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Mesoscutum :: Mesoscutum (n.) The scutum or dorsal plate of the middle thoracic segment of an insect. See Illust. of Butterfly.

Catchfly :: Catchfly (n.) A plant with the joints of the stem, and sometimes other parts, covered with a viscid secretion to which small insects adhere. The species of Silene are examples of the catchfly..

Ursula :: Ursula (n.) A beautiful North American butterfly (Basilarchia, / Limenitis, astyanax). Its wings are nearly black with red and blue spots and blotches. Called also red-spotted purple..

Rack :: Rack (n.) Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky..

Oliva :: Oliva (n.) A genus of polished marine gastropod shells, chiefly tropical, and often beautifully colored..

Cupola :: Cupola (n.) A furnace for melting iron or other metals in large quantity, -- used chiefly in foundries and steel works..

Preteritive :: Preteritive (a.) Used only or chiefly in the preterit or past tenses, as certain verbs..

Waterwork :: Waterwork (n.) An hydraulic apparatus, or a system of works or fixtures, by which a supply of water is furnished for useful or ornamental purposes, including dams, sluices, pumps, aqueducts, distributing pipes, fountains, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural..

"""glance " :: Glance (v. i.) To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. Your arrow hath glanced..

Skipper :: Skipper (n.) The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese..

Hoop :: Hoop (n.) A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; crinoline; -- used chiefly in the plural..

Wend :: Wend (v. t.) To direct; to betake; -- used chiefly in the phrase to wend one's way. Also used reflexively.

Volatile :: Volatile (a.) Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly..

Tharos :: Tharos (n.) A small American butterfly (Phycoides tharos) having the upper surface of the wings variegated with orange and black, the outer margins black with small white crescents; -- called also pearl crescent..

Wing :: Wing (n.) Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing..

Masted :: Masted (a.) Furnished with a mast or masts; -- chiefly in composition; as, a three-masted schooner..

Stud :: Stud (n.) A kind of nail with a large head, used chiefly for ornament; an ornamental knob; a boss..

Wall-plat :: Wall-plat (n.) The spotted flycatcher. It builds its nest on walls.

Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also flying lizard..

Abracadabra :: Abracadabra (n.) A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.

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