cepola rubescens

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cepola rubescens - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Serpent \Ser"pent\, n. [F., fr. L. serpens, -entis (sc. bestia),
     fr. serpens, p. pr. of serpere to creep; akin to Gr. ???,
     Skr. sarp, and perhaps to L. repere, E. reptile. Cf.
     Herpes.]
     1. (Zool.) Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake,
        especially a large snake. See Illust. under Ophidia.
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     Note: The serpents are mostly long and slender, and move
           partly by bending the body into undulations or folds
           and pressing them against objects, and partly by using
           the free edges of their ventral scales to cling to
           rough surfaces. Many species glide swiftly over the
           ground, some burrow in the earth, others live in trees.
           A few are entirely aquatic, and swim rapidly. See
           Ophidia, and Fang.
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     2. Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
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     3. A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it
        passess through the air or along the ground.
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     4. (Astron.) The constellation Serpens.
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     5. (Mus.) A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone,
        formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes
        introduced into the orchestra; -- so called from its form.
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     Pharaoh's serpent (Chem.), mercuric sulphocyanate, a
        combustible white substance which in burning gives off a
        poisonous vapor and leaves a peculiar brown voluminous
        residue which is expelled in a serpentine from. It is
        employed as a scientific toy.
  
     Serpent cucumber (Bot.), the long, slender, serpentine
        fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant Trichosanthes  colubrina
        ; also, the plant itself.
  
     Serpent eage (Zool.), any one of several species of
        raptorial birds of the genera Circaetus and Spilornis,
        which prey on serpents. They inhabit Africa, Southern
        Europe, and India. The European serpent eagle is
        Circaetus Gallicus.
  
     Serpent eater. (Zool.)
        (a) The secretary bird.
        (b) An Asiatic antelope; the markhoor.
  
     Serpent fish (Zool.), a fish (Cepola rubescens) with a
        long, thin, compressed body, and a band of red running
        lengthwise.
  
     Serpent star (Zool.), an ophiuran; a brittle star.
  
     Serpent's tongue (Paleon.), the fossil tooth of a shark; --
        so called from its resemblance to a tongue with its root.
        
  
     Serpent withe (Bot.), a West Indian climbing plant
        (Aristolochia odoratissima).
  
     Tree serpent (Zool.), any species of African serpents
        belonging to the family Dendrophidae.
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  Ribbon \Rib"bon\, n. [OE. riban, OF. riban, F. ruban, probably
     of German origin; cf. D. ringband collar, necklace, E. ring
     circle, and band.] [Written also riband, ribband.]
     1. A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used
        for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges,
        and other decorative purposes.
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     2. A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon;
        sails torn to ribbons.
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     3. (Shipbuilding) Same as Rib-band.
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     4. pl. Driving reins. [Cant] --London Athenaeum.
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     5. (Her.) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth
        as wide.
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     6. (Spinning) A silver.
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     Note: The blue ribbon, and The red ribbon, are phrases often
           used to designate the British orders of the Garter and
           of the Bath, respectively, the badges of which are
           suspended by ribbons of these colors. See Blue ribbon
           , under Blue.
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     Ribbon fish. (Zool.)
        (a) Any elongated, compressed, ribbon-shaped marine fish
            of the family Trachypteridae, especially the species
            of the genus Trachypterus, and the oarfish
            (Regelecus Banksii) of the North Atlantic, which is
            sometimes over twenty feet long.
        (b) The hairtail, or bladefish.
        (c) A small compressed marine fish of the genus Cepola,
            having a long, slender, tapering tail. The European
            species (Cepola rubescens) is light red throughout.
            Called also band fish.
  
     Ribbon grass (Bot.), a variety of reed canary grass having
        the leaves stripped with green and white; -- called also
        Lady's garters. See Reed grass, under Reed.
  
     Ribbon seal (Zool.), a North Pacific seal (Histriophoca  fasciata
        ). The adult male is dark brown, conspicuously
        banded and striped with yellowish white.
  
     Ribbon snake (Zool.), a common North American snake
        (Eutainia saurita). It is conspicuously striped with
        bright yellow and dark brown.
  
     Ribbon Society, a society in Ireland, founded in the early
        part of the 19th century in antagonism to the Orangemen.
        It afterwards became an organization of tennant farmers
        banded together to prevent eviction by landlords. It took
        its name from the green ribbon worn by members as a badge.
        
  
     Ribborn worm. (Zool.)
        (a) A tapeworm.
        (b) A nemertean.
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  Fireflame \Fire"flame`\, n. (Zool.)
     The European band fish (Cepola rubescens).
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