G. TOUCHARD-LAFOSSE
\d͡ʒˈiː], \dʒˈiː], \dʒ_ˈiː]\
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A French novelist and miscellaneous writer; born at La Chatre, 1780; died at Paris, 1847. Among his very numerous writings are: "Political Puppets" (5 vols., 1829); "Chronicles of the OEil-de-Boeuf" (8 vols., 1829-33), a collection of scandalous anecdotes; "Jean Angot: A Story of the 16th Century" (2 vols., 1835); "Chronicles of the Opera" (2 vols., 1854); "Recollections of Half a Century" (6 vols).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.
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