Anax
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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I am indebted to this naturalist for the following facts on Hetærina, Anax, and Gomphus.
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Darwin, Charles
"Evidence from extraneous sources of connection between title of Anax andrōn and great Egyptian Empire."
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 17, 1892 by Various
In Anax junius the basal part of the abdomen in the male is a vivid ultra-marine blue, and in the female grass-green.
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Darwin, Charles
Notwithstanding such a catch—he used to vow that she was more resplendent than even Anax Imperator—he continued to take an interest in dragon-flies, until his monograph was unluckily forestalled a few years later.
From Poor Relations by MacKenzie, Compton
Allegory—I mean Anax andrōn on banks of Nile!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 17, 1892 by Various
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