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This page lists some common heraldic charges. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with List of heraldic charges. ... Heraldry is the science and art of describing coats-of-arms, also referred to as achievements or armorial bearings. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with List of heraldic charges. ...

Common charges include animals, whether land animals, fish or birds. The heraldic depictions need not, and usually do not, exactly resemble the actual creatures. Mythical creatures used in heraldry are sometimes called "monsters." Inanimate objects are also used; many of them resemble flowers and floral designs.

Categories

Supernatural or Divine beings

Angels - very frequently appear, but angelic beings of higher rank, such as cherubim and seraphim, are extremely rare. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... A cherub (Hebrew כרוב; plural cherubim, כרובים) is an angelic creature mentioned several times in the Tanakh, or Old Testament, and in the Book of Revelation. ... A seraph (Hebrew שרף, SRF; in the plural seraphim, שרפים, SRFYM) is one of a class of angels mentioned in the Old Testament (Tanakh). ...

archangel - appears in the arms of Arkhangelsk. Murmansk, Archangelsk, Dikson, Tiksi, on the Arctic Ocean The city of Arkhangelsk (Арха́нгельск, formerly in English Archangel) lies on the Northern Dvina River (Се́верная Двина́) near its exit into the White Sea in the far north of European Russia. ...

Ceres, the goddess - appears in the arms of the South-African town of that name.[1] For the first asteroid to be discovered, see 1 Ceres For the Melbourne community environment park, see the Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies CERES (Clouds and the Earths Radiant Energy System) is an on-going NASA metereological experiment in Earth orbit. ...

cherubim - a higher angel, appear in arms extremely rarely. A cherub (Hebrew כרוב; plural cherubim, כרובים) is an angelic creature mentioned several times in the Tanakh, or Old Testament, and in the Book of Revelation. ...

Christ - though the taboo is not invariably respected, British heraldry in particular, and to a greater or lesser extent the heraldry of other countries, frowns on depictions of Christ. Christ, is the English representation of the Greek word Χριστός (transliterated as Khristós), which means anointed. ...

Devil, the - (which is perhaps just a demon) takes different forms depending on whether it is being defeated by an archangel (probably St. Michael) or is a freestanding charge; in the latter case (as may be expected) it is far from popular. The Devil is the name given to a supernatural entity who, in most Western religions, is the central embodiment of evil. ... In folklore, mythology, and religion, a demon or demoness is a supernatural being that is generally described as a malevolent spirit, but is also depicted as a force that may be conjured and insecurely controlled. ... Archangel can mean several things: 1. ... Guido Renis archangel Michael (in the Capuchin church of Sta. ...

Geryon - his head appears in the arms of Trivulzi. In Greek mythology, Geryon (aka Geyron), son of Chrysaor and Echidna, was a winged giant made from three entire human bodies conjoined at the waist. ...

God - though the taboo is not invariably respected, British heraldry in particular, and to a greater or lesser extent the heraldry of other countries, frowns on depictions of God. The term God (capitalized in English language as a proper noun) is often used to refer to a Supreme Being. ...

Hercules - appears a number of times in Continental arms Hercules and Cacus, by Baccio Bandinelli, 1525 - 1534. ...

Madonna and Child - appear not-uncommonly in Continental arms. In Jörg Breu the Youngers painting, the Madonna and Child fix the spectator with a gaze that invites the pious to contemplation and prayer The Madonna and Child is one of the central icons of Christianity. ...

Minerva - her head appears in the arms of the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions.[2] Minerva was a Roman goddess of crafts and wisdom. ...

Mithras - appears on the arms of Hajdina, Slovenia.[3] Mithra and the Bull: fresco from Dura Europos late 2nd–early 3rd century Mithras was the central savior god of Mithraism, a syncretic Hellenistic mystery religion of male initiates that developed in the Eastern Mediterranean in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC and was practiced in the Roman Empire from...

seraphim - a higher angel, appear in arms extremely rarely. A seraph (Hebrew שרף, SRF; in the plural seraphim, שרפים, SRFYM) is one of a class of angels mentioned in the Old Testament (Tanakh). ...

St. John the Apostle - those of Pinggau, Steiermark, Austria show "the Virgin, St. John the Apostle and St. Mary Magdalene lamenting the body of Christ taken down from the Cross".[4]

St. Mary, the Ascention of - the Ascension of St. Mary is shown on the arms of Breil, Graubünden, Switzerland, [5].

St. Mary Magdalene - those of Pinggau, Steiermark, Austria show "the Virgin, St. John the Apostle and St. Mary Magdalene lamenting the body of Christ taken down from the Cross".[6]

Venus - appears in the arms of Zianno di Fiemme, Italy.[7] Taras is shown in the arms of Taranto. Venus is the Roman goddess of love, equivalent to Greek Aphrodite and Etruscan Turan. ... In Greek mythology, Taras (Τάρας) is the name of the son of Poseidon and of the nymph Satyrion. ... Map of Italy showing Taranto in the bottom right Taranto is a coastal city in Apulia, southern Italy. ...

Virgin, the - those of Pinggau, Steiermark, Austria show "the Virgin, St. John the Apostle and St. Mary Magdalene lamenting the body of Christ taken down from the Cross".[8]

Humans

Humans may be employed as charges, usually as heads rather than as whole individuals. (Almost without exception, and particularly in Europe, the "default" human is depicted as one of European ancestry.) "Humans" so blazoned are rare, though there are some examples,[9] and the arms of di Petris-Fragianni shows a two-headed figure with one head a man's and one head a woman's. There are also some examples of a man, not more fully described. Generally speaking, there is only one type of woman (young, beautiful and blonde, with disheveled hair, though Elzanowski et Elzanowski-Sepiathere bore a brunette [with an eagle's beak in place of a nose], and there are occasional instances of her hair being braided, and appearing more often as a bust than head; though Apfaltrer d'Apfaltrera bore a Moorish woman and the upper body of a Xhosa woman appears in the arms of Lingelethu[10]). (The maiden or virgin overlaps with the woman to a large degree.) However, there are a number of frequently-occurring types of men, including the Moor (inaccurately shown as being African, although James Parker states that an "African" appears in the arms of Routell,[11] and a nègre [Negro] appears in the arms of Braunjohan[12]), Saracen, Turk, Englishman, Saxon and Welshman. An Aboriginal head appears in the arms of the city of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.[13] For other uses of the word head, see head (disambiguation). ... Image of a woman on the Pioneer plaque sent to outer space. ... One of the worlds most famous blondes Marilyn Monroe, who was in fact a natural brunette Blond (feminine, blonde) is a hair colour found in certain mammals characterised by low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin and higher levels of the pale pigment phæomelanin, in common with red or... Brunette is the feminine of French brunet, which is a diminutive of brun, brune, meaning brown or dark-haired, ultimately from Latin BRVNVS (brown). ... Eagle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Step by step creation of a basic braid using three strings To braid is to interweave or twine three or more separate strands of one or more materials in a diagonally overlapping pattern. ... The Xhosa people are a people with Bantu origins living in South Africa. ... A maiden may refer to: A female virgin. ... For the terrain type, see: Heath (habitat). ... Negro means black in both Spanish and Portuguese languages, being derived from the Latin word niger of the same meaning. ... Negro means black in both Spanish and Portuguese languages, being derived from the Latin word niger of the same meaning. ... The term Saracen comes from Greek sarakenoi. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Official language None; English is de facto Capital London Capitals coordinates 51° 30 N, 0° 10 W Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831... The Saxon people or Saxons were a large and powerful Germanic people located in what is now northwestern Germany and a small section of the eastern Netherlands. ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ...

There are rare occurrences of the child, both the head and entire, and the arms of Frans Bernhard Staal specify a male child.[14] A young girl appears in the arms of Boul.[15] young girl A girl is a female human child, as contrasted to a male child, which is a boy. ...

There are a number of appearances of the infant, and the arms of Auvity show three newborns' heads. An African mother and baby appear in the arms of the Order of Ethiopia.[16] A human infant. ... A human infant The word Infant derives from the Latin in-fans, meaning unable to speak. ...

The bust of a Jew appears in the arms of Jud de Bruckberg.

The Indian very occasionally appears in heraldry, as in the arms of Massachusetts (Sapphire an Indian dressed in his shirt and moccasins, belted proper. In his right hand a bow topaz; in his left, an arrow, its point towards the base. On the dexter side of the Indian's head a star, pearl, for one of the United States of America), though far more often as a supporter than a charge. (A similar figure is described as an "American" in the arms of Leonhardi.) A Taíno Indian appears on the arms of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico. State nickname: Bay State Other U.S. States Capital Boston Largest city Boston Governor Mitt Romney (R) Official languages English Area 27,360 km² (44th)  - Land 20,317 km²  - Water 7,043 km² (25. ... The Taíno are pre-Colombian indigenous Amerindian inhabitants of the Greater Antilles islands, which include Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Puerto Rico, Jamaica and the Bahamas. ...

Patrick McG. Stoker's crest is a Druid. In Celtic Polytheism, the word Druid denotes the priestly class in ancient Celtic societies which existed through much of Western Europe north of the Alps and in the British Isles. ...

Giants appear in the arms of Agrigento, Italy. For other meanings of the word giant, see Giant (disambiguation) Giants are humanoid creatures of prodigious size and strength, a type of legendary monster that appear in the tales of many different races and cultures. ...

A naked man occurs in the arms of Dalyell, and there are a number of examples of naked women.

Though men and women of different types and professions other than knights (described as Templars in the arms of Merlevenez, Morbihan, France); and monks, nuns and the like; while being very commonly used as supporters, are rare on the shield, a blacksmith appears in the arms of the Portuguese Município of Ferreira do Alentejo, a coal miner in the arms of Jaworzno, Poland, and a zinc miner on the arms of Altenberg, Sachsen, Germany. A farmer appears in the arms of Baardegem, Oost Vlaanderen, Belgium (now incorporated into Aalst). The woman on the arms of Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, scatters corn into thirteen furrows. A profession is a specialized work function within society, generally performed by a professional. ... A silver statue of an armoured knight, created as a trophy in 1850 For the chess piece, see knight (chess). ... The Seal of the Knights — the two riders have been interpreted as a sign of poverty or the duality of monk/soldier. ... A Roman Catholic monk A monk is a person who practices monasticism, adopting a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle, usually in community with others following the same path. ... In general, a nun is a female ascetic who chooses to voluntarily leave the world and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent. ... In heraldry, supporters are figures placed on either side of the shield and depicted holding it up. ... Blacksmith Blacksmith at work Blacksmith at work Blacksmiths fire Hot metal work from a blacksmith A blacksmith is an artisan specializing in the hand-wrought manufacture of metal objects, such as wrought iron gates, grills, railings, light fixtures, furniture, sculpture, weapons, decorative and religious items, cooking utensils and tools. ... Coat of Arms Ferreira do Alentejo is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 647. ... Wyoming coal mine Coal mining is the mining of coal. ... General Name, Symbol, Number zinc, Zn, 30 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 12, 4, d Appearance bluish pale gray Atomic mass 65. ... Farmer spreading grasshopper bait in his alfalfa field. ...

A naked athlete appears in the arms of Manessy, and a discus thrower in those of Alexander Road High School.[17]

A man wearing judo apparel occurs in the arms of the South African Judo Union, and two judo wrestlers in the arms of M.L. Sultan Technical College.[18] Judo (Japanese: 柔道 Jūdō; literally gentle way) is a martial art, a sport and a philosophy which originated in Japan. ...

A Roman praetor occurs in the canting arms of Pretoria, South Africa.[19] // Definition According to Cicero, Praetor was a title which designated the consuls as the leaders of the armies of the state. ...

