimming species of jelly-fish, _Cyanea_, or the blue-jelly, appeared, I swam ashore with all speed.
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Cyanea, the daughter of Mæander, fell to the share of Miletus, and Caunus and
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