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Redia
- - A kind of larva, or nurse, which is prroduced within the sporocyst of certain trematodes by asexual generation. It in turn produces, in the same way, either another generation of rediae, or else cercariae within its own body. Called also proscolex, and nurse. See Illustration in Appendix.
Regma
- - A kind of dry fruit, consisting of three or more cells, each which at length breaks open at the inner angle.
Retia
- noun - a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels
RHODA
- unknown - a female given name, originating in both Greek and Latin. Its primary meaning is "rose" but it can also mean "from Rhodes", the Greek island originally named for its roses.
Riata
- noun - a long noosed rope used to catch animals
Rioja
- noun - dry red table wine from the Rioja region of northern Spain
Rissa
- noun - a genus of Laridae
Rocoa
- - The orange-colored pulp covering the seeds of the tropical plant Bixa Orellana, from which annotto is prepared. See Annoto.
Ruana
- unknown - woollen garment like a poncho