There are frequent appearances of allegorical figures, such as "Hope" in the former arms of South Africa,[20] and the arms of Winchester, Virginia, USA, mimicing the Virginian flag, contains Virtus, the genius of the Commonwealth, dressed as an Amazon and Tyranny represented by the prostrate body of a man. Winchester is a city located in the state of Virginia. ...

In British heraldry it is highly unusual for there to be a depiction of a particular named individual on the shield, though abroad particular saints are the named individuals most often appearing. It may be necessary to know the attributes of saints to be able to accurately blazon the coat. John the Baptist usually occurs as a head on a plate. In general, the term Saint refers to someone who is exceptionally virtuous and holy. ... John the Baptist (also called John the Baptizer) is regarded as a prophet by at least three religions: Christianity, Islam, and Mandaeanism. ... Plate has several meanings: A plate electrode in a vacuum tube. ...

The head of Charlemagne appears in profile in the arms of the Münstertal District in Graubünden canton, Switzerland. Charlemagne is also the name of a column in The Economist on European affairs Charlemagne (c. ...

Martin Krpan, a character created by Slovenian writer Fran Levstik, appears on the arms of Pivka.[21] Fran Levstik (1831-1887) Fran Levstik, Slovenian poet, playwright, critic and linguist. ...

A "[representation] in the Australian Aboriginal manner of an Arnhem Land rock painting of a woman with stylised internal anatomy" is the central charge in the arms of the Northern Territory of Australia, while the new arms of South Africa are blazoned "Or, representations of two San human figures of red ochre, statant respectant, the hands of the innermost arms clasped, with upper arm, inner wrist, waist and knee bands Argent, and a narrow border of red ochre".[22] Motto: None Nickname: ? Other Australian states and territories Capital Darwin Government Administrator Chief Minister Const. ...

A dead woman appears in the arms of Moura, Portugal.[23]

Humans are standing and affronty unless otherwise stated, though there are occasional examples of people kneeling.

Parts of human bodies, in addition to the head, that occur include the arm, eye (rarely accompanied by eyebrows), hand, leg and skull. Shin bones appeared in the arms of Sir Isaac Newton. Teeth appear in the arms of Zahn. If possible to determine the difference, the "default" is supposed to be a man's, though a woman's arm occurs in the arms of Beyer de Boppard. ARM may stand for: Most likely: ARM Ltd (originally Advanced RISC Machines) ARM architecture CPU design or one of its derivatives developed by ARM Ltd (originally called The Acorn RISC Machine) Adjustable rate mortgage Annotated Reference Manual (C++) Artificial rupture of membranes (see amniotic sac) the ISO 3166-1 3... An eye is an organ that detects light. ... Eyebrows, as marked by the red line The eyebrow is a bony ridge above the eye, found in humans and other primates. ... A human hand typically has four fingers and a thumb The hand (med. ... In an extended sense, a leg is any part of an object that supports it off the ground. ... For symbolic or mythic uses of the human skull, see Skull (symbolism) A Hippopotamuss skull A skull, or cranium, is a bony structure of vertebrates which serves as the general framework for a head. ... Sir Isaac Newton in Knellers portrait of 1689. ... Types of teeth Molars are used for grinding up foods Carnassials are used for slicing food. ...

The heart always appears like the heart in a deck of cards rather than a natural human heart. The heart and lungs (from an older edition of Grays Anatomy) The heart (Latin cor) is a hollow, muscular organ that pumps blood through the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions. ...

A "dug", a woman's breast "distilling drops of milk", famously appears in the arms of the Dodge family, and appeared for a time on the badge of cars made by the Dodge Automotive company. [24] [25] A pair of female breasts The term breast can refer to the upper ventral region of the human torso. ... A glass of cows milk Milk most often means the nutrient fluid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals. ... Dodge is a brand name of automobiles and light- to heavy-duty trucks, marketed by the Chrysler Corporation from 1928 to the present. ...

There are some Continental appearances of the beard, and moustaches appear in the arms of Barban, Istria County, Croatia.[26] A full beard A beard is the hair that grows on a mans chin, cheeks, neck, and the area above the upper lip (the opposite is a clean-shaven face). ... A moustache (sometimes spelled mustache in the United States) is an outgrowth of hair above the upper lip. ...

The Urological Association of South Africa's arms contain kidneys with their ducts. Kidneys viewed from behind with spine removed The kidneys are bean-shaped excretory organs in vertebrates. ...

The Neapolitan family of Coglione bore per fess argent and gules, three pairs of testicles counterchanged.[27] Human male anatomy The testicles, known medically as testes (singular testis), are the male generative glands in animals. ...

Animals

With the exception of the griffin, beasts in heraldry are male unless otherwise specified. Roman griffon, Turkey The griffin (also spelt gryphon, griffon or gryphin) is a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head of an eagle with the addition of prominent ears. ...

The most common beast used in heraldry is perhaps the lion. Other common beasts include the tiger (if not otherwise described depicted in a typically heraldic, rather than the natural, form -- the arms of the Jewish Autonomous Region show a "tiger of Ussouri"), leopard (which may be used to describe the lion "passant guardant" rather than the natural leopard), ounce (snow leopard), wolf (and the she-wolf in the arms of Cormaranche en Bugey Ain, France), fox (occasionally including the arctic fox), dog, bat (sometimes called "reremouse"), beaver (often depicted as quite unlike the natural animal), stag (though quite a few other types of animals in the deer family also occur, such as the hind (doe), roebuck and reindeer; caribou heads appear in the arms of MacPherson[28]), antelope, horse, lamb, sheep (the "fat-tailed sheep" is distinguished in the arms of Canvey Island Urban District Council), ram, cow, bull, calf, ox, goat, squirrel, serpent (almost invariably used to mean "snake," though in French heraldry the "couleuvre" or Grass Snake is distinguished; there are also instances of winged serpents), snail (rarely called "house snail") and ape and (much less often) monkey. The rhinoceros appears in the arms of Tapps-Gervis.[29] The hippopotamus, perhaps surprisingly, is mentioned as appearing by very early writers on heraldry. Tigers (Panthera tigris) are mammals of the Felidae family and one of four big cats in the Panthera genus. ... The Jewish Autonomous Oblast (Евре́йская автоно́мная о́бласть - Yevreyskaya avtonomnaya oblast; formerly Jewish Autonomous Republic) is situated in the Far Eastern federal district of Russia, bordering China. ... Binomial name Panthera pardus (Linnaeus, 1758) Leopards (Panthera pardus) are one of the four big cats of the genus Panthera. ... The ounce is the name for a number of different units of mass (oz), and also of two units of fluid volume (fl oz) and of one unit of force, the ounce-force (ozf). ... Binomial name Uncia uncia (Schreber, 1775) The Snow Leopard or Ounce (Uncia uncia) is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of central Asia. ... Binomial name Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758 The Grey Wolf (Canis lupus), also known colloquially as just the wolf, is a mammal of the Canidae family and the ancestor of the domestic dog. ... The foxes comprise 23 species of omnivorous canids, found worldwide. ... Binomial name Alopex lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus or Vulpes lagopus) is a small fox native to cold Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere. ... Trinomial name Canis lupus familiaris (Linnaeus, 1758) The Dog is a canine carnivorous mammal that has been domesticated for at least 14,000 years and perhaps for as long as 150,000 years based on recent evidence. ... Families Pteropodidae Emballonuridae Rhinopomatidae Craseonycteridae Rhinolophidae Nycteridae Megadermatidae Vespertilionidae Molossidae Antrozoidae Natalidae Myzopodidae Thyropteridae Furipteridae Noctilionidae Mystacinidae Mormoopidae Phyllostomidae Bats are flying mammals in the order Chiroptera with forelimbs developed as wings. ... Species C. canadensis C. fiber Beavers are semi-aquatic rodents native to North America and Europe. ... Genera About 15 in 4 subfamilies. ... The word Hind can refer to: A female deer, usually the red deer. ... Doe is the term used for the females of various species of animal, including: some species of deer rabbits In job and classified ads, DOE is an acronym for Depending On Experience and usually indicated in pay rates. ... Roe Deer Categories: Stub | Deer ... Binomial name Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus, 1758) The reindeer, known as caribou in North America, is an Arctic-dwelling deer (Rangifer tarandus). ... Binomial name Rangifer tarandus The reindeer, known as caribou in North America, is an Arctic-dwelling deer (Rangifer tarandus). ... Genera Aepyceros Alcelaphus Antidorcas Antilope Cephalophus Connochaetes Damaliscus Gazella Hippotragus Kobus Madoqua Neotragus Oreotragus Oryx Ourebia Pantholops Procapra Sylvicapra Taurotragus Tragelaphus and others The antelope are a group of herbivorous African animals of the family Bovidae, distinguished by a pair of hollow horns on their heads. ... Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The Horse (Equus caballus) is a sizeable ungulate mammal, one of the seven modern species of the genus Equus. ... A lamb being bottle fed Lamb A lamb is a young sheep. ... Binomial name Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 A sheep is any of several woolly ruminant quadrupeds, but most commonly the Domestic Sheep (Ovis aries), which probably descends from the wild moufflon of south-central and south-west Asia. ... Binomial name Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 A sheep is any of several woolly ruminant quadrupeds, but most commonly the Domestic Sheep (Ovis aries), which probably descends from the wild moufflon of south-central and south-west Asia. ... Look up Cow in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Cow may refer to: Female cattle, other bovines, or other large mammals including elephants and whales. ... A bull is a male of various animal species, including: cattle elephant whale In English, bull is usually spoken to refer specifically to male cattle, with terms such as bull elephant disambiguating the term for other species. ... Categories: Animal stubs ... Binomial name Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 Cattle are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. ... Species See Species and subspecies A goat is an animal in the genus Capra, which consists of nine species: the Ibex, the West Caucasian Tur, the East Caucasian Tur, the Markhor, and the Wild Goat. ... Genera Many, see the article Sciuridae. ... Serpent is a word of Latin origin (serpens, serpentis) that is normally substituted for snake in a specifically mythic or religious context, in order to distinguish such creatures from the field of biology. ... Superfamilies and Families Henophidia Aniliidae Anomochilidae Boidae Bolyeriidae Cylindrophiidae Loxocemidae Pythonidae Tropidophiidae Uropeltidae Xenopeltidae Typhlopoidea Anomalepididae Leptotyphlopidae Typhlopidae Xenophidia Acrochordidae Atractaspididae Colubridae Elapidae Hydrophiidae Viperidae Snakes are cold blooded legless reptiles closely related to lizards, which share the order Squamata. ... Binomial name Natrix natrix Linnaeus, 1758 The Grass Snake, sometimes called the Ringed Snake or Water Snake (Natrix natrix) is a European non-venomous snake. ... Giant African Snail (Achatina fulica) The name snail applies to most members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells. ... APE may refer to: AVS Plugin Effects for the Advanced Visualization Studio computer software. ... Cynomolgus Monkey at Batu Caves, Malaysia Monkeys, Mori Sosen (1749-1821) A monkey is any member of two of the three groupings of simian primates. ... Species Ceratotherium simum Dicerorhinus sumatrensis Diceros bicornis Rhinoceros unicornis Coelodonta antiquitatis (extinct) A rhinoceros (commonly called a rhino for short) is any of five surviving species of odd-toed ungulate in the family Rhinocerotidae. ... Binomial name Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus, 1758 The Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) or Greek ίππόποταμος (river horse) is a large, plant-eating African mammal, one of only two living and three (or four) recently extinct species in the family Hippopotamidae. ...

