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a. Of or pertaining to Asturias in Spain. -- n. A native of Asturias. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_; terrible + &unr_; lizard. ] (Paleon.) One of the Dinosauria. [ Written also deinosaur, and deinosaurian. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or , n. (Bot.) The fruit of the durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a soft, cream-colored pulp, of a most delicious flavor and a very offensive odor. The seeds are roasted and eaten like chestnuts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Paleon.) Pertaining to the Enaliosauria. -- n. One of the Enaliosauria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or relating to ancient Etruria, in Italy. “Etrurian Shades.” Milton, -- n. A native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Belonging to the Holothurioidea. -- n. One of the Holothurioidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Some of the species of Holothurians are called sea cucumbers, sea slugs, trepang, and bêche de mèr. Many are used as food, esp. by the Chinese. See Trepang. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Paleon.) Of or pertaining to the Ichthyosauria. -- n. One of the Ichthyosauria. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. luxuriance. ] The state or quality of being luxuriant; rank, vigorous growth; excessive abundance produced by rank growth. “Tropical luxuriance.” B. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being luxuriant; luxuriance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flowers grow up in the garden in the greatest luxuriancy and profusion. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. luxurians, p. pr. of luxuriare: cf. F. luxuriant. See Luxuriate. ] 1. Exuberant in growth; rank; excessive; profuse; very abundant; as, a luxuriant growth of grass; luxuriant foliage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth refine. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Producing luxuriant growth; very fertile; -- of soil. [ PJC ]

3. Having or producing an abundance of elaborate details; unrestrained; -- of imagery or ornamentation. [ PJC ]

Luxuriant flower (Bot.), one in which the floral envelopes are overdeveloped at the expense of the essential organs. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a luxuriant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A resident of Missouri. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. (Paleon.) One of an extinct order of reptiles, including Mosasaurus and allied genera. See Mosasauria. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pagurus a kind of crab, Gr. pa`goyros. ] (Zool.) Any one of a tribe of anomuran crustaceans, of which Pagurus is a type; the hermit crab. See Hermit crab, under Hermit. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. Of or pertaining to Louis Pasteur. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Paleon.) A plesiosaur. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Paleon.) Of or pertaining to the Pterosauria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, the Sauria. -- n. One of the Sauria. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A Scripturist. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any marine saurian; esp. (Paleon.), the large extinct species of Mosasaurus, Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, and related genera. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From L. Silures, a people who anciently inhabited a part of England and Wales. ] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the country of the ancient Silures; -- a term applied to the earliest of the Paleozoic eras, and also to the strata of the era, because most plainly developed in that country. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Silurian formation, so named by Murchison, is divided into the Upper Silurian and Lower Silurian. The lower part of the Lower Silurian, with some underlying beds, is now separated under the name Cambrian, first given by Sedwick. Recently the term Ordovician has been proposed for the Lower Silurian, leawing the original word to apply only to the Upper Silurian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The Silurian age. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. tellus, -uris, the earth. ] Of or pertaining to the earth. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]