uralitize (uralitiz)

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia · 1897 · p. 85
t.; pret. and pp. ural itized, ppr. uralitizing. [ uran (u'ran), n. Same as varan. IMG:content-1619.jpg:[blocks in formation] wings with a very oblique external margin, and dentate hind wings with long tails. They greatly resemble but terflies of the genus Papilio, and are sometimes called but terfly hawk-moths. They occur most commonly in tropical and subtropical America. A few species, however, have been found in Madagascar and on the east coast of Africa. The larva is cylindrical with long delicate setæ, and the pupa is inclosed within a thin cocoon. 3. In ornith., a genus of humming-birds. Fit zinger, 1863.
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