Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ichth.. a genus of sciænoids, having numerous barbels on the lower jaw (whence the name); the drums or drumfish, as P. chromis. See cut under
drum , 11 . - noun In ornithology, same as
Pogonorhynchus .
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In comparison crowned guenon (Cercopithecus pogonias EN), chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes, EN), agile mangabey (Cercocebus agilis), and gray-cheeked mangabey (Lophocebus albigena) occur only on the right bank.
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The azaleas succeeded to the anemones, the orchis and trillium followed, then the yellow gerardias and the feathery purple pogonias, and finally the growing gleam of the golden-rods along the wood-side and the red umbels of the tall eupatoriums in the meadow announced the close of summer.
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The azaleas succeeded to the anemones, the orchis and trillium followed, then the yellow gerardias and the feathery purple pogonias, and finally the growing gleam of the golden-rods along the wood-side and the red umbels of the tall eupatoriums in the meadow announced the close of summer.
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The azaleas succeeded to the anemones, the orchis and trillium followed, then the yellow gerardias and the feathery purple pogonias, and finally the growing gleam of the golden-rods along the wood-side and the red umbels of the tall eupatoriums in the meadow announced the close of summer.
Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home Bayard Taylor 1851
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Edaphosaurus pogonias Cope; Clepsy drops natalis Cope; Naosaurus claviger Cope;
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