COUCH, DARIUS N.
\kˈa͡ʊt͡ʃ], \kˈaʊtʃ], \k_ˈaʊ_tʃ]\
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General, born in South East, N. Y., in 1822. He was graduated at the U. S. Military Academy, and served against the Seminoles in 1849-50. During the Civil War he served as colonel and brigadier-general, and commanded the Second Army Corps at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. He was quartermaster-general of Connecticut in 1877-78, and adjutant-general in 1883-84.
By John Franklin Jameson
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.
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