(n) in some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids); in former classifications often subsumed under a much broader order Orthoptera, Syn.order Dictyoptera
(n) a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791), Syn.Grigori Potemkin, Potyokin, Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, Grigori Potyokin
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Of or pertaining to the Amphictyons or their League or Council; as, an Amphictyonic town or state; the Amphictyonic body. W. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. [ L. Amphictyones, Gr. &unr_;. Prob. the word was orig. &unr_; dwellers around, neighbors. ] (Grecian Hist.) Deputies from the confederated states of ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.; pl.Amphictyonies [ Gr. &unr_;. ] (Grecian Hist.) A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to maintain the common interests of Greece. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; a net + -gen. ] (Bot.) A plant with net-veined leaves, and monocotyledonous embryos, belonging to the class Dictyogenæ, proposed by Lindley for the orders Dioscoreaceæ, Smilaceæ, Trilliaceæ, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
