nannocharax

[Gr. nannos = a dwarf, and charaz a sea-fish, perhaps the rudd.] Ichthy.: The single genus forming the group Nan no characin a (q. v.). There are only two species, very small, from the Nile and the Gaboon. Nănteş, Năntz, s. [See def.] A kind of brandy, so called from Nantes, in France, whence it is shipped. "What a leer the villain gave me as he started the good Nantz into the salt-water!"- Scott : The Pirate , ch. xxix. năn-tō-kite, s. [From Nantoko, Chili, where found; suff. -ite ( Min .).] Min.: An interesting mineral, occurring granular or ma ive, but yielding a cubic cleavage, showing its isometric crystallization. Hardne , 2-2-5; specific gravity, 8-930; color, white to colorle ; luster, adamantine. Analysis showed a composition which corresponded to CuCl; or, copper, 64'11; chlorine, 35-89. Rapidly oxidizes on exposure to the air, being converted into atacamite (q. v.). Its oxid a. naphtha late