These 9 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Glyptodipterini, Glyptodon, Gnat.
in the classification of Professor Huxley, a family of fossil ganoid fishes, sub-order Crossopterygidæ. There are two dorsal fins, the scales are sculptured, the pectoral fins acutely lobate, dendition dendrodont. There are two sub-families, the one with rhomboidal, and the other with cycloidal scales. Under the latter family fall the genus Holoptychius, etc.
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a huge fossil mammal, family Dasypodidae (armadillos). It was incased in armor, there being bony plates on the head, ad, and nearly hexagonal bony scutes on the body. It belongs to the Post-pliocene of South America. Including the tail, G. slavipes was more than nine feet long. GMELINA (me-li'nä) (named after Gmelin), a genus of Ver- Johann Georg G benaceæ, tribe Viticeæ. The leaves of G. parviflora render water mucilaginous. ous. It may then be employed as a ptisan for the cure of ardor urinæ. GMELINITE (mel'i-nīt) (named after yel- Prof. Charles rles Gmelin), a colorless, ss, lowish-white, greenish-white, or reddishite, greenish-wh white, fresh, transparent to translucent, brittle mineral, crystallizing in rhombohedrons. Sarcolite, lederevite, and hydrolite are varieties. Found at Andreasberg, in the Harz; at Montecchio, Maggiore, and Castel, in the Vincentine; in Cyprus; near Cape Blomidon, in Nova Scotia, etc.
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. See Frigga
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nat, a small two-winged insect. The distinction between flies, gnats, and midges is not clear. One of the best known species is the punkie of the northern woods. It is so small that the Indians gave it the name of "no-see-um." It penetrates the finest mosquito bar and is a great nuisance to the camper and hunter. Fortunately it is active during the daytime only. Certain species infest the eyes of deer, wolves, and other wild animals, even turkeys, almost blinding them. See Fly
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a genus of birds, called also DIDUNCULUS (q. v.). In zoölogy and paleontology, a genus of conchiferous m mollusks, family Mactridæ. It is so called because one of the lateral teeth connected with the hinge has a certain resemblance to a jawbone. Recent species, one certain and three doubtful; fossil three, from the Chalk onward. The best-known recent species is G. cuneatus, which was formerly eaten by the Indians It is found with Cyrena caroline Mobile, on the Gulf of Mexico, which is built on a shell bank consisting chiefly of the two species.
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AUGUST WILHELM ANTON, GRAF NEIT- HARDT VON, a Prussian general; born in Schildau, Prussian Saxony, Oct. 27, 1760. In 1782 he accompanied the Gerauxiliaries of England to the man American colonies. On his return he joined (1786) the Prussian army, and 20 years later fought at Saalfeld and in the battle of Jena. He gave convincing proof of his military genius in the defense of Colberg from April to July, 1807; and this led to his appointment on the commission for the reorganization of the Prussian army. In the war of liberation he rendered distinguished service at the battle of Leipsic (1813). But his most meritorious work was his share in the Waterloo campaign, in which he was chief of Blücher's staff, and principally directed the strategy of the Prussian army. He had been 15 years on the retired list when, in 1831, on the outbreak of the Polish rebellion, he was made field-marshal and given command of the Prussian army on the Polish frontier. He died in Posen, Aug. 24, 1831.
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in mediæval mythology, the name given by cabalistic writers to one of the classes of imaginary beings which are supposed to be the presiding spirits in mysterious operations of nature in the mineral and vegetable world. They have their dwelling within the earth, where they preside specially over its treasures, and are of both sexes, male and female. The former are often represented in the form of misshapen dwarfs, of whom the well-known "Rübezahl," or "Number-nip," of German legend is a familiar example. Pope, in the "Rape of the Lock," and Darwin win, in the "Loves of the Plants," have drawn on the more pleasing associations of this curious branch of mythology. Also a small and ill-favored person; a dwarf; a misshapen being. once
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nu, the Hottentot name of a peculiar antelope of South Africa. The Boers gave it the name of wildebeest. The head of both sexes is armed with two enormous horns which curve downward, forward, and upward in front of its face. A long flowing tail and a crest-like mane and a zebra-like body have given it the name of "horned horse." It has cloven hoofs, however, and chews the cud, like other animals of its kind; yet it is said that a herd seen at a distance flying over the plain can be distinguished with difficulty from wild zebras which inhabit the same locality. The flesh is palatable. The gnu kept company with the zebra and giraffe. Like them it is now to be found only in remote localties. There are two species. See Antelope ; Zebra 2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: BR 2026-07-22)
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in zoölogy, Catoblepas gnu, a species of antelope. The adult male is about 5 feet 6 inches long, and 3 feet 10 inches high at the shoulder; horns, dark tapering out sideways over the eyes, and broad, upon the summit of the head, turning up into a pointed hook. Legs long. The face is covered with black, GNU bristly hair, with white ones around the eye and on the legs ; on the neck is a vertical mane, black in the center and white at the sides; a bushy beard on the under jaw; general color of the fur deep brown, with long white hair on the tail. Female smaller; calves pure white. A gnu brought to bay or wounded turns on its assailant. chief city of the district of the same GOA (gō'ä), a maritime city of India, Portuguese settlements in India, on an name, and formerly capital of all the island of the same name , at the mouth of the Mandona, 250 miles S. S. E. of Bombay. Goa consists of Old Goa and New Goa. The old city contains some splendid churches and other specimens of architecture. New Goa, or Panjin, at the mouth of the river , is the residence of the viceroy and of the principal habitants. It carries on trade with Portugal, China and the coast of Africa, pal inand is principally engaged in the salt industry. Pop. of the district about 515,800. of Tibet.
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