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Port Jackson (iou) and Tortrix (medicine)


Port Jackson (iou)



Port Jackson noun. L18.
[The harbour of Sydney, Australia.]
Used attrib. in the names of plants and animals native to SE Australia.
Port Jackson fig a small fig, Ficus rubiginosa, with inedible fruits. Port Jackson pine a cypress pine, Callitris rhomboidea, with pendulous branches. Port Jackson shark a small bullhead shark of the genus Heterodontus, esp. H. portusjacksoni, which is light brown with black markings. Port Jackson willow S. Afr. a large yellow-flowered leguminous shrub, Acacia cyanophylla, introduced into S. Africa from Australia and now naturalized.

Tortrix (medicine)


tortrix


1. <zoology> Any one of numerous species of small moths of the family Tortricidae, the larvae of which usually roll up the leaves of plants on which they live; also called leaf roller.

2. <zoology> A genus of tropical short-tailed snakes, which are not venomous. One species (Tortrix scytalae) is handsomely banded with black, and is sometimes worn alive by the natives of Brazil for a necklace.

Origin: NL, fr. L. Torquere, tortum, to twist.

Source: Websters Dictionary