clio

6 definitions found

clio - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Victoria \Vic*to"ri*a\, prop. n. [NL.]
     1. (Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen
        Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and
        Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five
        feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches
        high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a
        diameter of nearly two feet.
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     2. A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a
        calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who
        occupies a high seat in front.
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     3. (Astron.) An asteroid discovered by Hind in 1850; --
        called also Clio.
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     4. One of an American breed of medium-sized white hogs with a
        slightly dished face and very erect ears.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     Victoria cross, a bronze Maltese cross, awarded for valor
        to members of the British army or navy. It was first
        bestowed in 1857, at the close of the Crimean war. The
        recipients also have a pension of [pounds]10 a year.
  
     Victoria green. (Chem.) See Emerald green, under Green.
        
  
     Victoria lily (Bot.), the Victoria regia. See def. 1,
        above.
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  Clio \Cli"o\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? the proclaimer, fr. ? to call,
     tell of, make famous.] (Class. Myth.)
     The Muse who presided over history.
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  Clione \Cli*o"ne\, n.
     A genus of naked pteropods. One species (Clione papilonacea
     ), abundant in the Arctic Ocean, constitutes a
     part of the food of the Greenland whale. It is sometimes
     incorrectly called Clio.
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clio - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Clio
      n 1: (Greek mythology) the Muse of history

clio - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Clio, AL (town, FIPS 15640)
    Location: 31.70928 N, 85.61055 W
    Population (1990): 1365 (513 housing units)
    Area: 25.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 36017
  Clio, CA
    Zip code(s): 96106
  Clio, IA (city, FIPS 14475)
    Location: 40.63472 N, 93.45185 W
    Population (1990): 103 (47 housing units)
    Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 50052
  Clio, MI (city, FIPS 16620)
    Location: 43.17710 N, 83.73615 W
    Population (1990): 2629 (1218 housing units)
    Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 48420
  Clio, SC (town, FIPS 15310)
    Location: 34.57854 N, 79.54642 W
    Population (1990): 882 (331 housing units)
    Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 29525
  Clio, WV
    Zip code(s): 25046

clio - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  60 Moby Thesaurus words for "Clio":
     Calliope, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Muse of history, Polyhymnia,
     Terpsichore, Thalia, adventures, annals, artistic imagination,
     autobiography, biographical sketch, biography, case history,
     chronicle, chronicles, chronology, conception, confessions,
     creative imagination, creative power, creative thought,
     curriculum vitae, diary, esemplastic imagination,
     esemplastic power, experiences, fortunes, genius, hagiography,
     hagiology, historiography, history, inspiration, journal, legend,
     life, life and letters, life story, martyrology, memoir, memoirs,
     memorabilia, memorial, memorials, muse, mythicization,
     mythification, mythopoeia, necrology, obituary, photobiography,
     poetic imagination, profile, record, resume, shaping imagination,
     story, theory of history