harlequin : Idioms & Phrases

• (Zoöl.), an Indian bat (Scotophilus ornatus), curiously variegated with white spots.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), a very large South American beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) having very long legs and antennæ. The elytra are curiously marked with red, black, and gray.

Webster 1913

• . (Zoöl.) See Calicoback.

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• . (Zoöl.), the larva of an American bombycid moth (Euchætes egle) which is covered with black, white, yellow, and orange tufts of hair.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), a North American duck (Histrionicus histrionicus). The male is dark ash, curiously streaked with white.

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• . (Zoöl.) See Magpie Moth.

Webster 1913

• noun a reddish opal with small patches of brilliant color
  

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• . See Opal.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), a small, poisonous snake (Elaps fulvius), ringed with red and black, found in the Southern United States.

Webster 1913

• noun any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or white; widely distributed in South America and Central America
  coral snake; New World coral snake.
  

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• noun glaucous herb of northeastern United States and Canada having loose racemes of yellow-tipped pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Fumaria
  Fumaria sempervirens; Corydalis sempervirens; Roman wormwood.
  

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