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Jungermannia
‖
Junˊger-man′ni-a
,p
; rop.
Noun.
pl.
Jungermanniæ
(#)
. [NL. Named after
Ludwig
, a German botanist.] Jungermann
(Bot.)
A genus of hepatic mosses, now much circumscribed, but formerly comprising most plants of the family, which is sometimes therefore called
Jungermanniaceæ
. The
jungles
of India are of bamboos, canes, and other palms, very difficult to penetrate. Balfour (Cyc. of India).
Jungle bear
(Zool.)
, the aswail or sloth bear.
– Jungle cat
(Zool.)
, the chaus.
– Jungle cock
(Zool.)
, the male of a jungle fowl.
– Jungle fowl
. (Zool.)
(a)
Any wild species of the genus
Gallus
, of which several species inhabit India and the adjacent islands; as, the fork-tailed jungle fowl
(Gallus varius
) of Java, Gallus Stanleyi
of Ceylon, and Gallus Bankiva
of India. The latter, which resembles the domestic gamecock, is supposed to be one of the original species from which the domestic fowl was derived.
(b)
An Australian grallatorial bird (
Megapodius tumulus
) which is allied to the brush turkey, and, like the latter, lays its eggs in mounds of vegetable matter, where they are hatched by the heat produced by decomposition.Definition 2024
Jungermannia
Jungermannia
See also: jungermannia
Translingual
Proper noun
Jungermannia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Jungermanniaceae – a group of liverworts.