n. a type of brightly colored carnivorous fish (Priacanthus arenatus) of the West Atlantic and West Indies waters.
‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; rattle. ] (Mus.) A kind of castanet used by the Corybantes. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; rattle. ] (Zool.) A genus of poisonous serpents, including the rattlesnakes. [ 1913 Webster ]
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‖n. [ NL. See Sandalwood. ] (Bot.) A genus of trees with entire opposite leaves and small apetalous flowers. There are less than a dozen species, occurring from India to Australia and the Pacific Islands. See Sandalwood. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ NL. So named on account of the perplexity and difficulty encounterd by its discoverer (Ekeberg) in isolating it. See Tantalus. ] (Chem.) A rare nonmetallic element found in certain minerals, as tantalite, samarskite, and fergusonite, and isolated as a dark powder which becomes steel-gray by burnishing. Symbol Ta. Atomic weight 182.0. Formerly called also
n. [ L., from Gr.
Tantalus's cup (Physics),