Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of brachyurous crustaceans of the family Leucosiidæ.
  • noun A genus of click-beetles or elaterids, having several large Madagascan species.

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  • EDIT for the 3rd time, i just remembered something! about that ianthe iphis thing. do you happen to remember somewhere in march this year, i had an entry about my name in yahoo, and all the results, one was like ianthe put her red lips on Iphis mouth! oh my that time i thought iphis was a male!

    ianthopia Diary Entry ianthopia 2005

  • Other threatened or endangered endemic bird species include the Marquesas ground-dove (Gallicolumba rubescens), Marquesas kingfisher (Halcyon godeffroyi), Fatuhiva monarch (Pomarea whitneyi), Iphis monarch (P. iphis), and Marquesas monarch (P. mendozae).

    Marquesas tropical moist forests 2007

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