Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An old name for the rove-beetles of the coleopterous family Staphylinidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) A group of Coleoptera having short wings; the rove beetles.
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Examples
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In these islands a great loggerheaded duck or goose (Anas brachyptera), which sometimes weighs twenty-two pounds, is very abundant.
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In these islands a great loggerheaded duck or goose (Anas brachyptera), which sometimes weighs twenty-two pounds, is very abundant.
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In these islands a great loggerheaded duck or goose (Anas brachyptera), which sometimes weighs twenty-two pounds, is very abundant.
Chapter IX 1909
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Boursieri Carr. = contorta, 84 brachyptera Engelm. = ponderosa, 66 brutia Ten. = halepensis, 78
The Genus Pinus George Russell Shaw 1892
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This makes it possible to establish two well defined varieties -- Veitchii and brachyptera.
The Genus Pinus George Russell Shaw 1892
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In these islands a great loggerheaded duck or goose (Anas brachyptera), which sometimes weighs twenty-two pounds, is very abundant.
The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1845
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