There are occasional appearances of the ass, bison, "brock" (badger), camel, elk, ermine, marmot, "moldiwarp" (mole), moose, and the porcupine. Binomial name Equus asinus Linnaeus, 1758 The donkey or ass (Equus asinus) is a domesticated animal of the horse family, Equidae. ... The name bison refers to several large bovine mammals: American bison - Bison bison Wisent or European bison - Bison bonasus Steppe Wisent Bison priscus - extinct Frequently confused with bison: Aurochs - Bos primigenius It also refers to several other things: GNU bison is a compiler compiler similar to Yacc. ... Suborders  Mydeus  Arctonyx  Melogale  Meles  Mellivora  Taxidea Badger is the common name for any animal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: the same mammal family as the ferrets, the weasels, the otters, and several other types of carnivore. ... Species Camelus bactrianus Camelus dromedarius A camel is either of the two species of large even-toed ungulate in the genus Camelus, the Dromedary (Single hump) and the Bactrian Camel (Double hump). ... The word Elk has several possible meanings: In Europe, Elk is the animal known in North America as the Moose (Alces alces). ... The ermine (Mustela erminea) is a dark brown weasel, with a distinctive black-tipped tail. ... Species see text Marmots are members of the genus Marmota, in the rodent family Sciuridae (squirrels). ... Genera Uropsilus Desmana Galemys Talpa Mogera Parascaptor Scaptochirus Scaptonyx Scapanulus Urotrichus Neurotrichus Scalopus Parascalops Scapanus Condylura For other meanings, see Mole (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758) A female moose. ... Genera Family Erethizontidae   Coendou   Sphiggurus   Erethizon   Echinoprocta Family Hystricidae   Atherurus   Hystrix   Thecurus   Trichys The porcupine is a rodent known for its coat of sharp spines, or quills that defend it from predators. ...

The bear (including, rarely, the polar bear) frequently appears, and the arms of Perlsdorf, Steiermark, Austria contain two young bears. For other meanings, see Bear (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774 The polar bear (scientific Latin name Ursus maritimus), also known as white bear or northern bear, is a large mammal of the order Carnivora (meat eaters), family Ursidae (bears). ...

The boar occurs very frequently, but Wilnis, Utrecht, the Netherlands, shows a pig.[30] Verhamme bears Or, three hams sable. Binomial name Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 The Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) is the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig. ... Species Sus barbatus Sus bucculentus Sus cebifrons Sus celebensis Sus domesticus Sus heureni Sus philippensis Sus salvanius Sus scrofa Sus timoriensis Sus verrucosus Pigs are ungulates native to Eurasia collectively grouped under the genus Sus within the Suidae family. ... Technically, ham is the thigh and buttock of any animal that is slaughtered for meat, but the term is usually restricted to a cut of pork, the haunch of a pig or boar. ...

The cat has two forms: the "cat-a-mount," and the domestic cat, the latter called just a "cat." Only rarely is the breed described; Himalayan cats are known. A female cat appears in a handful of coats. Trinomial name Felis silvestris catus (Linnaeus, 1758) For alternative meanings see cat (disambiguation). ... Front view of a Himalayan cat Side view of a Himalayan cat The Himalayan is a breed of cat with extremely long, fluffy fur, and the points of a Siamese. ...

The eland figures in a few coats of South-African origin. Eland might refer to: Common Eland or Taurotragus oryx a savannah and plain antelope found in East and Southern Africa. ...

The elephant appears fairly frequently, and the arms of Marija Gorica, Croatia, give an apparently unique example of a "paleo-elephant".[31] Genera and Species Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana Elephas Elephas maximus Elephas recki (extinct) Stegodon (extinct) Deinotherium (extinct) Mammuthus (extinct) Elephantidae (the elephants) is a family of animals, the only family in the order Proboscidea which still exists today. ...

The kangaroo rarely occurs in arms with an Australian connexion, although quite frequently as a supporter. Species Macropus rufus Macropus giganteus Macropus fuliginosus A kangaroo is any of several large macropods (the marsupial family that also includes the wallabies, tree kangaroos, wallaroos, pademelons and the quokka: 45 species in all). ...

The mermaid occurs not infrequently. The statue of The Little Mermaid, a monument to Hans Christian Andersen, in Copenhagen harbour. ...

The pangolin appears in the arms of Mazoe, in Zimbabwe. Species Manis culionensis Manis gigantea Manis temmincki Manis tricuspis Manis tetradactyla Manis crassicaudata Manis pentadactyla Manis javanica Pangolins are mammals with large scales on their skins which can be found in parts of Africa and Asia. ...

The vicuña appears in the arms of Peru. Binomial name Vicugna vicugna (Molina, 1782) The vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) is a relative of the llama and a member of the camelid family which lives in the high Andes. ...

Van Walree bears the walrus. Binomial name Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies Walruses are large semi-aquatic mammals that live in the cold Arctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. ...

There are very rare appearances of the worm. WORM means Write Once, Read Many. ...

Rarely-occurring animals are the cougar, numbat, raccoon and wolverine. A Cougar is: an animal, the Puma a helicopter type, the Eurocopter Cougar, with the civilian counterpart called Eurocopter Super Puma an armored military vehicle, the Cougar Hardened Engineer Vehicle, HEV [1] an older woman looking for companionship from a significantly younger man. ... Binomial name Myrmecobius fasciatus Waterhouse, 1836 The Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) is an endangered small marsupial native to western and southern Australia with a number of unique features. ... Binomial name Procyon lotor (Linnaeus, 1758) The Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor), also known as the Northern Raccoon or just Raccoon or coon, is a mammal native to the Americas. ... Binomial name Gulo gulo (Linnaeus, 1758) The Wolverine (Gulo gulo) is the largest species of the Mustelidae or weasel family, and is also called the Glutton or Carcajou. ...

The lizard is almost without exception shown in generic form, but the crocodile also appears. The salamander is shown as a generic lizard surrounded by flames (in the arms of Le Clei shown as vomissant des flammes ["vomiting flames"] as well). Families Many, see text. ... Genera Crocodylus Osteolaemus Tomistoma See full taxonomy. ... Suborders Cryptobranchoidea Salamandroidea Sirenoidea Salamander is the common name applied to approximately 500 amphibian vertebrates with slender bodies, short legs, and long tails (order Caudata or Urodela). ...

"Fish" are sometimes only described as "a fish," but commonly-found types include the dolphin (though it is not, in scientific terms, fish), the eel (the Conger eel is distinguished in the arms of the Congleton Borough Council), ged (pike), burt, lucy (perch), salmon (there is at least one occurrence of an "Atlantic salmon"), roach and herring. There are occasional appearances of the trout. The swordfish appears in the arms of Snyders. The whale (again, defined as a fish though in science it is a mammal) rarely appears, and the shark is rare in the extreme. The coelacanth appears in the arms of Arcadia School in East London, South Africa.[32] Genera See article below. ... Families Suborder Anguilloidei Anguillidae (freshwater eels) Heterenchelyidae Moringuidae (worm eels) Xenocongridae (false morays) Muraenidae (moray eels) Myrocongridae Suborder Nemichthyoidei Nemichthyidae (snipe eels) Serrivomeridae (sawtooth snipe eels) Cyemidae (bobtail snipe eels) Suborder Congroidei Congridae (congers) Muraenesocidae (conger pikes) Nettastomatidae (witch eels) Nessorhamphidae (duckbilled eels) Derichthyidae (neck eels) Ophichthidae (snake eels) Macrocephenchelyidae... Conger or conger eel is a vernacular term used of a number of different species of fish, mostly eels of the family Congridae, and especially the genus Conger. ... Map sources for Congleton at grid reference SJ854628 Congleton is a town in the county of Cheshire in the north west of England, on the banks of the River Dane, and to the west of the Macclesfield Canal. ... The GED, or General Educational Development Test, is a test that certifies the taker has attained American or Canadian high school-level academic skills. ... Species  E. americanus –       grass and redfin pickerels  E. lucius – northern pike  E. masquinongy – muskellunge  E. niger – chain pickerel   – Amur pike Esox Linnaeus, 1758, is a genus of freshwater fish, the only member of the pike family (family Esocidae) of order Esociformes. ... Besides being a common first name, Burt may refer to: Burt, Michigan Burt, Iowa a type of heraldic fish This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Species Perca flavescens (Yellow perch) Perca fluviatilis (European perch) Perca schrenkii (Balkhash perch) A perch is a freshwater bony fish belonging to the family Percidae. ... The Chinook or King Salmon is the largest salmon in North America and can grow up to 58 long and 126 pounds. ... Binomial name Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar, from the Latin words Salmo meaning salmon, and salar meaning leaper) is a species of fish in the Salmonidae found in the northern Atlantic Ocean and in rivers that flow into the Atlantic. ... Binomial name Rutilus rutilus Linnaeus, 1758 The Roach (Rutilus rutilus, family Cyprinidae, plural also roach) is a small freshwater and brackish water fish native to most of Europe and western Asia. ... Family Clupeidae This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Trout is the common name given to a number of species of freshwater fishes belonging to the salmon family, Salmonidae. ... Binomial name Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) are large, highly migratory, predatory fish characterized by a long, flat bill in contrast to the smooth, round bill of the marlins. ... Whales are not the largest species of exclusively aquatic placental mammals, members of the order Cetacea, which also includes dolphins and porpoises. ... Orders Hexanchiformes Squaliformes Pristiophoriformes Squatiniformes Heterodontiformes Orectolobiformes Carcharhiniformes Lamniformes Sharks are a group (superorder Selachimorpha) of fish, with a full cartilaginous skeleton, a streamlined body plan with between 5 and 7 gill slits along the sides (most often) or side of the head (the first modified slit is behind the... Species Latimeria chalumnae Latimeria menadoensis Coelacanth (meaning hollow spine in Greek; IPA: ) is a species of fish and represents the oldest lineage of living fish known to date. ...

Fishbones appear in the arms of Bordes (des) de Chalendray.

The manatee appeared in the heraldry of the Kingdom of Haiti, and figures in the arms of Manati, Puerto Rico.[33] Species Trichechus inunguis Trichechus manatus Trichechus senegalensis Manatees (family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large aquatic mammals sometimes known as sea cows. ...

