solitary : Idioms & Phrases

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Solitary ant

  • (Zoöl.), any solitary hymenopterous insect of the family Mutillidæ. The female of these insects is destitute of wings and has a powerful sting. The male is winged and resembles a wasp. Called also spider ant.
Webster 1913

Solitary bee

  • (Zoöl.), any species of bee which does not form communities.
Webster 1913

solitary confinement

  • noun confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners
    solitary.
    • he was held in solitary
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solitary pussytoes

  • noun a variety of pussytoes
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Solitary sandpiper

  • (Zoöl.), an American tattler (Totanus solitarius).
Webster 1913

Solitary snipe

  • (Zoöl.), the great snipe. Prov. Eng.
Webster 1913

Solitary thrush

  • (Zoöl.) the starling. Prov. Eng.
Webster 1913

solitary vireo

  • noun of eastern North America having a bluish-grey head and mostly green body
    Vireo solitarius.
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solitary wave

  • noun (physics) a quantum of energy or quasiparticle that can be propagated as a traveling wave in nonlinear systems and is neither preceded nor followed by another such disturbance; does not obey the superposition principle and does not dissipate
    soliton; soliton wave.
    • soliton waves can travel long distances with little loss of energy or structure
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