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Illustration of an aardwolf (Proteles spp.)

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Identifier: centurydictionary01whit Title: The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. Year: 1897 (1890s) Authors: Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894 Smith, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Eli), 1857-1913 Subjects: English language Atlases Biography Encyclopedias and dictionaries Publisher: New York : The Century Co. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive


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Text Appearing Before Image: WftU Aardvark t,Orycterofins capensis). aardvark (ardviirk), n. [D., < aarde, = E.earth, + vnrk, used only in dim. form varkeii,a pig, = E./nci-oHl and E. jiwcJ, q. v.] Theground-hog or eartb-pig of South Africa. SeeOrycteropiis.

Text Appearing After Image: Aaronitic (ar-on-itik), a. l<AaroHilc + -!c]Of or pertaining to the Aaronites. The assumption that the representations in regard totile origin of the Aaronitic priesthood are essentially falsecannot well he sustained, unless it can he proved thatHebrew literature did not arise until about the eighth cen-tury II. c., as the critics claim. Schaff-Hcrzuf/, Eneye., p. 192.!. Aarons-beard (aronz- or aronz-berd), «.[See Ps. cxxxiii. 2.] 1. A dwarf evergreenshrub, Ilijpcrieum caUjeinum, with large flowers(the largest of tho genus) and uuinerousstamens, a native of southeastern Euro)ie,and sometimes found in cultivation; St.-.Johns-wort: so called from the conspicuous hair-likestamens.— 2. Tho smoke-tree, .B/i«« Voliiti(.s.—3. A species of saxifrage (Sajcifraya sarmcii-tosa) found in cultivation; Chinese saxifrage. Aarons-rod (aronz- or aronz-rod), «. [SeeEx. vii. Id; Num.xvii. 8.] 1.In orc/i., an orna-ment consisting of a straight rod from whichpointed leaves sprout on either side


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