EUGENE LEMOINE DIDIER
\jˈuːd͡ʒiːn lˈɛmɔ͡ɪn dˈa͡ɪdɪə], \jˈuːdʒiːn lˈɛmɔɪn dˈaɪdɪə], \j_ˈuː_dʒ_iː_n l_ˈɛ_m_ɔɪ_n d_ˈaɪ_d_ɪ__ə]\
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An American prose-writer; born in Baltimore, Md., Dec. 22, 1838. Many of his writings have appeared over the signatures "Lemoine" and "Timon". He published the "Life of Edgar A. Poe" (1876); "Life and Letters of Madame Bonaparte" (1879), republished in London and translated into French and Italian; and a "Primer of Criticism" (1883).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.