Tahaleb | n. [ From the native name. ] (Zool.) A fox (Vulpes Niloticus) of Northern Africa. [ 1913 Webster ] |
thales | (n) a presocratic Greek philosopher and astronomer (who predicted an eclipse in 585 BC) who was said by Aristotle to be the founder of physical science; he held that all things originated in water (624-546 BC), Syn. Thales of Miletus |