Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of herbaceous composite plants, closely related to Dahlia and to Coreopsis, having achenes armed with two or more rigid, persistent, retrorsely barbed awns.
- noun In zoology, a genus of hawks with two-toothed beak; same as
Diodon or Harpagus (which see). Spix, 1834.
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- noun bur marigolds
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The anchor had generally two flukes or teeth, and was then called bidens; but sometimes it had only one.
How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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This issue contains articles on the mollusks found in excavations in the Middle East, the clausiliid Papillifera bidens (= Papillifera papillaris) in North Africa (seems like there is something about that snail in every issue of the Newsletter), an essay on the difficulties of distinguishing between mollusk shells modified by accidental or taphonomic processes and those intentionally modified by humans.
Archive 2009-07-01 AYDIN 2009
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This issue contains articles on the mollusks found in excavations in Italy, United Arab Emirates and Israel, Papillifera bidens (= Papillifera papillaris) from Carthage and abstracts of recent relevant papers, announcements of upcoming meetings and other items of interest.
Archive 2009-01-01 AYDIN 2009
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And its a good thing the bidens are with them to put a break on the Clintons self-praise tendencies.
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This issue contains articles on the mollusks found in excavations in Italy, United Arab Emirates and Israel, Papillifera bidens =Papillifera papillaris from Carthage and abstracts of recent relevant papers, announcements of upcoming meetings and other items of interest.
Archaeo+Malacology Group Newsletter No. 14 AYDIN 2009
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This issue contains articles on the mollusks found in excavations in the Middle East, the clausiliid Papillifera bidens (=Papillifera papillaris) in North Africa (seems like there is something about that snail in every issue of the Newsletter), an essay on the difficulties of distinguishing between mollusk shells modified by accidental or taphonomic processes and those intentionally modified by humans.
Archaeo+Malacology Group Newsletter No. 15 AYDIN 2009
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Incidentally, according to this recent ICZN opinion 2176, the correct name of this species should be Papillifera bidens Linnaeus, 1758.
The old news about Papillifera papillaris AYDIN 2008
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I am more concerned about bidens kid being a lobbyist. gail riley
Strange Bedfellows 2008
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Rather, the reference to a trunked whale refers to Makaracetus bidens, an unusual Pakistani protocetid described in 2005.
Archive 2006-02-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Incidentally, according to this recent ICZN opinion 2176, the correct name of this species should be Papillifera bidens Linnaeus, 1758.
Archive 2008-08-01 AYDIN 2008
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