a rudimentary tail

См. также в других словарях:

• rudimentary — adjective 1 a rudimentary knowledge or understanding of a subject is very simple and basic: a rudimentary knowledge of Japanese 2 rudimentary equipment, methods, systems etc are very basic and not advanced: The classroom equipment is pretty… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• rudimentary — adjective Date: 1839 1. consisting in first principles ; fundamental < had only a rudimentary formal education D. J. Boorstin > 2. of a primitive kind < the equipment of these past empire builders was rudimentary A. J. Toynbee > 3. very… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Long-tail boat — The long tail boat is a type of watercraft native to Southeast Asia, which uses a common automotive engine as a readily available and maintainable powerplant. A craft designed to carry passengers on a river may include a lightweight long canoe… …   Wikipedia

• Manx cat — noun a short haired tailless breed of cat believed to originate on the Isle of Man • Syn: ↑Manx • Hypernyms: ↑domestic cat, ↑house cat, ↑Felis domesticus, ↑Felis catus * * * noun Usage: usually capitalized M …   Useful english dictionary

• August Weismann — Friedrich Leopold August Weismann (Birth. January 17, 1834 in Frankfurt am Main; Death. November 5 , 1914 in Freiburg im Breisgau, ) was a German biologist. [ [http://www.nndb.com/people/747/000091474/ August Weismann ] at www.nndb.com] Ernst… …   Wikipedia

• grebe — /greeb/, n. any diving bird of the family Podicipedidae, related to the loons, but having a rudimentary tail and lobate rather than webbed toes. Cf. great crested grebe, pied billed grebe. [1760 70; < F grèbe < ?] * * * Any of about 18 species of …   Universalium

• Oval electric ray — Conservation status Data Deficient …   Wikipedia

• Old World monkey — any of various anthropoid primates of the family Cercopithecidae, of Africa, the Arabian peninsula, and Asia, typically having a hairless face, forward or downward directed nostrils, relatively short arms, flat nails, and either having a… …   Universalium

• Indri — Taxobox name = IndriMSW3 Groves|pages=120] status = EN trend = unknown status system = iucn3.1 status ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Ganzhorn et al |year=2000|id=10826|title=Indri indri|downloaded=11 May 2006 Listed as Endangered (EN A1c+2c v2.3)]… …   Wikipedia

• Old World monkey — noun of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together • Syn: ↑catarrhine • Derivationally related forms: ↑catarrhinian (for: ↑catarrhine) • Hypernyms: ↑monkey …   Useful english dictionary

• Angwantibo — An gwan*ti bo, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A small lemuroid mammal ({Arctocebus Calabarensis}) of Africa. It has only a rudimentary tail. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English