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  Lotis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In biology, Lotis is a genus of ladybird beetle and Lotis is a Species of butterfly.
In Greek mythology, Lotis was a nymph, daughter of Poseidon or Nereus.
Later, Dryope picked a flower off the tree Lotis had become, and was transformed into a lotus herself.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lotis   (94 words)

  
 Lotus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lotus, or 'Trefoil Lotus', a plant genus in the subfamily Faboideae in the family Fabaceae
White Lotus, or 'European White Waterlily', of the genus Nymphaea (family Nymphaeaceae); a white flowering water-lily of Europe, North Africa and parts of Asia.
Lotus-eaters of the Odyssey are thought to have eaten a species of jujube, Ziziphus lotus; this could be the Lotus Tree that the mythological Lotis had been transformed into.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lotus   (431 words)

  
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The upper surface of the wing is a deep violet-blue in the male with a crenulate fl boarder and fringe of white scales along the outer wing margin.
Foodplant distribution is not necessarily the key to the abundance of the lotis blue butterfly because the butterfly is not present at all of the areas that contain Lotus.
The lotis blue butterfly is extremely vulnerable to further loss or alteration of its habitat because of its limited distribution and small population size.
fwie.fw.vt.edu /WWW/esis/lists/e501003.htm   (2584 words)

  
 In Greek mythology Greek mythology Lotis was a nymph nymph daughter...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
In Greek mythology Greek mythology Lotis was a nymph nymph daughter...
In Greek mythology Greek mythology, Lotis was a nymph nymph, daughter of Poseidon Poseidon.
In biology biology, "Lotis Lotis" is a genus genus of ladybird ladybird beetle beetle.
www.biodatabase.de /Lotis   (118 words)

  
 The Encyclopedia of Computer Languages
LOTIS is intended for formally describing the logical structure, the sequencing, and the timing of digital machines.
LOTIS is a formal language for describing machine LOgic, TIming, and Sequencing.
LOTIS describes parts of an object machine but floes not simulate it; in order to do that, it would be necessary to provide commands to specify what the simulator is to do.
hopl.murdoch.edu.au /showlanguage.prx?exp=428   (947 words)

  
 Lotus
The best known lotus is a plant of the genus Nymphaea (the Egyptian lotus, family Nymphaeaceae) or Nelumbo (the Indian lotus).
Both plants have round leaves that float on the surface of water; Nymphaea leaves have a radial notch, which Nelumbo leaves do not.
The Lotus-eaters of the Odyssey are thought to have eaten a species of jujube or Zizyphus; this would be the lotus tree that the mythological Lotis had been transformed into.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/lo/Lotus.html   (144 words)

  
 msg disambig The term lotus may refer to An...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The "Lotus Lotus" genus genus in the subfamily Faboideae Faboideae in the family Fabaceae Fabaceae
The Lotus-eaters Lotus-eaters of the Odyssey Odyssey are thought to have eaten a species of jujube or "Zizyphus"; this would be the lotus tree that the mythological Lotis Lotis had been transformed into.
The genus "Lotus Lotus" belongs to the Fabaceae Fabaceae.
www.biodatabase.de /Lotus   (173 words)

  
 butterflies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
He found that the whole genus (which at that time was Coenonympha W. EDWARDS), flying in Arizona and possibly Mexico, had been neclected by lepidopterists, most of the specimens being lumped under Neonympha henshawi W. EDWARDS without much consideration.
After a careful morphological analysis, Nabokov restructured the genus taxonomically, adding two new species: the one he had found in the Grand Canyon, namely Neonympha dorothea (with three new subspecies), and Neonympha maniola which used to be labeled henshawi.
Lep8: ”Notes on the morphology of the genus Lycæides (Lycænidæ, Lepidoptera).” Psyche--A Journal of Entomology (Cambridge, Massachusetts), 51 (3—4), Sep—Dec 1944, p.
www.libraries.psu.edu /nabokov/dzbutt10.htm   (1212 words)

