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n. pl.
See Comanches.
a.
Comatose.
n.
A crinoid of the genus Antedon and related genera. When young they are fixed by a stem. When adult they become detached and cling to seaweeds, etc., by their dorsal cirri; -- called also feather stars.
n.
A celestial body which revolves about the sun in an orbit of a moderate degree of eccentricity. It is distinguished from a comet by the absence of a coma, and by having a less eccentric orbit. See Solar system.
a.
Relating to, or resembling, coma; drowsy; lethargic; as, comatose sleep; comatose fever.
n. pl.
That order of the Crinoidea which includes most of the living and many fossil forms, having jointed arms around the margin of the oral disk; -- also called Brachiata and Articulata. See Illusts. under Comatula and Crinoidea.
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Encompassed with a coma, or bushy appearance, like hair; hairy.
n.
A heron (Ardea comata) found in Asia, Northern Africa, and Southern Europe.
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Coma with complete insensibility; deep lethargy.
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A warlike, savage, and nomadic tribe of the Shoshone family of Indians, inhabiting Mexico and the adjacent parts of the United States; -- called also Paducahs. They are noted for plundering and cruelty.
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A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which, in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions, and, when given in sufficient quantity, causes death. The best examples are opium (with morphine), belladonna (with atropine), and conium.
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The envelope of a comet; a nebulous covering, which surrounds the nucleus or body of a comet.
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The nebulous covering of the head or nucleus of a comet; -- called also coma.
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A member of the solar system which usually moves in an elongated orbit, approaching very near to the sun in its perihelion, and receding to a very great distance from it at its aphelion. A comet commonly consists of three parts: the nucleus, the envelope, or coma, and the tail; but one or more of these parts is frequently wanting. See Illustration in Appendix.
n. pl.
A large class of Echinodermata, including numerous extinct families and genera, but comparatively few living ones. Most of the fossil species, like some that are recent, were attached by a jointed stem. See Blastoidea, Cystoidea, Comatula.
n.
An immature comatula when it is still attached by a stem, and thus resembles a Pentacrinus.
v. i.
To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.
n.
Any crinoid of the genus Antedon or allied genera.
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A tuft or bunch, -- as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree; or a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant; or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.
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