Crossword-Solution: NOCTUA
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| NOCTUA | anagram | ANTUCO, TOUCAN, UNCOAT |
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| type of moth | 11 answers |
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Form of quartz with coloured bands
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Hint 1 meaning
A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting
various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged
in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.
Hint 2 anagram
GATEA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with NOCTUA (5)
The caterpillars of the Noctua gamma, in 1735, infected the whole of France, and devoured the productions of the kitchen gardens.
One of the most common birds is the little Earth Owl (_Noctua urucurea_, Less.), which is met with in nearly all the old ruins scattered along the coast.
The owl (_Noctua_, _Scops_, _Strix_), and the goat-milker (_Caprimulgus_, _Hydropsalis_, _Chordiles_), fly with softly flapping wings to their hunting quarters to surprise their victims while asleep.
The celebrated owl of Athena (_Athene noctua_) is becoming rare at Athens, but still haunts the Acropolis and the royal garden; it is a small species, found everywhere in Greece.
The _Noctua psi_, a little gray night-flying moth, is luminous, as also are some kinds of caterpillars; and the cricket and "daddy long-legs" have the same property attributed to them by some naturalists.