The proteus appears in a 1909 grant to Postojna, now Slovenia. In Greek mythology, Proteus is an early sea-god, one of several deities whom Homer calls the Old Man of the Sea, whose name suggests the first, as protogonos is the firstborn. No mention is made of his parents, until for later mythographers he became the son of Poseidon in... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Oft-used birds include the eagle (sometimes having two heads), falcon, raven (appearing as the Naden Raven, a symbol of the Naden River people of the Haida Indians in the arms of Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada), swan, owl, crane, stork, heron, dove, cock (appearing with two heads on the arms of Versailles), ostrich, peacock, and popinjay (parrot). (The osprey is almost invariably depicted simply as an eagle argent.) Otton de Cazeneuve bore Or, three magpies sable at Falkirk. The turkey cock was a later immigrant from the New World, as are the cardinal and North American Kingfisher. The kiwi bird occurs sometimes in coats where the grantee has some connexion to New Zealand; the kookaburra, Australia. An emu appears in the arms of Toowoomba, Australia. The phoenix also occurs (including in a Chinese type that can be seen in the arms of Adrienne Clarkson), as does the secretary bird. Sometimes appearing are the cormorant, gull or seagull and swallow; more rarely the finch. The flamingo appears, rarely, in South-African heraldry. There are apparently unique instances of the puffin and Knysna Lourie.[34] The arms of Colin Fleming include a white-tailed tropic bird. There are several types of "mutilated birds" in heraldry, including the allerion (an eagle without beak or legs) and merlette (used almost exclusively in France), a duck without beak or legs. Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Species See text Many large black birds of the genus Corvus are called ravens. ... Haida Copper Shield The Haida are the Indigenous Peoples of the west coast of North America. ... The Township of Esquimalt is a municipality at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendour without diminishment) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Area 944,735 km² (5th)  - Land 925,186 km²  - Water 19,549 km² (2. ... Genera Cygnus Coscoroba Swans are large water birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks. ... Families Strigidae Tytonidae An owl is any of some 200+ species of solitary, mainly nocturnal birds of prey in the order Strigiformes. ... Genera Grus Anthropoides Balearica Bugeranus Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds of the order Gruiformes, and family Gruidae. ... Genera Mycteria Anastomus Ciconia Ephippiorhynchus Jabiru Leptoptilos The storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long stout bills. ... Genera Ardea Zebrilus Philherodias Tigrisoma Ardeola Bubulcus Egretta Agamia Butorides Tigriornis Tigrisoma Gorsachius Syrigma Zonerodius Nycticorax see also: Bittern Heron and reeds, Haronobu Suzuki (1754-1770) Herons are medium to large long-legged, long-necked wading birds of the family Ardeidae, which also includes the egrets and bitterns. ... Genera Subfamily Columbinae Columba Nesoenas Streptopelia Macropygia Reinwardtoena Turacoena Turtur Oena Chalcophaps Henicophaps Phaps Ocyphaps Geophaps Petrophassa Geopelia Leucosarcia Zenaida Ectopistes (extinct) Columbina Claravis Metropelia Scardafella Uropelia Leptotila Geotrygon Starnoenas Caloenas Gallicolumba Trugon Microgoura (extinct?) Subfamily Otidiphabinae Otidiphaps Subfamily Gourinae Goura Subfamily Didunculinae Didunculus Subfamily Treroninae Phapitreron Treron Ptilinopus Drepanoptila... A cock is: A male chicken. ... Versailles, formerly the unofficial capital city of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important administrative and judicial center. ... Binomial name Struthio camelus Linnaeus, 1758 The Ostrich (Struthio camelus, Greek sparrow camel) is the largest living bird, reaching a height of up to 2. ... Peacock re-directs here; for alternate uses see Peacock (disambiguation). ... The tone of this article is inappropriate for an encyclopedia article. ... Binomial name Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) is a medium large raptor which is a specialist fish-eater with a worldwide distribution. ... The Battle of Falkirk was a battle of the Wars of Scottish Independence. ... Species Meleagris gallopavo Meleagris ocellata A turkey is either of two species of large birds in the gamebird family with fan-shaped tails and wattled necks. ... This bird is very gay ... Alternative meanings at Kiwi (disambiguation) Apterygidae Apteryx Species A kiwi is any of the species of small flightless birds native to New Zealand of the genus Apteryx (the only genus in family Apterygidae). ... Species Dacelo gaudichaud Dacelo leachii Dacelo novaeguineae Dacelo tyro Kookaburras are very large terrestrial kingfishers native to Australia and New Guinea. ... Species Dromaius novaehollandiae Dromaius baudinianus (extinct) Dromaius ater (extinct) Note that the acronym EMU has several meanings. ... The phoenix from the Aberdeen Bestiary. ... Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne Louise Clarkson, CC, CMM, COM, CD (born February 10, 1939) is the current Governor General of Canada. ... Binomial name Sagittarius serpentarius (Miller,JF, 1779) The Secretary Bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, is an extraordinary member of the bird of prey family. ... Genera Nannopterum Phalacrocorax Leucocarbo The Phalacrocoracidae family of birds is represented by over thirty species of cormorants and shags. ... Genera Pagophila Larus Rissa Creagus Xema Rhodostethia Seagull in flight. ... Genera Pagophila Larus Rissa Creagus Xema Rhodostethia Gulls are seabirds in the family Laridae and subfamily Lari. ... Genera Many, see text. ... Genera Many, see text Finches are seed-eating passerine birds, the many species of which are found chiefly in the northern hemisphere, but also to a limited extent in Africa and South America. ... Species Phoenicopterus roseus Phoenicopterus minor Phoenicopterus jamesi Phoenicopterus andinus Phoenicopterus chilensis Phoenicopterus ruber Flamingos (genus Phoenicopterus monotypic in family Phoenicopteridae) are gregarious wading birds, usually 3–5 feet in height, found in both the western and eastern hemispheres. ... Species Fratercula arctica Fratercula corniculata Fratercula cirrhata The puffin is an auk (or alcid) of the genus Fratercula (Latin: Little Brother - probably a reference to their black and white plumage resembling monastic robes) with a brightly colored beak in the breeding season. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Charge (heraldry). ... Subfamilies Dendrocygninae Oxyurinae Anatinae Merginae Drake Mallard Duck is the common name for a number of species in the Anatidae bird family. ...

The non-deformed duck sometimes appears, and the arms of Thomas A. Hickey contain three heads of a Redhead (Aythya americana) drake.[35] Ducklings appear in the arms of Steynsrus, South Africa.[36] Binomial name Aythya americana (Eyton, 1838) The Redhead (Aythya americana) is a medium_sized diving duck. ... The word duck was also used as slang for the WWII amphibious vehicle called a DUKW. It is also a cricketing term denoting a batsman being dismissed with a score of zero; see golden duck. ...

In addition to the generic goose, the Magellan-goose appears in the arms of Ashfield,[37] and the Canada goose occurs, almost invariably in Canada. Other uses: Goose (disambiguation) Genera Anser Branta Chen Cereopsis † see also: Swan, Duck Anatidae Goose (plural geese) is the general English name for a considerable number of birds, belonging to the family Anatidae. ... Binomial name Branta canadensis Linnaeus, 1758 The Canada Goose (Branta canadensis), colloquially Canadian Goose in North America, belongs to the Branta genus of geese, which contains species with largely black plumage, distinguishing them from the grey Anser species. ...

The egg occurs, rarely,[38] and see below for an example of duck eggs. Look up Egg in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Egg has multiple meanings: The term is used synonymously with ovum, the female sex cell in animals and plants. ...

Insects include the bee (their hives also sometimes occur, usually in the natural form, though that in the arms of Marquion, Pas de Calais, France was at least once depicted as of an artificial type), dragonfly, grasshopper, butterfly, and, rather rarely, ants and flies. (An anthill appears in the arms of Bertrand.) In heraldry the spider is considered an insect, and there are a few examples. Families Andrenidae Apidae Colletidae Halictidae Heterogynaidae Megachilidae Melittidae Oxaeidae Sphecidae Stenotritidae bee or bees, see bee (disambiguation). ... Domesticated honeybees are kept in beehives. ... Families Aeshnidae Austropetaliidae Cordulegastridae Corduliidae Gomphidae Libellulidae Neopetaliidae Petaluridae Dragonflies have multifaceted compound eyes set close together The Dragonfly (suborder Anisoptera) is an insect belonging to the Order Odonata. ... Families Superfamily: Proscopioidea Proscopiidae Superfamily: Eumastacoidea Eumastacidae Thericleidae Superfamily: Xyronotoidea Tanaoceridae Xyrotonotidae Superfamily: Pampagoidea Pamphagidae Superfamily: Pyrgomorphoidea Pyrgomorphidae Superfamily: Trigonopteryguidea Borneancrididae Trigonopterygidae Superfamily: Acridoidea Acrididae Cyrtacanthacridinae Romaleidae Superfamily: Tetrigoidea Batrachideidae Tetrigidae Superfamily: Tridactyloidea Tridactylidae Ripipterygidae Superfamily: Cylindrichaetoidea Cylindrichaetidea Unknown: Charilaidae Dericorythidae Euschmidtiidae Lathiceridae Lentulidae Lithidiidae Ommexechidae Pneumoridae Pyrgacrididae Tridactylidae Tristiridae... Families Superfamily Hesperioidea: Hesperiidae Superfamily Papilionoidea: Papilionidae Pieridae Nymphalidae Lycaenidae Riodinidae A butterfly is a flying insect of the order Lepidoptera belonging to one of the superfamilies Hesperioidea (the skippers) and Papilionoidea (all other butterflies). ... Subfamilies Formicomorph subfamilies Aneuretinae Dolichoderinae Formicinae - e. ... The Mediterranean fruit fly, or medfly, Ceratitis capitata A fly (plural flies) is any species of insect of the order Diptera, some of which can land on food and transmit bacteria to humans. ... Categories: Stub | Myrmecology ... Suborders Araneomorphae Mesothelae Mygalomorphae See the taxonomy section for families Spiders are invertebrate animals that produce silk, have eight legs and no wings. ...

Several mythical creatures are also used as charges. One of the most common is the unicorn, a one-horned horse. The dragon, another common charge, is depicted as large and reptilian, with a forked tongue, an eagle's eyes and a bat's wings. The wyvern is a creature similar to a dragon, but with only two legs. These predate the appearance of several types of Oriental dragons including the three-clawed dragon, granted in Europe and Canada for those with some connexion to China. (Another Chinese monster, the qilin, appears in the arms of Captain Benjamin Lee.[39]) The sphinx is not depicted in the familiar way, but with the head and breasts of a woman. The martlet, also common, is a bird without legs. Many of the other monsters are compound creatures. A simple example is the griffin, combining the head (but with ears), chest, wings and forelegs of the eagle with the hindquarters and legs of a lion (the male griffin lacks wings and his body is scattered with spikes); there is at least one example of the double-headed griffin. (The arms of Magdalensberg, Kärnten, Austria show a specific ancient statue of a griffin.) The hippogriff is like the griffin except that the lion parts of the griffin are replaced by those of a horse. The pegasus is a winged horse. The sea-lion is a combination of a lion and a fish. In Canada compound creatures such as the raven-bear appear. The gentle and pensive virgin has the power to tame the unicorn, in this fresco in Palazzo Farnese, Rome, probably by Domenichino, ca 1602 The unicorn is a legendary creature shaped like a horse, but slender and with a single — usually spiral — horn growing out of its forehead. ... Chinese dragon, colour engraving on wood, Japanese Chinese school, 19th Century A dragon is a mythological creature, typically depicted as a large and powerful serpent or other reptile, with magical or spiritual qualities. ... A qilin of the Qing dynasty – note the antlers, closer in style to the Japanese version (Kirin) The qilin, also spelled kylin (Chinese: 麒麟; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: chilin; Cantonese: kay-lun; Hokkien: kee lin), or kirin (from Japanese), is a mythical hooved Chinese creature that is said to appear in... The Great Sphinx of Giza, with the Pyramid of Khafre in the background. ... A martlet is a type of heraldic bird similar to the swallow, but having no feet. ... Roger and Angelique by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, painted 1819, portrays the scene from Orlando Furioso in which Roger, mounted on a hippogriff, rescues Angelique. ... Pegasus on roof of PoznaÅ„ Opera House In Greek mythology, Pegasus (Pegasos) was a winged horse that was the foal of Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and the Gorgon Medusa. ...

Parts of creatures may also be used as charges. The most frequent parts used as charges are the head, the gamb (or limb) and the paw. If the part is erased, then it is depicted with ragged edges, as if it had been ripped from the animal's body. If the part is couped, then it is depicted with a straight edge, as if it were neatly severed. The term demi (as in, for instance, demi-lion) is used to indicate that the upper half of an animal alone is to be shown. If an animal is shown in its entirety, but with the head, tail and limbs separated from the body, it is said to be dismembered. The terms applied to the head vary; if shown full-faced and without the neck showing, the heads of deer-like animals, and the bull, are termed "caboshed," and the arms of Alexander L. Purves show an application of this term to the head of the Chinese dragon.[40] Elephant tusks frequently appear, a "boar's tooth" [sic] appears in the arms of the Orange Free State Amateur Athletic Association,[41] and wolves' teeth in the arms of Zemby. Pacific Walrus at Cape Peirce A tusk is an extremely long tooth of certain mammals that protrudes when the mouth is closed. ...

If the penis of an animal is of a different tincture than the rest of his body he is stated to be pizzled or vilené of such-and-such a tincture. This page has been protected from editing to deal with vandalism. ...

