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Any one of numerous small birds belonging to Pipra, Manacus, and other genera of the family Pipridæ. They are mostly natives of Central and South America. some are bright-colored, and others have the wings and tail curiously ornamented. The name

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Any one of numerous small birds belonging to Pipra, Manacus, and other genera of the family Pipridæ. They are mostly natives of Central and South America. some are bright-colored, and others have the wings and tail curiously ornamented. The name is sometimes applied to related birds of other families.

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  • COLORMAN
    A vender of paints, etc. Simmonds.
  • SOUTHSAY
    See SOOTHSAY
  • BRIGHT
    See I
  • SOUTHWESTERLY
    To ward or from the southwest; as, a southwesterly course; a southwesterly wind.
  • CENTRALLY
    In a central manner or situation.
  • SOUTHERNLINESS
    Southerliness.
  • OTHERGUISE; OTHERGUESS
    Of another kind or sort; in another way. "Otherguess arguments." Berkeley.
  • SOUTHREN
    Southern. "I am a Southren man." Chaucer.
  • AMERICANIZATION
    The process of Americanizing.
  • GENERABILITY
    Capability of being generated. Johnstone.
  • GENERALIZED
    Comprising structural characters which are separated in more specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type.
  • PIPRA
    Any one of numerous species of small clamatorial birds belonging to Pipra and allied genera, of the family Pipridæ. The male is usually glossy black, varied with scarlet, yellow, or sky blue. They chiefly inhabit South America.
  • GENERALIZABLE
    Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule. Extreme cases are . . . not generalizable. Coleridge
  • SMALLISH
    Somewhat small. G. W. Cable.
  • GENERA
    See GENUS
  • ORNAMENTAL
    Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing. Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles. Sir T. Browne.
  • FAMILY
    A groupe of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoölogy
  • GENERANT
    Generative; producing; esp. ,
  • COLORATE
    Colored. Ray.
  • COLORIMETRY
    The quantitative determination of the depth of color of a substance. 2. A method of quantitative chemical analysis based upon the comparison of the depth of color of a solution with that of a standard liquid.
  • NOTOTHERIUM
    An extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials, found in the Pliocene formation of Australia.
  • MAJOR GENERAL
    . An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps.
  • UNREGENERACY
    The quality or state of being unregenerate. Glanvill.
  • CONCOLOR
    Of the same color; of uniform color. "Concolor animals." Sir T. Browne.
  • ISOGEOTHERMAL; ISOGEOTHERMIC
    Pertaining to, having the nature of, or marking, isogeotherms; as, an isogeothermal line or surface; as isogeothermal chart. -- n.
  • SMOTHER
    Etym: 1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child. 2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick
  • INNUMEROUS
    Innumerable. Milton.
  • ISOTHEROMBROSE
    A line connecting or marking points on the earth's surface, which have the same mean summer rainfall.
  • ANOTHER-GUESS
    Of another sort. It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot.
  • RETROGENERATIVE
    Begetting young by retrocopulation.
  • UNMOTHERED
    Deprived of a mother; motherless.
  • ISOTHERMAL
    Relating to equality of temperature. Having reference to the geographical distribution of temperature, as exhibited by means of isotherms; as, an isothermal line; an isothermal chart. Isothermal line. An isotherm. A line drawn on a diagram
  • EEL-MOTHER
    The eelpout.

 

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