Word Meanings - PANTHERINE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Like a panther, esp. in color; as, the pantherine snake (Ptyas mucosus) of Brazil.

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• PANTHER
  A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by some zoölogists considered a distinct species. It is marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of which are darker than the color of the body.
• COLORMAN
  A vender of paints, etc. Simmonds.
• BRAZIL NUT
  An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the Bertholletia excelsa; the cream nut. Note: From eighteen to twenty-four of the seed or "nuts" grow in a hard and nearly globular shell.
• BRAZILIN
  A substance contained in both Brazil wood and Sapan wood, from which it is extracted as a yellow crystalline substance which is
• COLORATE
  Colored. Ray.
• COLORIMETRY
  The quantitative determination of the depth of color of a substance. 2. A method of quantitative chemical analysis based upon the comparison of the depth of color of a solution with that of a standard liquid.
• SNAKE'S-HEAD
  The Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head. Dr. Prior. Snake's-head iris , an iridaceous plant (Hermodactylus tuberosus) of the Mediterranean region. The flowers slightly resemble
• COLORADO BEETLE
  A yellowish beetle , with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug. See Potato beetle.
• COLORADOITE
  Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found in Colorado.
• SNAKEHEAD
  1. A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads. It was sometimes so bent by the passage of a train as to slip over a wheel and pierce the bottom of a car. The turtlehead. The Guinea-hen flower.
• COLOR
  An apparent right; as where the defendant in trespass gave to the plaintiff an appearance of title, by stating his title specially, thus removing the cause from the jury to the court. Blackstone. Note: Color is express when it is asverred in the
• COLORIFIC
  Capable of communicating color or tint to other bodies.
• COLORIMETER
  An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standard liquid.
• BRAZILIAN
  Of or pertaining to Brasil. -- n.
• COLOR SERGEANT
  See SERGEANT
• SNAKEWEED
  A kind of knotweed . The Virginia snakeroot. See Snakeroot.
• COLORATION
  The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored. Bacon. The females . . . resemble each other in their general type of coloration. Darwin.
• COLORATURE
  Vocal music colored, as it were, by florid ornaments, runs, or rapid passages.
• SNAKEWOOD
  An East Indian climbing plant having a bitter taste, and supposed to be a remedy for the bite of the hooded serpent. An East Indian climbing shrub which has the roots and stems twisted so as to resemble serpents. Same as Trumpetwood. A tropical
• SNAKEBIRD
  The wryneck. (more info) 1. Any one of four species of aquatic birds of the genus Anhinga or Plotus. They are allied to the gannets and cormorants, but have very long, slender, flexible necks, and sharp bills. Note: The American species inhabits
• CONCOLOR
  Of the same color; of uniform color. "Concolor animals." Sir T. Browne.
• RATTLESNAKE
  Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp ratting sound when shaken. The common
• BEADSNAKE
  A small poisonous snake of North America , banded with yellow, red, and black.
• ISABELLA; ISABELLA COLOR
  A brownish yellow color. (more info) Spanish princess Isabella, daughter of king Philip II., in allusion to the color assumed by her shift, which she wore without change from
• TRICOLOR
  1. The national French banner, of three colors, blue, white, and red, adopted at the first revolution. 2. Hence, any three-colored flag.
• WATER-COLORIST
  One who paints in water colors.
• DECOLOR
  To deprive of color; to bleach.
• HOGNOSESNAKE
  A harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon, esp. H. platyrhynos; -- called also puffing adder, blowing adder, and sand viper.
• PARTY-COLORED; PARTI-COLORED
  Colored with different tints; variegated; as, a party-colored flower. "Parti-colored lambs." Shak.
• FAWN-COLORED
  Of the color of a fawn; light yellowish brown.
• DECOLORATION
  The removal or absence of color. Ferrand.