The position, or attitude, of the creature's body is also described. An animal engaged in battle (shown with one hind paw on the ground and three paws in the air) is called rampant (except the griffin, for whom the term segreant must be used); one that is walking (shown with one forepaw in the air and three paws on the ground) is passant. (A rare example of passant applied to the bird is to the flamingo in the arms of the Kuisebmond Second School, Walvis Bay,[42] and the flamingo has also been blazoned as stantant.[43]) Animals with all four paws on the ground are statant (standing). The bear, apparently uniquely, can walk on its hind legs. If the animal is sitting, the term sejant is employed, and if sitting with the front paws raised in the air, sejant erect. Animals with the two hind paws on the ground and the two forepaws in the air are salient (jumping). An animal is couchant if it is laying down, and dormant if it is sleeping (with its head lowered). The term clymant is almost exclusively applied to the goat, but there are instances of its application to the unicorn[44] and pegasus.[45] A very rare term, pascuant, is applied to a quadruped when grazing. The arms of the Erasmus Family Association show a bull storming.[46] Grazing is the regular consumption of part of one organism without killing it by another organism. ...

If the penis of the animal is of a different tincture than the rest, it is said to be pizzled of such-and-such a tincture. This page has been protected from editing to deal with vandalism. ...

By default, the charge faces the left, as perceived by the viewer. The head of an animal guardant faces the viewer, and that of an animal reguardant faces the right, again as perceived by the viewer. There are several positional descriptions unique to the lion, which appears to be the only creature that can be stantant with tail extended, though other animals have been known to have their tails "erect." A "lion with a dragon's tail"[47] can be seen in the arms of Christopher Sterling Tod Mackie. The Chinese dragon in the arms of Dr. Richard Gordon Num is torqued.[48]

Entirely different terms are used for stags and other deer-like creatures. Trippant is used instead of passant, at bay instead of statant, at gaze instead of statant guardant, springing instead of salient and lodged instead of couchant.

The serpent is said to be nowed if tied in a knot. The snake is sometimes found in a circle with its tail in its mouth, which position in French heraldry sometimes makes it an ouroboros. Some knots: 1. ...

As might be expected, fish also use a different terminology. A straight horizontal fish is naiant, and an arched horizontal fish is embowed. If the fish is vertical, and its head faces upwards, it is hauriant; if its head faces downwards, the fish is uriant.

Finally, the terminology for birds is based on the position of the wings. If a bird faces the viewer, with the head turned to one side, and the wings spread apart on either side, the bird is displayed. If the bird is not shown facing the viewer, and the wings are shown spread apart, the bird is volant (flying); if the wings are shown folded, the bird is trussed, close or perched. If the bird's head faces upward, the bird is rising or rousant (about to take flight). Swans and ducks are very occasionally found naiant.[49]

Plants

Plants are extremely common in heraldry and figure among the earliest charges. (The colonial-era arms of Tlemcen, Algeria are unusual in that they contain generic "plants".) The turnip, for instance, makes an early appearance, as does wheat. Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Turnip can refer to two vegetables, which are described under the articles Turnip (brassica rapa) and Rutabaga. ... Species T. boeoticum T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta References:   ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 Wheat (Triticum spp. ...

When the fruit of a tree, branch, or the like is mentioned, as it generally will only be if it is of a different tincture, it is said to be fructed of the tincture. The arms of the French family of Fenoyer provide a perhaps unique example in which the number of "pieces" of the "fructed" is stated.

Wheat constantly occurs in the form of "garbs" or sheaves (and in fields in the arms of the province of Alberta and elsewhere), though less often as ears), though most often they are shown in stylised form. Ears of rye are depicted exactly as wheat, except the ears droop down. "Ginny wheat" (like wheat but with a fatter ear) also exists. There are very few examples of barley, maize and oats. Motto: Fortis et Liber (Strong and free) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Lieutenant Governor Norman Kwong Premier Ralph Klein (PC) Area 661,848 km² (6th)  - Land 642,317 km²  - Water 19,531 km² (2. ... Binomial name Secale cereale References: ITIS 42089 2002-09-22 Rye (Secale cereale) is a grass grown extensively as a grain and forage crop. ... Binomial name Hordeum vulgare L. Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is a major food and animal feed crop, a member of the grass family Poaceae. ... Binomial name Zea mays L. Maize (Zea mays ssp. ... Species References ITIS 41455 2002-09-22 Oats are the seeds of any of several cereal grains in the genus Avena. ...

Grass is sometimes specified to occur on the "mounts vert" (green hillocks) on which charges on the shield, or crest, sit or are placed. The mount in base with "chalk outcrops" occurs in the arms of the Chiltern District Council. In popular language grass means a short, green, ground covering or lawn, usually, but not necessarily comprised of a true grass or grasses, called turf. ... The Needles, part of the extensive Southern England Chalk Formation Chalk is a soft, white, porous form of limestone composed of the mineral calcium carbonate. ...

The artichoke appears in a very few European coats. Artichokes are three types of vegetables in the daisy family Asteraceae. ...

Cabbage appears in the arms of the French Antarctic Territory and lettuce in the arms of Lechuga. Cultivar Group Brassica oleracea Capitata Group The cabbage (Brassica oleracea Capitata Group) is an edible plant of the Family Brassicaceae (or Cruciferae). ... Binomial name Lactuca sativa L. Lettuce is a temperate annual plant most often grown as a leaf vegetable. ...

There is an apparently unique example of celery in the arms of Boussu. Binomial name Apium graveolens Linnaeus Inside of celery stalk Celery (Apium graveolens L.) is a vegetable, more specifically a biennial plant belonging to the order Umbelliferae (Apiales). ...

The elderberry is shown not as a shrub, but a flower growing from the ground. Species See text Elder or Elderberry (Sambucus) is a genus of between 5-30 species of fast-growing shrubs or small trees (two species herbaceous), formerly treated in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae, but now shown by genetic evidence to be correctly classified in the moschatel family Adoxaceae. ... A willow shrub A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m tall. ...

The fern is usually found as part of the "fern-brake" or group of ferns. Almost invariably ferns are "generic" and mature but the arms of John Leighton Williamson give an example of fiddleheads (Matteuccia Struthiopteris). Classes Marattiopsida Osmundopsida Gleicheniopsida Pteridopsida A fern, or pteridophyte, is any one of a group of some twenty thousand species of plants classified in the Division Pteridophyta, formerly known as Filicophyta. ... Fiddlehead is a name referring either to a young fern or to the top part of immature fronds that appear curled. ... Binomial name Matteuccia struthiopteris (L.) Todaro The Ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris) is a crown-forming, colony-forming fern, occuring in northern regions worldwide, and in northern/central North America. ...

The broom plant, symbol of the Platagenets, occurs occasionally; so do hops. (Hops redirects here. ...

Thorns sometimes occur (usually in the form of a crown of thorns), as does ivy and holly. Thorn - a sharp structure or growth on plants Thorn - Icelandic letter, also used in Old English: Þ, þ Thorn - municipality in the Netherlands Thorn, California - town in the United States Thorn, Mississippi - town in the United States Thorn - German name for Toruń, city in Poland Thorn - racehorse that won the... In Christianity, the Crown of Thorns, one of the instruments of the Passion, was the woven chaplet of thorn branches worn by Jesus before his crucifixion. ... Species See text Hedera (English name ivy (plural, ivies) is a genus of about 10 species of climbing or ground-creeping evergreen woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to the Atlantic Islands, Europe, North Africa and across Asia east to Japan. ... Species Ilex aquifolium - European Holly Ilex canariensis - Small-leaved Holly Ilex cassine - Dahoon Holly Ilex crenata - Japanese Holly Ilex decidua - Possumhaw Ilex dipyrena - Himalayan Holly Ilex glabra - Gallberry, inkberry Ilex latifolia - Tarajo Holly Ilex montana - Mountain Holly Ilex opaca - American Holly Ilex paraguariensis - Yerba Mate Ilex perado - Madeiran Holly Ilex...

The catail makes its appearance in the arms of the town of Arronville in France. A street in Ynysybwl, Wales, relatively stereotypical of a small town A town is usually an urban area which is not considered to rank as a city. ...

Juniper makes at least one appearance. Species 50-55 species; see text. ...

The heliotrope appears in the arms of Ennery, and hemp in the arms of Chennevières lès Louvres, both in the department of Val d'Oise; and the Bermudiana flower, and Giant Red Paintbrush all make at least one appearance. Parnassus flowers appear in the arms of Cumberland. Heliotrope (pronounced HEE–lee–oh–tr-oh-p) is a moderate, light, or brilliant violet to moderate or deep reddish purple. ... U.S. Marihuana production permit, from the film Hemp for Victory. ... Val-dOise is a French département named after the Oise River, located in the ÃŽle-de-France région. ... Cumberland is one of the 39 traditional counties of England. ...

The most famous heraldic flower is the fleur-de-lis, which is often stated to be a stylised lily, though despite the name there is considerable debate on this (the "natural" lily -- also somewhat stylised in its depiction -- also occurs, as (together with the fleur-de-lys) on the arms of Eton College; the Joseph's lily in some Irish grants[50] and the lily of the valley are also distinguished from these). The arms of Free State Province, South Africa, contain the head of an Orange River Lily.[51] The arms of Laško, Slovenia are blazoned "Azure, three Bourbonic Fleurs-de-lys Argent".[52] Heraldic roses are also (most commonly, and unless otherwise specified) shown in stylised form, as is the lotus flower. The thistle occurs constantly, as it is the symbol of Scotland. Other commonly used flower-like charges (called "foils") include the trefoil (with three petals), quatrefoil (with four petals), cinquefoil (with five petals) and sexfoil (with six petals); the double quatrefoil (with eight petals) is in England the seldom if ever seen cadency mark of the ninth son. Less frequently used flowers include the flower of the almond tree, the anemone, the carnation, the daisy, the lilac, the dogwood flower, the peony, the sunflower, the tulip and the hydrangea (as in the arms of Rueil Malmaison). Sprigs of lavender occur in the arms of the Mitcham Borough Council; cranberry flowers in the arms of Besenbüren, Aargau, Switzerland. (Tulip bulbs appear in the arms of Fressal.) The trilium flower occurs occasionally in a Canadian context, and the protea flower constantly appears in South Africa. The arms of Rybnik, Poland, contain "a floral pattern" of "a water nut."[53] Fleurs-de-lys on the flag of Quebec The fleur-de-lis (also spelled fleur-de-lys; plural fleurs-de-lis or -lys) is used in heraldry, where it is particularly associated with the France monarchy (see King of France). ... The Kings College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor, commonly known as Eton College or just Eton, is a public school (that is, an independent, fee-charging secondary school) for boys. ... Binomial name Convallaria majalis Lily of the valley is a flowering plant of the Convallaria genus. ... Capital Bloemfontein Largest city Bloemfontein Area  - Total Ranked 3rd 129,480 km² Premier Beatrice Marshoff (ANC) Population   - 2001   - 1996   - Density Ranked 8th 2,706,776 2,633,504 21/km² (2001) Languages Sotho (62%) Afrikaans (14%) isiXhosa (9. ... Species See text Thistles are perennial flowering plants of the genus Cirsium. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Main languages English Scots Scottish Gaelic Doric Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Species About 120; see text Anemone (Anemone) (from the Gr. ... Binomial name Dianthus caryophyllus L. The Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) is a flowering plant native to the Near East and has been cultivated for the last 2,000 years. ... Daisy is the common name of several different genera and species in the flowering plants family Asteraceae: Common Daisy Bellis species, particularly Bellis perennis. ... Species About 20 species; see text. ... Subgenera Cornus Benthamidia Swida The Dogwoods comprise a group of 30-50 species of deciduous woody plants (shrubs and trees) in the family Cornaceae, divided into one to nine genera or subgenera (depending on botanical interpretation). ... Species See text The peony (Paeonia) is the sole genus in the flowering plant family Paeoniaceae. ... Binomial name Helianthus annuus L. The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is an annual plant in the Family Asteraceae with a large flower head (inflorescence). ... Species See text Tulips are plants of the genus Tulipa, in the lily family, Liliaceae. ... Species See text Hydrangea (scientific name: Hydrangea, pronounced: haidréindÊ’iÉ™) is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants native to southern and eastern Asia (from Japan to China, the Himalaya and Indonesia) and North and South America. ... Species About 25-30, including: Lavandula angustifolia Lavandula canariensis Lavandula dentata Lavandula lanata Lavandula latifolia Lavandula multifida Lavandula pinnata Lavandula stoechas Lavandula viridis The lavenders Lavandula are a genus of about 25-30 species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native from the Mediterranean region south to tropical... Species Vaccinium macrocarpon Vaccinium microcarpum Vaccinium oxycoccus The cranberries are a group of evergreen dwarf shrubs in the genus Vaccinium subgenus Oxycoccus, or in some treatments, in the distinct genus Oxycoccus. ... Species See text Trilliums (also Wakerobins) are a member of the Trilliaceae or Trillium family, a part of the Liliales or Lily order. ... This article is about the plant genus. ... Coat of Arms of Rybnik Coat of Arms of the city of Rybnik in Poland features a pike against the blue background of a heraldic shield, silver (white) arranged obliquely, pointing towards the right-hand corner of the shield. ...

