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lope felix de vega carpio |
lopeared |
lopeman |
loper |
lophiidae |
lophine
| lophiomys
| lophius
| lophius americanus
| lophobranch
| lophobranchiate
lophine
CIDE DICTIONARY
lophine, n. [Gr. a tuft or crest of feathers.].
A nitrogenous organic base obtained by the oxidation of amarine, and regarded as a derivative of benzoic aldehyde. It is obtained in long white crystalline tufts, -- whence its name. [1913 Webster]
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