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Palmar :: Palmar (a.) Pertaining to, or corresponding with, the palm of the hand..

Totipalmate :: Totipalmate (a.) Having all four toes united by a web; -- said of certain sea birds, as the pelican and the gannet. See Illust. under Aves..

Taurus :: Taurus (n.) The Bull; the second in order of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of April; -- marked thus [/] in almanacs..

Palmcrist :: Palmcrist (n.) The palma Christi. (Jonah iv. 6, margin, and Douay version, note.).

Panama Hat :: Panama hat () A fine plaited hat, made in Central America of the young leaves of a plant (Carludovica palmata)..

Palmated :: Palmated (a.) Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread.

Almanac :: Almanac (n.) A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months, to which astronomical data and various statistics are often added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts, etc..

Metalman :: Metalman (n.) A worker in metals.

Almain :: Almain (n.) Alt. of Alma.

Leo :: Leo (n.) The Lion, the fifth sign of the zodiac, marked thus [/] in almanacs..

Almagest :: Almagest (n.) The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and theories of the ancients. The name was extended to other similar works..

Triton :: Triton (n.) Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders. The common European species are Hemisalamandra cristata, Molge palmata, and M. alpestris, a red-bellied species common in Switzerland. The most common species of the United States is Diemyctylus viridescens. See Illust. under Salamander..

Dalmatica :: Dalmatica (n.) Alt. of Dalmati.

Palmate :: Palmate (a.) Alt. of Palmate.

Ricinus :: Ricinus (n.) A genus of plants of the Spurge family, containing but one species (R. communis), the castor-oil plant. The fruit is three-celled, and contains three large seeds from which castor oil iss expressed. See Palma Christi..

Tunicle :: Tunicle (n.) A short, close-fitting vestment worn by bishops under the dalmatic, and by subdeacons..

Palmatisect :: Palmatisect (a.) Alt. of Palmatisecte.

Fin-toed :: Fin-toed (a.) Having toes connected by a membrane; palmiped; palmated; also, lobate..

Staghound :: Stag-horned (a.) Having the mandibles large and palmate, or branched somewhat like the antlers of a stag; -- said of certain beetles..

Podophyllum :: Podophyllum (n.) A genus of herbs of the Barberry family, having large palmately lobed peltate leaves and solitary flower. There are two species, the American Podohyllum peltatum, or May apple, the Himalayan P. Emodi..

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