Langya

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Langya \Lan"gya\, n. (Zool.) [Native name Anglicized.]
     One of several species of East Indian and Asiatic fresh-water
     fishes of the genus {Ophiocephalus}, remarkable for their
     power of living out of water, and for their tenacity of life;
     -- called also {walking fishes}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Walking \Walk"ing\,
     a. & n. from {Walk}, v.
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     {Walking beam}. See {Beam}, 10.
  
     {Walking crane}, a kind of traveling crane. See under
        {Crane}.
  
     {Walking fern}. (Bot.) See {Walking leaf}, below.
  
     {Walking fish} (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
        Asiatic fishes of the genus {Ophiocephalus}, some of
        which, as {Ophiocephalus marulius}, become over four feet
        long. They have a special cavity over the gills lined with
        a membrane adapted to retain moisture to aid in
        respiration, and are thus able to travel considerable
        distances over the land at night, whence the name. They
        construct a curious nest for their young. Called also
        {langya}.
  
     {Walking gentleman} (Theater), an actor who usually fills
        subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance
        but few words. [Cant]
  
     {Walking lady} (Theater), an actress who usually fills such
        parts as require only a ladylike appearance on the stage.
        [Cant]
  
     {Walking leaf}.
     (a) (Bot.) A little American fern ({Camptosorus
         rhizophyllus}); -- so called because the fronds taper
         into slender prolongations which often root at the apex,
         thus producing new plants.
     (b) (Zool.) A leaf insect. See under {Leaf}.
  
     {Walking papers}, or {Walking ticket}, an order to leave;
        dismissal, as from office; as, to get one's walking
        papers, i. e. to be dismissed or fired. [Colloq.]
        --Bartlett.
  
     {Walking stick}.
     (a) A stick or staff carried in the hand for hand for support
         or amusement when walking; a cane.
     (b) (Zool.) A stick insect; -- called also {walking straw}.
         See Illust. of {Stick insect}, under {Stick}.
  
     {Walking wheel} (Mach.), a prime mover consisting of a wheel
        driven by the weight of men or animals walking either in
        it or on it; a treadwheel.
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