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A dyewood yielded by Caesalpinia Sappan, a thorny leguminous tree of Southern Asia and the neighboring islands. It is the original Brazil wood.
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A native, or one of the people, of Asia.
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One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of Asia, who had the superintendence of the public games and religious rites.
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An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.
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Any one of numerous species of birds belonging to Turnix or Hemipodius and allied genera of the family Turnicidae. These birds resemble quails and partridges in general appearance and in some of their habits, but differ in important anatomical characteristics. The hind toe is usually lacking. They are found in Asia, Africa, Southern Europe, the East Indian Islands, and esp. in Australia and adjacent islands, where they are called quails (see Quail, n., 3.). See Turnicimorphae.
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Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of languages of simple structure and low grade (called also Altaic, Ural-Altaic, and Scythian), spoken in the northern parts of Europe and Asia and Central Asia; of pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these languages.
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Something peculiar to Asia or the Asiatics.
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Of or pertaining to Asia; Asiatic.
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A coniferous shrub (Juniperus Sabina) of Western Asia, occasionally found also in the northern parts of the United States and in British America. It is a compact bush, with dark-colored foliage, and produces small berries having a glaucous bloom. Its bitter, acrid tops are sometimes used in medicine for gout, amenorrhoea, etc.
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A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia, etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey.
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An extensive division of mankind including the Mongols and allied races of Asia, together with the Malays and Polynesians.
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A genus of very large lizards native of Asia and Africa. It includes the monitors. See Monitor, 3.
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A Turkish tribe which about the close of the 15th century conquered, and settled in, that part of Asia now called Turkestan.
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Of or pertaining to Asia or to its inhabitants.
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A group of races or tribes inhabiting Asia and closely related to the Mongols.
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A small gray and brown sandpiper (Calidris arenaria) very common on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and Asia. Called also curwillet, sand lark, stint, and ruddy plover.
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An Asiatic.
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Having always the same form, manner, or degree; not varying or variable; unchanging; consistent; equable; homogenous; as, the dress of the Asiatics has been uniform from early ages; the temperature is uniform; a stratum of uniform clay.
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Pertaining to, or designating, the Urals, a mountain range between Europe and Asia.
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Any one of several species of East Indian and Asiatic insectivores of the family Tupaiidae, somewhat resembling squirrels in size and arboreal habits. The nose is long and pointed.
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