velox

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Our specimen of the Sharp-shinned Hawk is referred to velox on the basis of the reddish, maculated breast, sides, and thighs.

From Birds from Coahuila, Mexico by Urban, Emil K.

Gratia ter grata est velox, sin forte moretur,   Gratia vix restat nomine digna suo.

From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Johnson, Samuel

Tu, quamcunque tibi velox indulserit annus,   Carpe diem; fugit, heu, non revocanda dies!

From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Johnson, Samuel

Sit ipse Adam bene instructus quando respondere debeat, ne ad respondendum nimis sit velox aut nimis tardus, nec solum ipse, sed omnes persone sint.

From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jusserand, Jean Jules

P. campan. umb. soon exp. and sulcate, yellowish grey, umbo yellowish, scurfy; g. adnate; s. white, woolly, thickened and floccose below; sp. 6-8 � 3. velox, Godey.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George