Definition of Axites

1. axite [n] - See also: axite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Axites

axis opticus
axis pelvis
axis shift
axis traction
axis vertebra
axised
axises
axisymmetric
axisymmetrical
axisymmetrically
axisymmetries
axisymmetrise
axisymmetrising
axisymmetry
axite
axites (current term)
axiverse
axle
axle bar
axle box
axle grease
axle guard
axle hitch
axle hitches
axled
axleless
axles
axless
axletree
axletrees

Literary usage of Axites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Description of Greece by Pausanias (1824)
"Here, too, there are baths: and two temples of Bacchus, one of which they call Polites, and the other axites. They have besides a building in which they ..."

2. Travels in the Morea: With a Map and Plans by William Martin Leake (1830)
"Here are two temples of Bacchus, one surnamed Polites, the other axites: attached to them is a building in which the orgies of Bacchus are celebrated. ..."

3. The Fossil Plants of the Devonian and Upper Silurian Formations of Canada by Geological Survey of Canada, John William Dawson (1871)
"... with Proto/axites, along with its similarity of structure, certainly lends some probability to the view that they belong to the samo plant. ..."

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