Batrachotoxin
a venom, c 31 h 42 n 2 o 6 , obtained from skin secretions of colombian frogs of the genus pyllobates and used experimentally in neurology.
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insane; crazy: he’s gone bats. sports. the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball. a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis. a whip used by a jockey. the act of using a club or racket in a game. the right or turn to use a […]
- Bats in one's belfry, have
be crazy or at least very eccentric, as in sally thought her aunt’s belief in ghosts indicated she had bats in her belfry. this term in effect likens the bat’s seemingly erratic flight in the dark to ideas flying around in a person’s head. [ early 1900s ]
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noun a small tree, erythrina verspertilio, of tropical and subtropical australia with red flowers and leaves shaped like the wings of a bat
- Batt
a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers. battalion. battery. historical examples but how offended he is, when batt cannot at once comply with his imperious demands. erasmus and the age of reformation johan huizinga batt’s influence and efforts had procured him this lucky chance. erasmus and the age of reformation johan huizinga it […]
- Battailous
ready for battle; warlike. historical examples the “battailous” spirit of the west is not to be expected in a byzantine sophist. the flourishing of romance and the rise of allegory george saintsbury