Definition of Lacertids

1. Noun. (plural of lacertid) ¹

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Definition of Lacertids

1. lacertid [n] - See also: lacertid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lacertids

lacerater
laceraters
lacerates
lacerating
laceratingly
laceration
lacerations
lacerative
laceries
lacers
lacert
lacerta
lacertian
lacertid
lacertid lizard
lacertids (current term)
lacertilia
lacertilian
lacertilians
lacertiloid
lacertine
lacerts
lacertus
lacertus cordis
lacertus fibrosus
lacertus medius
lacertus musculi recti lateralis
lacertus of lateral rectus muscle
lacery
laces

Literary usage of Lacertids

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

1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1887)
"... lacertids, and Cepheids, exhibits a great deficiency as compared with it. The excess, so decided in character, between i° and 60° is distinctly to be ..."

2. Star-names and Their Meanings by Richard Hinckley Allen (1899)
"... radiant point of the lacertids, a minor meteor stream visible through August and September. Before the Lizard was formed, Royer introduced here, ..."

3. The Observatory by Royal Astronomical Society (Gran Bretaña), Royal Greenwich Observatory, NASA Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service, Royal astronomical society GB (1879)
"The latter is the lacertids; G. & H. give the radiant slightly NE of Heis. It is a very rich shower with long duration, and apparently endures through July ..."

4. The Geographical and Geological Distribution of Animals by Angelo Heilprin (1886)
"... commoner European forms (Lacerta) belong, although the genus Xantusia, from the Pacific coast, is by some authors doubtfully referred to the lacertids? ..."

5. The Observatory (1888)
"... has referred them to the following radiants :— Aquarids. Position diffuse. 1 Perhaps one shower of J lacertids. ..."

6. Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Developer's Workshopby John Clark Craig, Jeff Webb by John Clark Craig, Jeff Webb (1998)
"Figure 21-2 shows the completed text editor in action. Meteor Showers in August... lacertids Average speeds, short Kappa ..."

7. A Handbook of Descriptive Astronomy by George Frederick Chambers (1877)
"lacertids. 1 Two showers, difficult to separate \A notable shower, precise duration uncertain (Greg). / and also contiguous to No. ..."

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