Surucucu definition

Surucucu





Home | Index


We love those sites:

2 definitions found

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

  Surucucu \Su`ru*cu"cu\, n. (Zool.)
     See {Bush master}, under {Bush}.
     [1913 Webster]

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



  Bush \Bush\ (b[.u]sh), n. [OE. bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk;
     akin to D. bosch, OHG. busc, G. busch, Icel. b[=u]skr,
     b[=u]ski, Dan. busk, Sw. buske, and also to LL. boscus,
     buscus, Pr. bosc, It. bosco, Sp. & Pg. bosque, F. bois, OF.
     bos. Whether the LL. or G. form is the original is uncertain;
     if the LL., it is perh. from the same source as E. box a
     case. Cf. {Ambush}, {Boscage}, {Bouquet}, {Box} a case.]
     1. A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild
        forest.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: This was the original sense of the word, as in the
           Dutch bosch, a wood, and was so used by Chaucer. In
           this sense it is extensively used in the British
           colonies, especially at the Cape of Good Hope, and also
           in Australia and Canada; as, to live or settle in the
           bush.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near
        the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling
              flowers.                              --Gascoigne.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as,
        bushes to support pea vines.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to
        Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern
        sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern
        itself.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is
              true that a good play needs no epilogue. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {To beat about the bush}, to approach anything in a
        round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; -- a
        metaphor taken from hunting.
  
     {Bush bean} (Bot.), a variety of bean which is low and
        requires no support ({Phaseolus vulgaris}, variety nanus).
        See {Bean}, 1.
  
     {Bush buck}, or {Bush goat} (Zool.), a beautiful South
        African antelope ({Tragelaphus sylvaticus}); -- so called
        because found mainly in wooden localities. The name is
        also applied to other species.
  
     {Bush cat} (Zool.), the serval. See {Serval}.
  
     {Bush chat} (Zool.), a bird of the genus {Pratincola}, of the
        Thrush family.
  
     {Bush dog}. (Zool.) See {Potto}.
  
     {Bush hammer}. See {Bushhammer} in the Vocabulary.
  
     {Bush harrow} (Agric.) See under {Harrow}.
  
     {Bush hog} (Zool.), a South African wild hog
        ({Potamoch[oe]rus Africanus}); -- called also {bush pig},
        and {water hog}.
  
     {Bush master} (Zool.), a venomous snake ({Lachesis mutus}) of
        Guinea; -- called also {surucucu}.
  
     {Bush pea} (Bot.), a variety of pea that needs to be bushed.
        
  
     {Bush shrike} (Zool.), a bird of the genus {Thamnophilus},
        and allied genera; -- called also {batarg}. Many species
        inhabit tropical America.
  
     {Bush tit} (Zool.), a small bird of the genus {Psaltriparus},
        allied to the titmouse. {Psaltriparus minimus} inhabits
        California.
        [1913 Webster]

















Powered by Blog Dictionary [BlogDict]
Kindly supported by Vaffle Invitation Code Get a Freelance Job - Outsource Your Projects | Threadless Coupon
All rights reserved. (2008-2024)