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Flicker \Flick"er\, n.
1. The act of wavering or of fluttering; fluctuation; sudden
and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of
the dying flame.
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2. (Zool.) The golden-winged woodpecker ({Colaptes aurutus});
-- so called from its spring note. Called also
{yellow-hammer}, {high-holder}, {pigeon woodpecker}, and
{yucca}.
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The cackle of the flicker among the oaks.
--Thoureau.
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Yucca \Yuc"ca\, n. (Zool.)
See {Flicker}, n., 2.
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Yucca \Yuc"ca\, n. [NL., from Yuca, its name in St. Domingo.]
(Bot.)
A genus of American liliaceous, sometimes arborescent, plants
having long, pointed, and often rigid, leaves at the top of a
more or less woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy
white blossoms.
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Note: The species with more rigid leaves (as {Yucca
aloifolia}, {Yucca Treculiana}, and {Yucca baccata})
are called {Spanish bayonet}, and one with softer
leaves ({Yucca filamentosa}) is called {bear grass},
and {Adam's needle}.
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{Yucca moth} (Zool.), a small silvery moth ({Pronuba
yuccasella}) whose larvae feed on plants of the genus
{Yucca}.
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