Among fruits apples occur very frequently, as do grapevines (with their grapes), cherries, pears (with their attendant tree) and strawberries but peaches also occur, and, infrequently, oranges, gourds and the cantaloupe. The lemon appears in the arms of Limojon, in addition to more frequent occurrences of its tree, and limes occur in the arms of Durand. Fruit stall in Barcelona, Spain. ... Binomial name Malus domestica Borkh. ... Species Vitis acerifolia Vitis aestivalis Vitis amurensis Vitis arizonica Vitis x bourquina Vitis californica Vitis x champinii Vitis cinerea Vitis x doaniana Vitis girdiana Vitis labrusca Vitis x labruscana Vitis monticola Vitis mustangensis Vitis x novae-angliae Vitis palmata Vitis riparia Vitis rotundifolia Vitis rupestris Vitis shuttleworthii Vitis tiliifolia Vitis... Species Several, including: Prunus apetala Prunus avium Prunus campanulata Prunus canescens Prunus cerasus Prunus concinna Prunus conradinae Prunus dielsiana Prunus emarginata Prunus fruticosa Prunus incisa Prunus litigiosa Prunus mahaleb Prunus maximowiczii Prunus nipponica Prunus pensylvanica Prunus pilosiuscula Prunus rufa Prunus sargentii Prunus serrula Prunus serrulata Prunus speciosa Prunus subhirtella Prunus... Species About 30 species, including: Pyrus amygdaliformis Pyrus austriaca Pyrus balansae Pyrus betulifolia Pyrus bourgaeana Pyrus bretschneideri Pyrus calleryana Pyrus caucasica Pyrus communis Pyrus cordata Pyrus cossonii Pyrus elaeagrifolia Pyrus fauriei Pyrus kawakamii Pyrus korshinskyi Pyrus lindleyi Pyrus nivalis Pyrus pashia Pyrus persica Pyrus phaeocarpa Pyrus pyraster Pyrus pyrifolia Pyrus... Species see text The strawberry (Fragaria) is a genus of plants in the Family Rosaceae (Rose Family), and the fruit of these plants. ... Binomial name Prunus persica L. A peachy dessert The peach is a tree, Prunus persica, and the juicy fruit that it bears, which has a single large seed encased in hard wood (called the pit or stone), yellow or whitish flesh, a delicate aroma, and a velvety skin. ... Orange refers to a citrus tree (Citrus sinensis) and the fruits of this tree. ... A gourd is a hollow, dried shell of a fruit in the Cucurbitaceae family of plants. ... Trinomial name Cucumis melo reticulatus ITIS 22362 2002-09-03 A Cantaloupe , also cantaloup or rockmelon (Cucumis melo reticulatus), is the North American name for a variety of muskmelon; cantaloupe comes from the animal antilopia or better known as antelope. ... Binomial name Citrus × limon (L.) Burm. ... Lime has several meanings: Limestone Agricultural lime - a mineral soil additive Calcium oxide (also quicklime) - a chemical compound Calcium hydroxide (also slaked lime) - a chemical compound Lime (fruit) - a Citrus tree with a green fruit similar to a lemon, and the fruit of that tree. ...

Vegetables include rare instances of the carrot and the cucumbers borne by the family of Favier de Bains. Vegetables in a market Vegetable is a nutritional and culinary term denoting any part of a plant that is commonly consumed by humans as food, but is not regarded as a culinary fruit, nut, herb, or spice. ... Binomial name Daucus carota L. The carrot is a root vegetable, typically orange or white in color with a woody texture. ... Binomial name Cucumis sativus L. Ref: ITIS 22364 The cucumber is the edible fruit of the cucumber plant Cucumis sativus, which belongs to the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, as do melons and squash. ...

There are occasional occurrences of garlic. Garlic (Allium sativum) is a bulbous perennial food plant of the family Alliaceae. ...

Trees are sometimes merely blazoned as "a tree" but specific trees are mentioned in blazon. Far and away the most frequently occurring is the oak, but others include the pine ("pineapples" refer anciently and much more often to the cone rather than the tropical fruit), the beech, birch, the elm, the poplar, willow, alder, box tree, coconut tree and the palm; palm branches very frequently occur but are blazoned as appearing in a "stylized" form in the arms of Éragny sur Oise in Val d'Oise. In addition to the much more frequent appearance of its fruit, the pomegranate tree appears in a stylized form in the arms of the Chesterfield Borough Council. The gum tree occurs in the arms of Woodville, Australia, since incorporated into Charles Stuart City.[54] The quinine tree appears in the arms of Peru and the dragon tree in the arms of Porto Santo in Portugal.[55] The tree of paradise appears in the arms of Vale do Paraíso, Azambuja, Lisboa, Portugal. A milkwood tree appears in the arms of the former Republic of Ciskei.[56] Laurel trees occur, as do olive, but in both cases less frequently than their branches. The arms of Fosses, in Val d'Oise, shows a monstrous tree ending in two hands cradling a town; the china cokar tree is another kind of "monster tree." A small group of trees is blazoned as a "hurst," which is distinguished from a forest. In the arms of the Crown Colony of Ceylon, there was "a grove of eight coconut trees". This article is about oaks (Quercus desert-oak is unrelated, and instead belongs to the genus Allocasuarina. ... Species About 115. ... A cone (in formal botanical usage: strobilus, plural strobili) is an organ on plants in the division Pinophyta (conifers) that contains the reproductive structures. ... Species Fagus crenata - Japanese Beech Fagus engleriana - Chinese Beech Fagus grandifolia - American Beech Fagus hayatae - Taiwan Beech Fagus japonica - Japanese Blue Beech Fagus longipetiolata - South Chinese Beech Fagus lucida - Shining Beech Fagus mexicana - Mexican Beech or Haya Fagus orientalis - Oriental Beech Fagus sylvatica - European Beech Beech (Fagus) is a genus... Species Many species; see text and classification Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae. ... Species See text Elms are deciduous trees of the genus Ulmus, family Ulmaceae. ... This article is about woody plants of the genus Populus. ... Species About 350, including: Salix acutifolia - Violet Willow Salix alaxensis - Alaska Willow Salix alba - White Willow Salix alpina - Alpine Willow Salix amygdaloides - Peachleaf Willow Salix arbuscula - Mountain Willow Salix arbusculoides - Littletree Willow Salix arctica - Arctic Willow Salix atrocinerea Salix aurita - Eared Willow Salix babylonica - Peking Willow Salix barrattiana - Barratts... Species About 20-30 species, see text. ... This article is about the box tree. ... Binomial name Cocos nucifera L. Also a song by Harry Nilsson The Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera), is a member of the Family Arecaceae (palm family). ... Look up Palm in Wiktionary, the free dictionary The word Palm has several meanings: The central region of the human hand and an ancient unit of length based thereon. ... Pomegranate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Species see text Cinchona is the name of a genus in Rubiaceae family, large evergreens that can grow over 10 metres tall. ... Species See article Dracaena is a genus of about 40 species of trees and succulent shrubs in the family Agavaceae, or, according to some treatments, separated (with Cordyline) into a family of their own, Dracaenaceae. ... Lisbon (in Portuguese, Lisboa) is the capital and largest city of Portugal. ... Ciskei Flag of Ciskei Ciskei was a Bantustan in the south east of South Africa. ... The name Laurel is widely used in English, once being a moderately common name typically for girls; also as Laurie. ... Binomial name Olea europaea L. The Olive (Olea europaea) is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean region. ... A dense growth of softwoods (a forest) in the Sierra Nevada Range of Northern California A forest is an area with a high density of trees (or, historically, an area set aside for hunting). ... Grove can refer to: a small group of trees such as a sequoia grove; see grove (nature) several places: In England: Grove, Buckinghamshire Grove, Dorset Grove, Kent Grove, Nottinghamshire Grove, Oxfordshire Grove Park in the London Borough of Bromley in USA: Grove, Maine Grove, New York Grove, Oklahoma Grove, Virginia...

The bamboo ball forms part of the crest of Suan-Seh Foo.

The maple usually occurs only in the form of leaves, and there are a few occurrences of the tobacco leaf and plant.[57] The MAPLE dedicated isotope-production facility is a current project jointly undertaken by AECL and MDS Nordion. ...

Nuts are sometimes blazoned simply as "nuts" (depicted like the walnut)though the most frequently occurring nut is the acorn, often cracked by a squirrel, and constantly in conjunction with the oak. There is at least one appearance of the almond.[58] The chestnut, sometimes on branches, also appears (the burr of the chestnut tree appears in the arms of the Município of Alijó in Portugal) as does the hazel. Hazelnuts from the Common Hazel Image:Walnuts. ... This article is about the walnut tree. ... ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is the largest community organization of low and moderate-income families in the United States. ... Binomial name Prunus dulcis (Mill. ... Species - Bush Chinkapin* - Japanese Chestnut - American Chestnut - Henrys Chestnut - Chinese Chestnut - Ozark Chinkapin - Alleghany Chinkapin - Sweet Chestnut - Seguins Chestnut * treated as a synonym of by many authors Chestnuts (Castanea), including the chinkapins, are a genus of eight or nine species of trees and shrubs in the beech family... A burr is a seed or type of fruiting body, borne by certain plants, in which the seeds bear hooks or teeth which attach themselves to fur or clothing of passing animals or people. ... This article is about the tree; for other meanings of hazel, see Hazel (disambiguation). ...

Other plants include, rarely, mushrooms (though that usually is blazoned and depicted as the morel) and sugarcane. The bordure on the arms of Hart Bei Graz, Steiermark, Austria, is charge with an orle of lichen. Basidiocarps (mushrooms) of the fungus Leucocoprinus sp. ... Species Morchella angusticeps Morchella conica Morchella costata Morchella crassipes Morchella elata Morchella esculenta Morchella gigas Morchella semilibera Morchella spongiola Morchella spongiola var. ... Species Saccharum arundinaceum Saccharum bengalense Saccharum edule Saccharum officinarum Saccharum procerum Saccharum ravennae Saccharum robustum Saccharum sinense Saccharum spontaneum Sugarcane or Sugar cane (Saccharum) is a genus of between 6-37 species (depending on taxonomic interpretation) of tall grasses (family Poaceae, tribe Andropogoneae), native to warm temperate to tropical regions... Styria (Steiermark in German, Štajerska in Slovenian) is a federal state or Bundesland, located in the south east of Austria. ... Crustose and foliose lichens on a wall Foliose lichen on basalt Usnea australis, a fruticose form, growing on a tree branch Lichen on rock Lichens are symbiotic organisms made up by the association of microscopic green algae or cyanobacteria and filamentous fungi. ...

