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CRISTA
Girl/Female
Spanish
Appointed one. A Christian.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Crystal, CRISTAL means "crystal, ice."
Girl/Female
American, German, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Indian, Parsi, Turkish
Circle of Cristalic Light Around the Sun or Moon; Deer
Girl/Female
American, French, German, Indian, Parsi, Turkish
Moon Halo; Circle of Cristalic Light Around the Moon
Girl/Female
Latin
Beautiful Christian.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Christian
Crystal; Anointed; Christian; Ice
Girl/Female
Latin
Beautiful Christian.
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Boy/Male
American, British, English, German, Scandinavian
Rules with Good Judgment; Short Poem; Powerful
Girl/Female
Latin
Wife of Picus.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : see Mainwaring.
Biblical
valley of sight
Girl/Female
French
Boy/Male
Muslim
There have been notable men
Girl/Female
Australian, French, Irish
Strong; Brave Bear; Bold as a Bear
Boy/Male
Hindu
To see
Girl/Female
Hindu
Beautiful woman, Goddess Parvati
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Sweet Girl
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n.
A hardy species of British grass (Cynosurus cristatus) which abounds in grass lands, and is well suited for making straw plait; -- called also goldseed.
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A remarkable South American bird (Opisthocomus cristatus); the crested touraco. By some zoologists it is made the type of a distinct order (Opisthocomi).
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The European golden-crested kinglet (Regulus cristatus, or R. regulus); -- called also golden-crested wren, and golden wren. The name is also sometimes applied to the American golden-crested kinglet. See Kinglet.
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A curious American mole (Condylura cristata) having the nose expanded at the end into a stellate disk; -- called also star-nosed mole.
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A large South American bird (Dicholophus, / Cariama cristata) related to the cranes. It is often domesticated. Called also cariama.
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Any one of several species of small aquatic salamanders. The common British species are the crested newt (Triton cristatus) and the smooth newt (Lophinus punctatus). In America, Diemictylus viridescens is one of the most abundant species.
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Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, sometimes a foot long. The common species of Europe and Asia (Hystrix cristata) is the best known.
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A name given to several plants of different genera, but particularly to Celosia cristata, or garden cockscomb. Same as Cockscomb.
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A large, long-legged South American bird (Dicholophus cristatus) which preys upon snakes, etc. See Seriema.
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The science of the crystalline structure of inorganic bodies.
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A plant (Celosia cristata), of many varieties, cultivated for its broad, fantastic spikes of brilliant flowers; -- sometimes called garden cockscomb. Also the Pedicularis, or lousewort, the Rhinanthus Crista-galli, and the Onobrychis Crista-galli.
a.
Crested.
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An Australian crested insessorial bird (Sphenostoma cristatum) having a wedge-shaped bill. Its color is dull brown, like the earth of the plains where it lives.
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Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders. The common European species are Hemisalamandra cristata, Molge palmata, and M. alpestris, a red-bellied species common in Switzerland. The most common species of the United States is Diemyctylus viridescens. See Illust. under Salamander.
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A small European bird of the Plover family (Vanellus cristatus, or V. vanellus). It has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles. Its back is coppery or greenish bronze. Its eggs are the "plover's eggs" of the London market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also peewit, dastard plover, and wype. The gray lapwing is the Squatarola cinerea.
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A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinae, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will. There are several genera and many species; as the broad-crested (Plictolophus, / Cacatua, cristatus), the sulphur-crested (P. galeritus), etc. The palm or great black cockatoo of Australia is Microglossus aterrimus.