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Any plant of the genus Drosera, low bog plants whose leaves are beset with pediceled glands which secrete a viscid fluid that glitters like dewdrops and attracts and detains insects. After an insect is caught, the glands curve inward like tentacles and the leaf digests it. Called also lustwort.
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Tendo um padrão ou cores que se assemelham a uma manta Scotch; quadriculada ou marcadas com barras ou listras perpendiculares uns aos outros; como, musselina de xadrez.
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Symphyseotomy. The operation of dividing the symphysis pubis for the purpose of facilitating labor; -- formerly called the Sigualtian section.
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A quicksand. Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes found at the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very dangerous, from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins sinking into it.
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A hunting for game in a quiet and cautious manner, or under cover; stalking; hence, colloquially, the pursuit of any object quietly and cautiously.
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