  
 CONVERGENCE IN THE COEREBIDAE
Moreover, there is no reason to think either that a single warbler genus and a single tanager genus gave rise to nectar-adapted warblers and tanagers, or that the nectar-adapted forms are all equally adapted to the same flowers.
Evidence of Convergence from the Tongue If more than one warbler genus and more than one tanager genus evolve nectar-adapted forms, and if these in turn are specialized for particular flower types rather than for all flowers, convergent overlap of bills and tongues is to be anticipated.
It is clear that diagnostic distinctions in external bill structure do not occur among the warblers and tanagers feeding on nectar, even though the horny palate and muscle-pattern have in each case passed through this adaptation without loss of their basic characters.
elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Wilson/v063n04/p0274-p0287.html   (9803 words)

  
 Body
Dispersal to the Old World is generally deemed to have occurred in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (Cobley and Steele, 1976); however, recent evidence indicates that dispersal to India may have occurred prior to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries by unknown means (Johannessen and Parker, 1989).
Zea is a genus of the family Gramineae (Poaceae), commonly known as the grass family.
Variations of the species have been assigned to the segregate genus Euchlaena, which is not currently recognized, or have been divided into numerous small species within the genus Zea (Terrell et al., 1986).
www.aphis.usda.gov /brs/dec_docs/9509301p_det.htm   (8730 words)

  
 Lotus Definition / Lotus Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
In Homer’s Odyssey those of Odysseus' men who joined the Lotus-Eaters in eating this fruit had no desire to leave their island but had to be dragged away against their will.
In another story from Greek mythology, the nymph, Lotis, is turned into a lotus tree....
[click for more] that the mythological Lotis In Greek mythology, Lotis was a nymph, daughter of Poseidon or Nereus.
www.elresearch.com /Lotus   (950 words)

  
 rebel without a clause
The genus name Punica is named after the Phoenicians, who were active in broadening its cultivation, partly for religious reasons.
The contrast between the starkly bare cross that worshippers have seen for 40 days and the living flower cross of Easter Sunday dramatically and visually represents the new life that we are celebrating after witnessing the very instrument of death and endings transformed by Christ's rising.
Arbutus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, native to warm temperate regions of the Mediterranean, western Europe, and North America.
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 PHYLOGENETIC PLACEMENT OF MIMIZUKU GURNEYI (AVES: STRIGIDAE) INFERRED FROM MITOCHONDRIAL DNA
In the past, it was common to place a species in a separate genus if it exhibited a greater degree of morphological divergence than that observed among other related spe- cies.
But, should a separate genus be recog- nized solely on the basis of apparent phenotyp- ic uniqueness, regardless of how recently the taxon has evolved in evolutionary time?
Many authors agree and recognize M. gurneyi as the sole member of this distinct genus (Peters 1940, dupont 1971, Clark et al.
elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Auk/v114n03/p0315-p0323.html   (7766 words)

  
 Lotus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The Indian or Sacred Lotus and the American Lotus of the genus ''Nelumbo'' (family Nelumbonaceae), a sacred plant of Hinduism and Buddhism.
The Egyptian White Water-lily, also called Egyptian Lotus, of the genus ''Nymphaea'' (family Nymphaeaceae).
What are called Lotus kicks (actually foot sweeps) in some styles of T'ai Chi Ch'uan.
q-basic.xodox.de /Lotus   (217 words)

  
 Florida Entomologist, v. 81, n. 1, p. 37
By the summer of 1997, BCA was widely distributed throughout southern central and coastal regions of Florida, although it remained absent from much of the ridge citrus north of Highlands county.
The host range of the BCA is largely restricted to the Genus Citrus, although there are many reports of it colonizing other rutaceous plants.
Symes (1924) lists Chilomenes lunata F., Alesia bohemani Mulsant, A. geisha Gorh., Halyzia exiguenotata F., Lotis sp., and Scymnus trepidulus Weise as coccinellids feeding on BCA in Rhodesia, noting that the first two species were most common.
www.fcla.edu /FlaEnt/fe81p37.html   (10352 words)

  
 DLI2 Annual Report 4/1/99 - 3/31/00: Contributions
I was wondering if you had any information on the Lotis Blue Butterfly.
Do you know of a way to do this or would it be possible for you to run some basic queries for a number of counties.
I only need Genus, Species, and County occurrence(a separate field for each county).
elib.cs.berkeley.edu /admin/rpts/DLI2/AR2000/contributions.html   (6458 words)

