| adapid | (n) extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins, Syn. Adapid group |
| david | (n) patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600), Syn. Saint David, St. David |
| david | (n) French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825), Syn. Jacques Louis David |
| david | (n) (Old Testament) the 2nd king of the Israelites; as a young shepherd he fought Goliath (a giant Philistine warrior) and killed him by hitting him in the head with a stone flung from a sling; he united Israel with Jerusalem as its capital; many of the Psalms are attributed to David (circa 1000-962 BC) |
| davidson's penstemon | (n) mat-forming plant with blue and lavender flowers clustered on short erect stems; British Columbia to northern California, Syn. Penstemon davidsonii |