Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of lizards, of the family Anguidœ or Gerrhonotidœ: by some united with Ophisaurus.
- noun A genus of lizards, of the family Scincidæ: now called
Scelotes . The species are African; the S. bipes inhabits South Africa.
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Examples
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Thus, when we say that animal rationale is, and animal implume bipes latis unguibus is not a good definition of a man; it is plain we suppose the name man in this case to stand for the real essence of a species, and would signify that “a rational animal” better described that real essence than “a two-legged animal with broad nails, and without feathers.”
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That man is, animal bipes, implume, risibile, I entirely agree; but for the rationale, I can only allow it him in actu primo (to talk logic) and seldom in actu secundo.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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The _bipes implumis_, on the contrary, was hatched nude, without even the embryo of a pin-feather.
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Hence, in the wanton destruction of the robin and other insectivorous birds, the bipes implumis, the featherless biped, man, is not only exchanging the vocal orchestra which greets the rising sun for the drowny beetle's evening drone, and depriving his groves and his fields of their fairest ornament, but he is waging a treacherous warfare on his natural allies [98].
Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 02 (historical) 1874
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Absolute sir, and most obsolete Roman, doubtless you never had the luck to set eyes upon a turkey at Christmas; the poor bare _bipes implumis_, a forked creature, waiting to be forked supererogatively; ay, and _risibilis_ to boot, if ever all concomitants of the hearty old festival were properly provocative of decent mirth.
The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper Martin Farquhar Tupper 1849
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Absolute sir, and most obsolete Roman, doubtless you never had the luck to set eyes upon a turkey at Christmas; the poor bare _bipes implumis_, a forked creature, waiting to be forked supererogatively; ay, and _risibilis_ to boot, if ever all concomitants of the hearty old festival were properly provocative of decent mirth.
An Author's Mind : The Book of Title-pages Martin Farquhar Tupper 1849
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Hence, in the wanton destruction of the robin and other insectivorous birds, the bipes implumis, the featherless biped, man, is not only exchanging the vocal orchestra which greets the rising sun for the drowny beetle's evening drone, and depriving his groves and his fields of their fairest ornament, but he is waging a treacherous warfare on his natural allies.
The Earth as Modified by Human Action George P. Marsh 1841
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That man is, 'animal bipes, implume, risibile', I entirely agree; but for the 'rationale', I can only allow it him 'in actu primo' (to talk logic) and seldom in 'actu secundo'.
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1749 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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That man is, 'animal bipes, implume, risibile', I entirely agree; but for the 'rationale', I can only allow it him 'in actu primo' (to talk logic) and seldom in 'actu secundo'.
Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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‘bipes implume,’ and put the reins of government into his hands.
The Statesman 2006
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