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[ The title of Don , which had not then been degenerated into an appellation of mere courtesy. Pre scott , Ferd, and Isa., xvi. IMG:content-3031.png:[blocks in formation] serves to be presented or presented with, nare, present: see donate.] Capable of being donated or given. Bailey, 1727. [Rare or obDonacia (dō-nā'si-a), n. [NL. (Fabric i us, 1775), solete.] not margined. They are small species, mostly of metallic colors, and covered with water-proof hairs. The larvæ feed on the roots and stems of water-plants and algæ. It is a wide-spread genus, of over 100 species, 25 of which inhabit the United States. Donacidal (do-nas i-de), n. pl. [NL., Do пах ( Donac- ) + -ida.] A family of bivalve mollusks, taking name from the genus Donax. They are closely related to the Tell in ide, and by many referred to same family. They differ in the form shell, which is wedge-shaped, with the front produced and rounded, and the posterior short and very oblique. Over 100 species are known. the