Part 1221

<hw>Blue"back`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A trout (<spn>Salmo oquassa</spn>) inhabiting some of the lakes of Maine.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A salmon (<spn>Oncorhynchus nerka</spn>) of the Columbia River and northward.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>An American river herring (<spn>Clupea \'91stivalis</spn>), closely allied to the alewife.</def>

<h1>Bluebeard</h1> <Xpage=159>

<hw>Blue"beard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The hero of a medi\'91val French nursery legend, who, leaving home, enjoined his young wife not to open a certain room in his castle. She entered it, and found the murdered bodies of his former wives. -- Also used adjectively of a subject which it is forbidden to investigate.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>Bluebeard</b> chamber of his mind, into which no eye but his own must look. <i>Carlyle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bluebell</h1> <Xpage=159>

<hw>Blue"bell`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A plant of the genus <spn>Campanula</spn>, especially the <spn>Campanula rotundifolia</spn>, which bears blue bell-shaped flowers; the harebell.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A plant of the genus <spn>Scilla</spn> (<spn>Scilla nutans</spn>).</def>

<h1>Blueberry</h1> <Xpage=159>

<hw>Blue"berry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Blaeberry</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The berry of several species of <spn>Vaccinium</spn>, and ericaceous genus, differing from the American huckleberries in containing numerous minute seeds instead of ten nutlets. The commonest species are <spn>V. Pennsylvanicum</spn> and <spn>V. vacillans</spn>. <spn>V. corymbosum</spn> is the tall blueberry.</def>

<h1>Bluebill</h1> <Xpage=159>

<hw>Blue"bill`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A duck of the genus <spn>Fuligula</spn>. Two American species (<spn>F. marila</spn> and <spn>F. affinis</spn>) are common. See <er>Scaup duck</er>.</def>

<h1>Bluebird</h1> <Xpage=159>

<hw>Blue"bird`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small song bird (<spn>Sialia sialis</spn>), very common in the United States, and, in the north, one of the earliest to arrive in spring. The male is blue, with the breast reddish. It is related to the European robin.</def>

<cs><col>Pairy bluebird</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a brilliant Indian or East Indian bird of the genus <spn>Irena</spn>, of several species.</cd></cs>

<h1>Blue bonnet or Blue-bonnet</h1> <Xpage=159>

<hw><hw>Blue" bon`net</hw> or <hw>Blue"-bon`net</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A broad, flat Scottish cap of blue woolen, or one waring such cap; a Scotchman.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant. Same as <er>Bluebottle</er>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The European blue titmouse (<spn>Parus c\'d2ruleus</spn>); the bluecap.</def>

<h1>Blue book</h1> <Xpage=159>

<hw>Blue" book`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <p><b>1.</b> <def>A parliamentary publication, so called from its blue paper covers.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The United States official "Biennial Register."</def>

<h1>Bluebottle</h1> <Xpage=159>

<hw>Blue"bot`tle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant (<spn>Centaurea cyanus</spn>) which grows in grain fields. It receives its name from its blue bottle-shaped flowers.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large and troublesome species of blowfly (<spn>Musca vomitoria</spn>). Its body is steel blue.</def>

<h1>Bluebreast</h1> <Xpage=159>

<hw>Blue"breast`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small European bird; the blue-throated warbler.</def>

<h1>Bluecap</h1> <Xpage=159>

<hw>Blue"cap`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The bluepoll.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The blue bonnet or blue titmouse.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A Scot; a Scotchman; -- so named from wearing a blue bonnet.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>