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Catherine II(encyclopedia)
Catherine(dictionary)
Catherine I(encyclopedia)
Catherine of Braganza(encyclopedia)
catherine wheel(dictionary)
Catherine the Great(dictionary)
Deneuve, Catherine(encyclopedia)
Catherine of Aragon(dictionary)
St Catherine Hospital(health)

unguiculate (medicine) and Catherine (iou)


unguiculate (medicine)


unguiculate
<zoology> One of the Unguiculata.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Catherine (iou)



Catherine noun. Also (less commonly) Catharine, Katherine. L16.
[Female forename, from mod. Latin Catharina, earlier Katerina repr. Greek Aikaterina, assim. to katharos pure. In sense 1 a legendary saint of Alexandria martyred on a spiked wheel.]
Catherine wheel:
a. Esp. Heraldry. The figure of a wheel with curved spikes projecting from its circumference. L16.
b. A firework which rotates in the manner of a wheel. M18.
c. Architecture. In full Catherine wheel window. A circular window with radiating spokes. E19.
d. A lateral handspring with the arms and legs extended. L19.
Catherine pear, a small and early variety of pear. E17.