simon pure (simonpur)

[So called in allusion to Simon Pure, a character in Mrs. Cent livre's comedy, "A Bold Stroke for a Wife," who is thwarted in his undertakings by an impostor who lays claim to his name and rights, and thus nece itates a complete identification of the "real Simon Pure" (v.1).] Genuine; authentic; true. [Colloq.] The home of the Simon - pure wild horse is on the south The Century, XXXVII. 337. ern plains. 5638 crista tell us, the crested auklet; S. pygmæus, the whiskered auklet; and S. pusillus, the least auklet. The genus was founded by Merrem in 1819; it is sometimes dismem bered into Simorhynchus proper, Ombria or Phaleris, Ty lorhamphus, and Ciceroni a. See cut under auklet.