Inanimate charges

Celestial objects also feature as charges. A sun with rays is called a sun in splendour. Moons come in many varieties, including the full moon and the crescent. Although mullets appear to be stars, in English heraldry they are actually supposed to be spur rowels; they are shown with five points, unless another number is specified (as in mullet of six). Estoiles are stars with wavy rays; pole stars are occasionally differentiated. An example of stars grouped in a constellation is in the arms of the Australian state of Victoria, which show the Southern Cross. The aurora borealis appears in the arms of Murmansk Oblast in Russia. There are also comets, thunderbolts, lightning bolts -- also called "lightning flashes" (all shown in a stylised way), and there is at least one example of a "fork of lightning". Clouds often occur, though more frequently for people or animals to stand on or issue from than as isolated charges. In terms of clouds' precipitation, the raindrop as such is unknown, and the snowflake is only known in more recent times, though the snowball predates this by some centuries. The Pleiades star cluster A star is any massive gaseous body in outer space. ... A spur is a metal instrument composed of a shank, neck, and prick, rowel (sharp-toothed wheel), or blunted end fastened to the heel of a horseman. ... A pole star is a visible star that is approximately aligned with the Earths axis of rotation; that is, a star that lies in the direction pointed to by one of Earths poles. ... Orion is a remarkable constellation, visible from most places on the globe (but not always the whole year long). ... Southern Cross is the English name of Crux Australis, a constellation visible in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Aurora borealis Polar aurorae are optical phenomena characterized by colorful displays of light in the night sky. ... Murmansk Oblast (Му́рманская о́бласть) is an oblast in north-western Russia. ... Comet Hale-Bopp, showing a white dust tail and blue gas tail (February 1997) A comet is a small body in the solar system that orbits the sun and (at least occasionally) exhibits a coma (or atmosphere) and/or a tail -- both due primarily to the effects of solar radiation... This article is about the mythological weapon. ... Lightning over Pentagon City in Arlington County, Virginia Cloud to cloud lightning Lightning is a powerful natural electrostatic discharge produced during a thunderstorm. ... Cumulus of fair weather A cloud is a visible mass of condensation droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere above the surface of the Earth or another planetary body. ... Snow crystal A snowflake is an aggregate of snow crystals that form while falling in and below a cloud. ... A snowball is a ball of snow, usually created by scooping snow with the hands and compacting it into a roughly fist-sized ball. ...

Geological and geographic charges include the mountain (which must be distinguished from the oft-occurring "mount in base vert") and volcano, in addition to the "range of mountains," such as appear in the arms of the Candian province of Alberta and the U.S. State of Colorado. An example of a specific mountain is Mt. Warning in the arms of Tweed Shire, Australia. The black wildebeests in the arms of Natal ran on a plain, and the woman in the arms of Francke de Rückersdorf stands in a field of wheat. Charges are also sometimes, if rarely, stated to be on a promontory or peninsula. The island appears in the arms of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. Stones are usually distinguished from rocks, and are to be distinguished from pebbles. A rock in the form of a lion appeared in the former colonial arms of Bône, Algeria. Cut diamonds occasionally appear. Crystals of gypsum form a sort of border in the arms of Gams Bei Hieflau, Steiermark, Austria. A chipped flint implement occurs in the arms of Crouttes sur Marne, Aisne, France. Geology (from Greek γη- (ge-, the earth) and λογος (logos, word, reason)) is the science and study of the Earth, its composition, structure, physical properties, history, and the processes that shape it. ... Geographers not only investigate what is where on Earth but also why it is there and not somewhere else. ... Mount Cook, a mountain in New Zealand A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ... This article is about volcanoes. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: United States Wikinews has news related to this article: United States United States government CIA World Factbook Entry for United States House. ... This is the article on the state. ... Mount Warning is a mountain in New South Wales, Australia, near the border with Queensland. ... Species Connochaetes taurinus Connochaetes gnou The wildebeest (from Dutch wild animal), also called gnu (pronounced or ), is a large hooved (ungulate) mammal of the genus Connochaetes, which includes two species, both native to Africa: the Black Wildebeest (), and the Blue & White-bearded Wildebeest or Blue Wildebeest (). The gnus belongs to... In geography, a plain is an expanse of land with relatively low relief. ... The coat of arms of Prince Edward Island, known officially as The Arms of Her Majesty in Right of the Province of Prince Edward Island, was begun when the shield and motto in the achievement were granted in 1905 by royal warrant of the late King Edward VII. In the... Sedimentary, volcanic, plutonic, metamorphic rock types of North America. ... Pebbles A pebble is a rock with a size of 4 to 75 millimeters (some say 64 millimeters). ... A scattering of round-brilliant cut diamonds shows off the many reflecting facets. ... Gypsum is a very soft mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula CaSO4·2H2O. // Chemical structure Gypsum from New South Wales, Australia Heating gypsum above approximately 150°C (302°F) partially dehydrates the mineral by driving off exactly 75% of the water contained in its chemical structure. ... Pebble beach made up of flint nodules eroded out of the nearby chalk cliffs, Cape Arkona, Rügen Flint (or flintstone) is a hard, sedimentary cryptocrystalline silica rock with a glassy appearance. ...

Geometrical shapes are very rare in heraldry, but there are occurrences of the triangle (sometimes specified to be equilateral) and very occasional appearances of the pentagon and hexagon. The demi-triangle appears in the arms of Badon-Ghyben, and the triangle in relief in those of Belon-Lapisse. The arms of Seissenegger show the Pythagorean theorem. There are a handful of examples of the cone and the cube. Lines appear in the arms of Allanridege, South Africa.[59] Geometry (from the Greek words Geo = earth and metro = measure) is the branch of mathematics first popularized in ancient Greek culture by Thales (circa 624-547 BC) dealing with spatial relationships. ... A triangle is one of the basic shapes of geometry: a two-dimensional figure with three vertices and three sides which are straight line segments. ... In geometry, a pentagon is any five-sided polygon. ... A regular hexagon A hexagon (also known as sexagon) is a polygon with six edges and six vertices. ... The Pythagorean theorem : a2 + b2 = c2 In mathematics, the Pythagorean theorem or Pythagoras theorem is a relation in Euclidean geometry between the three sides of a right triangle. ... A cone is a basic geometrical shape: see cone (geometry). ... Cube may denote one of the following. ... A line, or straight line, is, roughly speaking, an (infinitely) thin, (infinitely) long, straight geometrical object, i. ...

Tools include axes of various types (including the ice-axe and pickaxe),hammers, blazoned either as "a hammer" and of various other types including the "paver's hammer" in the arms of Fanhões, Ajuda, Lisboa, Portugal; the shovel, sickle and the hoe. Modern hammer A tool is, among other things, a device that provides a mechanical or mental advantage in accomplishing a task. ... Firefighter with a fire-axe An axe (also spelt as ax) is a tool with a metal blade that is securely fastened at a 90 degree angle to a handle, usually of wood, while a blade fastened horizontally is called an adze. ... A pickaxe is a tool with a hard head attached perpendicular to the handle, similar to a pick. ... A shovel is a tool for lifting and moving loose material such as coal, gravel, snow, dirt, or sand. ... Using a sickle A sickle is a curved, hand-held agricultural tool typically used for harvesting grain crops before the advent of modern harvesting machinery. ... The hoe is a hand tool used in farming and gardening. ...

The chief of the arms of Longhi is charged with the "marque du maison".

From ancient times, we have the amphora, and it is joined by the more nondescript vase, and particular types of vases, such as the "jar" and perfume vase. The japanned vase occurs in the arms of the Torfaen County Borough Council. A specific vase is Kolyvan's "Queen of Vases," from the arms of Altai. Amphoræ on display in Bodrum Castle, Turkey Pottery An amphora is a type of ceramic vase with two handles, used for the transportation and storage of perishable goods and more rarely as containers for the ashes of the dead or as prize awards. ... Categories: Stub ... The word jar has several meanings: A jar is a wide-mouthed container typically made of glass or earthenware designed to hold a fluid. ...

The arc of Trajan at Batna, Algeria, blazoned as "l'arc de triomphe du lieu," appears in the colonial arms of that town.[60] Emperor Trajan Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus (September 18, 53 - August 9, 117), Roman Emperor (98 - 117), commonly called Trajan, was the second of the so-called five good emperors of the Roman Empire. ...

The bearded man in the arms of the Red Baron sat in an armchair. Red Baron may refer to: Manfred von Richthofen, World War I flying ace Red Baron, a popular computer game This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

The barrel almost invariably occurs in the form of, and is described as a, tun. Barrel can refer to: Barrels for storage; especialy Barrels for aging alcoholic beverages. ... The Malay language has a complex system of titles and honorifics, which is still extensively used in Malaysia and Brunei. ...

There are baskets of several types, including the egg basket... three quarters filled with duck eggs in the arms of Pieter Goede.[61] Four styles of household basket. ...

A bobbin features in the arms of Romilly sur Seine, Aube, France. A bobbin is a spindle or cylinder, with or without flanges, on which wire, yarn, thread or film is wound. ...

Books constantly occur, most frequently in the arms of colleges and universities, though the Gospel is sometimes distinguished. Look up book in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A book is a collection of leaves of paper, parchment or other material, bound together along one edge within covers. ... A college (Latin collegium) can be the name of any group of colleagues; originally it meant a group of people living together under a common set of rules (con-, together + leg-, law). As a consequence members of colleges were originally styled fellows and still are in some places. ... A professor giving a lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... For the genre of Christian-themed music, see gospel music. ...

The arms of Loé show a box. // Moving Boxes Are boxes used to pack the contents of a house during moving or relocation process see how you can obtain low price Moving Boxes. ...

Bridges, variously and usually more fully described, often occur. A suspension bridge occurs in the arms of Plouhinec, Morbihan, France;[62] and a railway bridge in the arms of Hadsund, Denmark.[63] A specific bridge, the Staines Bridge can be seen in the arms of the Staines Urban District Council. The Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and its peninsula to Marin County A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, railroad track, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle. ... A suspension bridge is a type of bridge that has been made since ancient times. ...

Buckles occur not infrequently, including the stylized "boucle d'Oise." The arms of Peter Greenhill are an example of buckles with double tongues. For the English historian, see Henry Thomas Buckle A buckle is a clasp used for fastening two things together, such as the ends of a belt, or for retaining the end of a strap. ...

