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Comma \Com"ma\, n. [L. comma part of a sentence, comma, Gr. ?
clause, fr. ? to cut off. Cf. {Capon}.]
1. A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of
a sentence, written or printed.
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2. (Mus.) A small interval (the difference between a major
and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners.
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{Comma bacillus} (Physiol.), a variety of bacillus shaped
like a comma, found in the intestines of patients
suffering from cholera. It is considered by some as having
a special relation to the disease; -- called also {cholera
bacillus}.
{Comma butterfly} (Zool.), an American butterfly ({Grapta
comma}), having a white comma-shaped marking on the under
side of the wings.
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Elm \Elm\, n. [AS. elm; akin to D. olm, OHG. elm, G. ulme, Icel.
almr, Dan. & Sw. alm, L. ulmus, and E. alder. Cf. {Old}.]
(Bot.)
A tree of the genus {Ulmus}, of several species, much used as
a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is
{Ulmus campestris}; the common American or white elm is {U.
Americana}; the slippery or red elm, {U. fulva}.
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{Elm beetle} (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of beetles
(esp. {Galeruca calmariensis}), which feed on the leaves
of the elm.
{Elm borer} (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of beetles of
which the larv[ae] bore into the wood or under the bark of
the elm (esp. {Saperda tridentata}).
{Elm butterfly} (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of
butterflies, which, in the caterpillar state, feed on the
leaves of the elm (esp. {Vanessa antiopa} and {Grapta
comma}). See {Comma butterfly}, under {Comma}.
{Elm moth} (Zo["o]l.), one of numerous species of moths of
which the larv[ae] destroy the leaves of the elm (esp.
{Eugonia subsignaria}, called elm spanworm).
{Elm sawfly} (Zo["o]l.), a large sawfly ({Cimbex Americana}).
The larva, which is white with a black dorsal stripe,
feeds on the leaves of the elm.
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