  
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It’s something in the Vespula genus, all right———-and ooooweeeee does he look mad!”
www.paydazeetc.com /digthisnews/page7.html   (388 words)

  
 Intern List 2002
A study of Southeast Asian squirrels, including statistical analysis of different taxa.
Speciation in the Atlantic shore fish genus, Ophioblennius.
Fishes illustration project, including the rehousing of the fishes illustration collection.
www.nmnh.si.edu /rtp/other_opps/intern/interns02.html   (2102 words)

  
 betta
]or fighting fish,small, freshwater fish of the genus
Mature males of this species are about 2 in.
Eddie Sawyer - Eddie Sawyer Age: 87 major league baseball manager who led the Philadelphia Phillies' 1950 Whiz...
www.infoplease.com /ce6/sci/A0807367.html   (240 words)

  
 Leviticus Bible Latin Vulgate
lotis prius intestinis et pedibus totumque simul arietem incendit super altare eo quod esset holocaustum suavissimi odoris Domino sicut praeceperat ei
strutionem et noctuam et larum et accipitrem iuxta genus suum
erodionem et charadrion iuxta genus suum opupam quoque et vespertilionem
www.traviscase.org /Books/Latin_Vulgate/Leviticus.html   (13407 words)

  
 Leviticus - Latin English Study Bible
{11:19} herodionem, et charadrion iuxta genus suum, upupam quoque, et vespertilionem.
{11:22} comedere debetis, ut est bruchus in genere suo, et attacus atque ophiomachus, ac locusta, singula iuxta genus suum.
But if it is a wooden vessel, it shall be washed with water.
www.sacredbible.org /studybible/OT-03_Leviticus.htm   (23130 words)

  
 Bob Smoley's Gardenworld - Plant Listing A-B
Very prolific, clustering heavily, small growing with an overall blue green color.
Short stemmed Aloe with bulbils developing in the axil of the plant which is rare in the genus Aloe.
One of the tree aloes for six inch pots.
www.bobsmoleys.com /a-b.html   (953 words)

  
 Arthropod TYPES in the New York State Museum:
Next, the species, subspecies, or form name is listed alphabetically, depending on which taxon is represented by type-material.
This arrangement is similar to recent catalogues of DeRuette (1970), McNamara (1977) and Hoebeke (1978), but in the present listing the genus is not used for alphabetizing.
Individual labels are separated from each other by a diagonal (/).
www.nysm.nysed.gov /research_collections/collections/biology/bio_Insect_Mite_types.html   (2433 words)

  
 Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Three-Dimensional Genus Statistics of Galaxies in the SDSS Early Data Release
Characterization of M, L and T Dwarfs in Sloan Digital Sky Survey
LOTIS, Super-LOTIS, SDSS and Tautenburg Observations of GRB010921
www.sdss.org /publications   (4267 words)

  
 lettuce-msg
lotis: expressisq; pa tina ampla requnut: sale perfuso ubi paululum
So does "head lettuce" mean what we think it means?
The illustration on pg 171 is labeled Latuca capitata.
www.florilegium.org /files/FOOD-VEGETABLES/lettuce-msg.html   (3260 words)

  
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Here there are handsome homes, and many of them, but the settle- ment of this shore differed from that of the other, insomuch as those who went first to the latter did so as individuals, whereas, on the south, the pioneer fresh- air seekers settled in little hands of chosen ones.
Thus the need of a rendezvous was early experienced, and realized in the establishment, in 1882, of the Brookline Country Club, the first of the genus in Ameiica, albeit some of the hunting clubs had been and are to this day filling a similar sphere.
Probably the country club has ren- dered its greatest service in tempting us out of doors, and cultivating a taste for riding and driving that has so largely benefited both sexes.
lcweb2.loc.gov /ndlpcoop/nicmoas/harp/harp0090.sgm   (19114 words)

  
 poovfa05
They lay here and there, overcome by sleep.
Tired from play, Lotis rested on the grassy earth,
Her lover stood, and holding his breath, stole
www.brindin.com /poovfa05.htm   (1195 words)

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