Definition:a small short-billed auk breeding on arctic coasts and ranging south in winter Dovekiecomes fromScots, the English language of Scotland, where it originally referred to a species ofguillemot, but now commonly is applied to the littleaukof our definition as well.Dovekiecombines twodiminut...
A donee of the crown; one the whom, upon certain condition, escheated property is made over. donax noun (n.) A canelike grass of southern Europe (Arundo Donax), used for fishing rods, etc. doncella noun (n.) A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies (Platyglossus radiatus). ...
A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies (Platyglossus radiatus). The name is applied also to the ladyfish (Harpe rufa) of the same region. done adjective (a.) Given; executed; issued; made public; -- used chiefly in the clause giving the date of a proclamation or public act....
Range & Habitat The largest of the Auks, the Great Auk or Garefowl, lived in large colonies spread along the rocky coasts of the North Atlantic Ocean. The Great Auk migrated in the winter as far south as Florida and southern Spain. About a thousand years ago it ranged from C...
the Virgin Islands, the Florida Keys, and the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. Some areas had totals of1 to 2 feet of rain over two days. In the end, 602 people died, mostly in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, and the hurricane caused more than $9 billion in ...
Any one of numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of the genus Cottus, or Acanthocottus, having a large head armed with sharp spines, and a broad mouth. They are generally mottled with yellow, brown, and black. Several species are found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America. ...
A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies (Platyglossus radiatus). The name is applied also to the ladyfish (Harpe rufa) of the same region. donna noun (n.) A lady; madam; mistress; -- the title given a lady in Italy. doorga noun (n.) A Hindoo divinity, the consort of ...
A canelike grass of southern Europe (Arundo Donax), used for fishing rods, etc. doncella noun (n.) A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies (Platyglossus radiatus). The name is applied also to the ladyfish (Harpe rufa) of the same region. done adjective (a.) Given; executed;...
cephalopteranoun(n.) One of the generic names of the gigantic ray (Manta birostris), known as devilfish and sea devil. It is common on the coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and farther south. Some of them grow to enormous size, becoming twenty feet of more across the body, and weig...
One of the generic names of the gigantic ray (Manta birostris), known as devilfish and sea devil. It is common on the coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and farther south. Some of them grow to enormous size, becoming twenty feet of more across the body, and weighing more than a ton....