Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of blind brotuloid fishes inhabiting cave streams in Cuba.
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When the nineteenth century opened, the Catholics of Great Britain were, to quote Cardinal Newman's words, "a gens lucifuga, found in corners and alleys and cellars and the housetops, or in the recesses of the country".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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C-value ~ 72 (pg DNA, 2n =28 2. Cave salamander Eurycea lucifuga (no morphological cave adaptations
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“Latebrosa et lucifuga natio,” cries the pagan Cæcilius (in
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908
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