grapta comma

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grapta comma - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Comma \Com"ma\, n. [L. comma part of a sentence, comma, Gr. ?
     clause, fr. ? to cut off. Cf. Capon.]
     1. A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of
        a sentence, written or printed.
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     2. (Mus.) A small interval (the difference between a major
        and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners.
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     Comma bacillus (Physiol.), a variety of bacillus shaped
        like a comma, found in the intestines of patients
        suffering from cholera. It is considered by some as having
        a special relation to the disease; -- called also cholera  bacillus
        .
  
     Comma butterfly (Zool.), an American butterfly (Grapta  comma
        ), having a white comma-shaped marking on the under
        side of the wings.
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  Elm \Elm\, n. [AS. elm; akin to D. olm, OHG. elm, G. ulme, Icel.
     almr, Dan. & Sw. alm, L. ulmus, and E. alder. Cf. Old.]
     (Bot.)
     A tree of the genus Ulmus, of several species, much used as
     a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is
     Ulmus campestris; the common American or white elm is U. Americana
     ; the slippery or red elm, U. fulva.
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     Elm beetle (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of beetles
        (esp. Galeruca calmariensis), which feed on the leaves
        of the elm.
  
     Elm borer (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of beetles of
        which the larv[ae] bore into the wood or under the bark of
        the elm (esp. Saperda tridentata).
  
     Elm butterfly (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of
        butterflies, which, in the caterpillar state, feed on the
        leaves of the elm (esp. Vanessa antiopa and Grapta  comma
        ). See Comma butterfly, under Comma.
  
     Elm moth (Zo["o]l.), one of numerous species of moths of
        which the larv[ae] destroy the leaves of the elm (esp.
        Eugonia subsignaria, called elm spanworm).
  
     Elm sawfly (Zo["o]l.), a large sawfly (Cimbex Americana).
        The larva, which is white with a black dorsal stripe,
        feeds on the leaves of the elm.
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