Definition of Thalluses

1. thallus [n] - See also: thallus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thalluses

thallium radioisotopes
thallium stress test
thalliums
thalloan
thallogen
thallogens
thalloid
thallophyte
thallophytes
thallophytic
thallotoxicosis
thallous
thallus
thalluses (current term)
thalmencephalon
thalweg
thalwege
thalwegs
thame
thamnophile
thamnophiles
thamnophilid
thamnophilids
thamyn
than
than a bygod
thana
thanadar

Literary usage of Thalluses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1834)
"But this distilled water of lettuce produces these thalluses when a little of any acid is added. And when the distilled waters of plants contain an acid ..."

2. Walden by Henry David Thoreau (1897)
"... lobed, and imbricated thalluses of some lichens ; or you are reminded of coral, of leopards' paws or birds' feet, ..."

3. Walden by Henry David Thoreau (1910)
"... lobed, and imbricated thalluses of some lichens; or you are reminded of coral, of leopards' paws or birds' feet, of brains or lungs or bowels, ..."

4. Walden; Or, Life in the Woods: Or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau (1893)
"... lobed, and imbricated thalluses of some lichens ; or you are reminded of coral, of leopards' paws or birds' feet, of brains or lungs or bowels, ..."

5. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1893)
"... lobed, and imbricated thalluses of some lichens ; or you are reminded of coral, of leopards' paws or birds' feet, of brains or lungs or bowels, ..."

6. The Popular Science Monthly (1889)
"When the thalluses are treated with alcohol, the mollusks accept them readily; and there are some, ..."

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