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TEEMS |
Is abundant |
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VINTAGE |
The produce of the vine for one season, in grapes or in
wine; as, the vintage is abundant; the vintage of 1840. |
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ROUNDFISH |
A lake whitefish (Coregonus quadrilateralis), less
compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British
America and Alaska. |
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SPHRIGOSIS |
A condition of vegetation in which there is too
abundant growth of the stem and leaves, accompanied by deficiency of
flowers and fruit. |
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FROSTFISH |
The tomcod; -- so called because it is abundant on the
New England coast in autumn at about the commencement of frost. See
Tomcod. |
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HOME |
The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first
found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat; as, the home
of the pine. |
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SCAD |
A small carangoid fish (Trachurus saurus) abundant on the
European coast, and less common on the American. The name is applied
also to several allied species. |
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DREISSENA |
A genus of bivalve shells of which one species (D.
polymorpha) is often so abundant as to be very troublesome in the fresh
waters of Europe. |
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OREODON |
A genus of extinct herbivorous mammals, abundant in the
Tertiary formation of the Rocky Mountains. It is more or less related
to the camel, hog, and deer. |
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HARTBEEST |
A large South African antelope (Alcelaphus caama),
formerly much more abundant than it is now. The face and legs are
marked with black, the rump with white. |
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CLIONE |
A genus of naked pteropods. One species (Clione
papilonacea), abundant in the Arctic Ocean, constitutes a part of the
food of the Greenland whale. It is sometimes incorrectly called Clio. |
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CAPELIN |
A small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of the family
Salmonidae, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland,
Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod. |
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WINEBERRY |
A peculiar New Zealand shrub (Coriaria ruscifolia), in
which the petals ripen and afford an abundant purple juice from which a
kind of wine is made. The plant also grows in Chili. |
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LITTORINA |
...hick
spiral shells, abundant between tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts.
They feed on seaweeds. The common periwinkle is a well-known example.
... |
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NEWT |
Any one of several species of small aquatic salamanders. The
common British species are the crested newt (Triton cristatus) and the
smooth newt... |
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COD |
An important edible fish (Gadus morrhua), taken in immense
numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially
abundant and ... |
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EARTHWORM |
..., found
in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe
and America is L. terrestris; many others are known; -- called also... |
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THIN |
Not close; not crowded; not filling the space; not
having the individuals of which the thing is composed in a close or
compact state; hence, no... |
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FAINTS |
The impure spirit which comes over first and last in the
distillation of whisky; -- the former being called the strong faints,
and the latter, ... |
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SILVERSIDES |
Any one of several species of small fishes of the
family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along each side of the
body. The common species o... |
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BITUMEN |
...with a
bright flame; Jew's pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in
many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is ... |
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TRUMPETER |
...merican
birds of the genus Psophia, especially P. crepitans, which is abundant,
and often domesticated and kept with other poultry by the native... |
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JUREL |
A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts
(Caranx chrysos), most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food
fish; -- called... |
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CHLORINE |
One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a
greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an
intensely disagreea... |
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SHAD |
Any one of several species of food fishes of the
Herring family. The American species (Clupea sapidissima), which is
abundant on the Atlantic c... |