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Caribbean Stylo, Stylosanthes hamata 'Verano': suitable for 600-1700mm annual rain; heat-loving plant; cold impairs growth.
28 additional technical notes about tropical agriculture 1996
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It is a new species, and is described by my friend Mr. W.S. Macleay, in the Appendix, under the name of Euploea hamata.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 Phillip Parker King
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Belt, while watching a column of _Eciton hamata_, placed a stone upon one of them to secure her.
The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881
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Eciton hamata does not stay more than four or five days in one place.
The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855
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Another much larger species of foraging ant (Eciton hamata) hunts sometimes in dense armies, sometimes in columns, according to the prey it may be after.
The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855
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I one day saw a column of Eciton hamata running along the foot of a nearly perpendicular tramway cutting, the side of which was about six feet high.
The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855
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The two common species of ecitons are, Eciton hamata and Eciton drepanophora, which are very similar in their habits and appearance.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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The Roman army adopted the technology for their troops in the form of the lorica hamata which was used as a primary form of armour through the Imperial period.
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Sic in gratis Sonis, Odoribus, & Coloribus, rotunda & laevia femina, in ingratis autem hamata & afpera agnofces.
T. Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex Creech, Thomas, 1659-1700. ed 1770
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Ramofa,] Alibi hamata femina di 'xit Ramofa, eadem fignificatione.
T. Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex Creech, Thomas, 1659-1700. ed 1770
mollusque commented on the word hamata
Plural of hamatum.
December 15, 2007