koolokamba

[Native name; the first element koolo imitated from its cry. It is repeated several times.] Zool.: Troglodytes koolo - kamba (Du Chaillu ), T. aubryi ( Gratiolet & Alix ), an anthropoid ape shot by Du Chaillu in the forests of Western Equa torial Africa. The shoulders are broad, the ears large, the arms extend below the knee; the limbs adapt it to go on all fours and to climb trees; the waist is as broad and thick as the chest; the breast bone is protuberant; the belly is very large and the stomach large. It feeds on vegetables. It has affinities to the gorilla, the chimpanzee, and the nschiego. kôo-lum-bee, s. [Mahratta.) Another name for the Koonbee caste (q. v.). kôon-bēe, kûn-bi, s. [Mahratta.) The agri a few years the nut has pa ed the narrow function of delectating barbaric aborigines into an extensive service of civilized man. An analysis of it shows that it contains nearly all the constituents of coffee, tea, and cocoa, and other constituents not po e ed by them. It has a larger proportion of caffeine than coffee or (except in rare instances) tea, and more theobromine than cocoa. But though the chemists can get at the elements of kola, a full explanation of its hidden potency has eluded them. Kō-lā-ri-ăn, s . & a . A. As subst.: One of a race of aboriginal inhabit ants of Hindu stan. B. As adj .: Pertaining to the Kolarians. koi-18-phāne, s. [Gr. kolla glue, and phaino mai to appear. Named by Sandberger.] Min.: A mineral resembling gymnite, found with guano in the island of Sombrero. Composition: A tribasic phosphate of lime mixed with some calcite; specific gravity, 270; hardne , 5. kõl-lý-rite, s. [COLLYRITE.] kõl-õph-on-ite, s. [COLOPHONITE.] kō-mis-dar, kā-ma-is-dar, subst . [Mahratta kamavisdar .] A district collector of revenue; a manager or renter of a province. ( East Indies .) kõn'-a-rite, s . [CONARITE.) kon-dro-ar-sen-it, s . [CHONDRARSENITE.] kōngs-berg-ite, s. [Named by Pisani after the place where found, Kongsberg, Norway; suff. -ite ( Min .).] Mineralogy: An amalgam of silver and mercury. Composition: Silver, 95'10; mercury, 4.90; formula, Mahratta country in Western and Central India. Koôrd, s. [KURD.] Koôrd -ish, a . [KURDISH.] Koô-ril-I-an, a. [KURILIAN.] kôor'-sēe, kûr-sî, s. [Arab, .] Mohammedanism: The seventh heaven, supposed to be crystalline, and to constitute the judgment seat of God.