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Posted By: wwh cladoptosis - 12/12/02 03:58 PM
cladoptosis, annual shedding of twigs and branches. cladose, branching;
branched

Posted By: wwh Re: circa - 12/12/02 04:01 PM
Oftten used in AWADtalk, but never defined. For those who did not take Latin:
circa
prep.
5L6 about: used before an approximate date or figure !circa 1650"


Posted By: wwh Re: circumspect - 12/12/02 04:04 PM
Used several times here but not previously defined:
circumspect
adj.
5ME < L circumspectus, pp. of circumspicere, to look about: see CIRCUM3 & SPY6careful to consider all related circumstances before acting, judging, or deciding; cautious; careful

—SYN CAREFUL
cir#cum[spec4tion


Posted By: wwh Re: cisco - 12/12/02 04:06 PM
cisco
n.,
pl. 3co, 3coes, or 3cos 5< CdnFr ciscovette < Algonquian6 any of various trouts (esp. genus Coregonus) found in the colder lakes of the NE U.S. and of Canada


Posted By: wwh Re: Cimmerian - 12/12/02 04:09 PM
The land of the Cimmerians lay on the edge of Hades. It is a land of perpetual dusk. There
the spirits of the dead wait for the ferry of Charon (CARE on) to take them to the Underworld.


Posted By: dxb Re: Cimmerian - 12/12/02 05:23 PM
Cimmeria - wasn't that the homeland of Conan the Barbarian?

Posted By: Bingley Re: cladoptosis - 12/13/02 04:33 AM
related to cladistics, a system of biological classification, the details of which I forget.

Bingley
Posted By: wwh Re: cladoptosis - 12/13/02 02:22 PM
Cladaptosis could mean trees unclad of summer clothing to hibernate.

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