Amurn.
Used attrib. to designate plants and animals native to or originating from the Amur region, as Amur maple n. a small maple, Acer ginnala, with creamy-white flowers and scarlet autumnal foliage, much cultivated as an ornamental shrub. Amur pike n. a pike, Esox reicherti, which has a silvery body with numerous black spots and is a food fish in the Amur basin. Amur tiger n. the Siberian tiger.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > maples > [noun]
maple treeOE
maplec1385
plane tree1562
great maple1597
sycamore-tree1597
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sugar-tree1705
sugar maple1731
red maple1767
scarlet maple1768
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silk wood1775
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mountain maple1785
box elder1787
acer1793
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Montpellier maple1797
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soft maple1806
sugar-wood1809
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low maple1813
maple bush1821
Neapolitan maple1833
snake-bark1838
moose-maple1839
sap-tree1843
Manitoba maple1887
Japanese maple1898
curly maple1909
Queensland maple1915
paperbark maple1927
Amur maple1934
the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Esocidae (pikes) > [noun] > esox reicherti
Amur pike1934
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > genus Panthera > panthera tigris (tiger) > varieties of
royal tiger1768
Sumatran tiger1815
royal Bengal1871
Siberian tiger1895
Manchurian tiger1899
Amur tiger1964
1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Amur maple.
1962 O. Ronen tr. Berg Freshwater Fishes U.S.S.R. & Adjacent Countries I. 492 (heading) Esox reicherti Dybowski.—Amur pike.
1964 Biol. Abstr. 45 8085/2 The Amur tiger inhabits Manchurian type forests.
1981 Northeast Woods & Waters Jan. 6/2 This is the only lake in the country where an angler can take the Amur Pike, a transplant from Russia and a river of the same name.
1988 New Scientist 1 Sept. 69/1 These 68 zoos had 207 Amur tigers between them, including 94 males and 113 females.
1988 Guinness Bk. Records 1989 24/3 The largest member of the cat family (Felidae) is the protected long-furred Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), also called the Amur or Manchurian tiger.
1992 Harrowsmith Aug. 70/3 Not all maples are huge, and for compact gardens, the Amur maple (Acer ginnala) is a rewarding choice.
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