'Turdus Pallasii' definitions:

Definition of 'Turdus Pallasii'

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  • Hermit \Her"mit\, n. [OE. ermite, eremite, heremit, heremite, F. hermite, ermite, L. eremita, Gr. ?, fr. ? lonely, solitary. Cf. Eremite.]
  • 1. A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives. [1913 Webster]
  • He had been Duke of Savoy, and after a very glorious reign, took on him the habit of a hermit, and retired into this solitary spot. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A beadsman; one bound to pray for another. [Obs.] "We rest your hermits." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Cookery) A spiced molasses cookie, often containing chopped raisins and nuts. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • Hermit crab (Zool.), a marine decapod crustacean of the family Pagurid[ae]. The species are numerous, and belong to many genera. Called also soldier crab. The hermit crabs usually occupy the dead shells of various univalve mollusks. See Illust. of Commensal.
  • Hermit thrush (Zool.), an American thrush ({Turdus Pallasii}), with retiring habits, but having a sweet song.
  • Hermit warbler (Zool.), a California wood warbler (Dendroica occidentalis), having the head yellow, the throat black, and the back gray, with black streaks. [1913 Webster]