The chief building that appears is the castle. This is distinguished from the tower in that a castle of the "generic" type (in British and allied heraldry, at any rate) consists of two joined towers at either end of a wall (also a charge in heraldry; the arms of Alexandow Kujawski show a city wall with the letter "A" formed out of the masonry) with another tower rising from, or behind, the wall), though there are a number of other types of castles including the quadrangular castle. Castles may be domed.[64] A castle of an unusual type appears in the arms of Lauerz, Schwyz canton, Switzerland. The Nordborg castle appears in the arms of Nordborg, Denmark.[65] A ruined castle appears in the arms of Altusreid, in Bavaria.[66] (The castle is distinguished from the tower triple-towered [which has three smaller towers or turrets rising out of the top].) The tower in the regular sense is distinguished from the "modern tower," which appears as a sort of pallet-like, couped in chief, charge (compare the immeubles as shown in this depiction of the arms of Avion, Pas de Calais, France, and the skyscraper in the arms of Velenje, Slovenia[67]). A campanile appears in the arms of the Port Elizabeth Hospital Board.[68] A cooling tower figures in the arms of Hendrina, South Africa.[69] Other buildings and related structures include the baking furnace,[70] the blast furnace (as can be seen in the arms of Barnaul, Altai, Russia); dolmens; various forms of religious buildings (including an "ecclesiastical building" in the arms of the town of Eccles in England, a belfry and steeple, churches of various types including a romanic church and specific churches such as the Church of Ormskirk in the arms of the West Lancashire District Council, chapels, a monk's cell [shown as a separate building], various types of temples, and the minaret of a mosque in the arms of Tlemcen), the factory (in the arms of São João da Madeira, Portugal; silhouettes of factory roofs are shown in the arms of Ruše, Slovenia[71]) and cement mill (in the arms of Retznei, Steiermark, Austria, farmhouse in the arms of Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada; hermitage, lighthouse, kilns (for firing ceramics and lime[72], the pavilion, tents, the mairie or town hall (in the arms of Locmiquélic, Morbihan, France), windmills (including various components), and even pigeon coops, pillories and the Moscow Kremlin (in the arms of Le Kremlin Bicêtre, Val de Marne, France). (The appearance of the Kremlin brings up the point that difficulties can sometimes arise when it comes to depicting specific buildings, rather than specific types of buildings, from the blazon; for instance, if one is not familiar with the château de la Malmaison [in the arms of Rueil Malmaison in Hauts de Seine, France] or the hôpital Saint Louis à Paris in the arms of Richerand, one can be in trouble.) In France, the aquaduct sometimes appears (and there is an appearance of its vent in Portugal)[73] and the rampart in ruins occurs in the arms of Mennetou sur Cher, Loir et Cher, France. James Parker states that (in addition to regular appearances of the building) "the ruins of an old abbey" appear in arms quartered by Maitland.[74] An oak fortress figures in the arms of Arsk, Russia. Weathervanes occur not only atop buildings but as independent charges. The city is also a frequently occurring charge, though almost exclusively in civic heraldry. An example of an autochthonic charge along these lines appearing in heraldry is the inuksuk in the arms of Nunavut. Building is either the act of creating an object assembled from more than one element, or the object itself; see also construction. ... The Alcázar of Segovia, Spain A castle (from the Latin castellum, diminutive of castra, a military camp, in turn the plural of castrum or watchpost), is a fort, a camp and the logical development of a fortified enclosure. ... A tower is a high structure, usually man-made. ... A wall is a usually solid structure that defines and sometimes protects space. ... Taipei 101, the worlds tallest skyscraper by roof height on high rise. ... St. ... Cooling towers are structures for cooling water or other working medium to near-ambient temperature. ... Wikibooks Cookbook has more about this subject: Baking Baking is the technique of cooking food in an oven by dry heat applied evenly throughout the oven. ... A furnace is a device for heating air or any other fluid. ... A blast furnace is a type of furnace for smelting whereby the combustion material and ore are supplied with air from the bottom of the chamber such that the chemical reaction does not take place only at the surface. ... Barnaul sign near the Ob River Barnaul (Russian Барнау́л, pop. ... For the republic in Russia, see Altai Republic. ... T shaped Hunebed D27 in Borger-Odoorn, Netherlands, recent. ... Location within the British Isles Eccles is a small town in Greater Manchester, England that is in the local authority of the City of Salford but not traditionaly part of Salford. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... The term Belfry has a variety of uses: For the architectural term see:Belfry (architecture) For the U.S. town in Montana see Belfry, Montana For the English golf club see The De Vere Belfry There is also a German Epic Metal band called Belfry. ... Steeple is a the name of a number of settlements: In the United Kingdom Steeple, Cumbria Steeple, Dorset Steeple, Essex Steeple is also an architectural term. ... A church building is a building used in Christian worship. ... A chapel is a private church, usually small and often attached to a larger institution such as a college, a hospital, a palace, or a prison. ... Kihryuzan Senjo-ji Temple, by Toyota Kokai (1780-1850) The word temple has different meanings in the fields of architecture, religion, geography, anatomy, and education. ... Mosque in Aswan, Egypt, with minarets. ... Tulip Mosque in Ufa, Russia. ... A factory (previously manufactory) or manufacturing plant is a large industrial building where workers manufacture goods or products. ... Coat of Arms São João da Madeira is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 8. ... A silhouette is a view of an object or scene consisting of the outline and a featureless interior. ... In the general sense, a cement (Latin caementum) is any material with adhesive properties. ... Farmhouse can refer to: A style of country house, see Farmhouse (building) An album by Phish, see Farmhouse (album) A social fraternity, see FarmHouse This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Stoney Creek was a municipality which is now part of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. ... A hermitage is the retreat of a hermit. ... The Peggys Point lighthouse in Nova Scotia, Canada An aid for navigation and pilotage at sea, a lighthouse is a tower building or framework sending out light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire. ... Charcoal Kilns, California A kiln is an oven that is used for hardening, burning, or drying anything. ... The word ceramic is derived from the Greek word Κεραμεικος (the name of a suburb of Athens), and in its strictest sense refers to clay in all its forms. ... Pavilion, in the English language (derived from French, pavillon) can refer to any structure large or small, however there is usually a connection with relaxation and pleasure. ... A tent is a temporary or semipermanent shelter, consisting of sheets of fabric or other material draped over or attached to a frame of poles. ... City Hall is a 1996 film directed by Harold Becker. ... Pitstone Windmill, believed to be the oldest windmill in the British Isles A windmill is an engine powered by the energy of wind to mill grain, often contained in a large building as in traditional post mills, smock mills and tower mills. ... View of the Pillory in the Market-place of Paris in the Sixteenth Century, after a Drawing by an unknown Artist of 1670. ... The Moscow Kremlin The Moscow Kremlin (Russian: Московский Кремль) is the best known kremlin (Russian citadel). ... Hauts-de-Seine is a département in France. ... This article is about the structure aqueduct, for the racecourse see Aqueduct Racetrack. ... Rampart may mean: A type of defensive wall consisting of a low earthen embankment topped by a parapet or palisade. ... Rocky landscape with ruins, by Nicolaes Berchem, ca. ... Fortifications (Latin fortis, strong, and facere, to make) are military constructions designed for defensive warfare. ... A weather vane, also called a wind vane, is a movable device attached to an elevated object such as a roof for showing the direction of the wind. ... CITY Is A network of 5 Television Stations owned By CHUM Limited They Include CITY 57 Toronto CKVU 10 Edmonton 51 Calgary 5 Winnipeg 13 on December 1 CHUM Perchased the Fomer A-Channels Stations in Alberta and Manitoba Under the Banner of CITY-TV Everywhere. Broadcasting for the first... Categories: Stub | Inuit ... Motto: Nunavut Sannginivut (Inuktitut, Nunavut our strength / Our land our strength) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Iqaluit Largest city Iqaluit Commissioner Ann Meekitjuk Hanson Premier Paul Okalik (independent) Area 2,093,190 km² (1st)  - Land 1,936,113 km²  - Water 157,077 km² (7. ...

The national arms of Cameroun show the shape of that country, while the arms of Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo, Brazil show a map of that country divided between the portion falling within Portugal's part of the world awarded by the Pope, and the rest of the country.[75] Similarly, the map of China appears in the arms of Ignatius Cardinal Kung Pin-Mei (Gong). The Republic of Cameroon is a unitary republic of central Africa. ...

The candle occurs as a charge, in addition to the candle-holder; the arms of Josh R.M. Kyle show a candle-holder with three branches. A lit candle. ... This article should be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...

A cane occurs in the arms of Odouze. A cane is a long, straight wooden stick, generally of bamboo, Malacca (rattan), or some similar plant, mainly used as a support, such as a walking stick or as an instrument of punishment. ...

There are occasional appearances of the Catherine wheel. Catherine Wheel is a band hailing from Great Yarmouth, England. ...

In 1696 a French edict compelled anyone with arms to register those arms and pay a tax to do so; those who did not cooperate had unflattering charges, such as chamber pots forced upon them.[76] The year 1696 had the earliest equinoxes and solstices for 400 years in the Gregorian calendar, because this year is a leap year and the Gregorian calendar would have behaved like the Julian calendar since March 1500 had it have been in use that long. ... A chamber pot is a bowl shaped container that was kept in the bedroom, under a bed and used as a toilet at night. ...

Cheeses appear in the arms of Ainkäs and of Kässpair. Cheese is (the best) a solid food made from the curdled milk of various animals—most commonly cows but sometimes goats, sheep, reindeer, and water buffalo. ...

Chess rooks, as a charge, have a very different appearance from the rooks with which one might be familiar, ending in two outward-splayed "horns." "Double chess rooks" appear in the arms of de Zuylen van Nyevelt. A "knight chess piece" appears in the arms of Luther Eeben Barlow.[77] A rook (borrowed from Persian رخ rokh) is a piece in the strategy board game of chess. ...

The coffeepot appears in the arms of Caffin de Mérouville.

A coin appears in the arms of Quarteira, in Portugal. 1¢ euro coin A coin is usually a piece of hard material, generally metal and usually in the shape of a disc, which is used as a form of money. ...

The column sometimes appears, and there is at least one example of a Corinthian column. For other meanings of the term, see column (disambiguation). ... The Corinthian order as used for the portico of the Pantheon, Rome provided a prominent model for Renaissance and later architects, through the medium of engravings. ...

A converter occurs in the arms of Homécourt, Meurthe et Moselle, France. There are several types of converter: catalytic converter a voltage converter: electromagnetic transformer switched-mode power supply low-noise block converter scan converter between video formats Programming Converter between programming languagess A converter is also what some people call a remote control. ...

Constantly appearing are crowns of various kinds. A crown is a symbolic form of headgear worn by a monarch or by a god, for whom the crown is traditionally one of the symbols of power and legitimacy (See Regalia for a broader treatment). ...

There is an interlacing in the arms of Ploerdut, Morbihan, France.[78]

In addition to inanimate objects (as well as plants and animals) being enflamed, the flame itself is used as a charge. Flame can refer to: The visible part of fire. ...

A grape press occurs in the arms of Zavrč, Slovenia.[79]

Hats include the ecclesiastical hat in the Freguesia do Prior Velho in Portugal,[80] the shako, and the "wide-brimmed hat" in the arms of Marco Foppoli. Basotho hats appear in the arms of the Molefe Tribal Authority.[81] A miner's helmet occurs in the arms of Le Roc Saint André, Morbihan, France, and Phrygian caps very occasionally appear. A Roman helmet appeared in the colonial arms of Aïn Témouchent, Algeria. A "horned Viking's helmet" appears in the arms of Ronald Norman Schlemmer.[82] There are occasional appearances of the turban. For the H.A.T. TLAs, see HAT. There are many different styles of hats A hat is an item of clothing which is worn on the head – a kind of headgear. ... A shako is a tall cylindrical hat, sometimes tapered at the top, something like an elongated fez in this editors opinion. ... The Phrygian cap or Liberty cap is a soft conical cap with the top pulled forward, worn by the inhabitants of Phrygia, a region of central Anatolia in antiquity. ... The turban (Arabic عمامة; ‘imamah, Turkish tülbent, Persian دلبنت; dulband) is a headdress, of obscure Oriental origin, consisting of a long scarf wound round the head or an inner hat. ...

Charges related to industry include the cogwheel. Spur gears found on a piece of farm equipment. ...

Keys (taking a form similar to a "skeleton key") frequently appear The word key has several uses: A key (lock) as a physical object (tool) used to manipulate a lock. ...

Ladders typically take the form of scaling ladders. A ladder A ladder is a vertical set of steps. ...

Ladles appear in the arms of Stellenbosch Technical College.[83]

Letters of the (Latin) alphabet rarely appear, and then almost invariably in either one of two "fonts," Latin or "text" letters, although there are rare instances of onical, as the "M" in the arms of Meaux, Seine et Marne, France. A mongram, "MK," appears in the arms of Konskie, Poland. Letters are almost invariably capital, but the arms of Brétigny sur Orge, Essonne, France, provide perhaps a unique example of a "lower-case" letter. A capital "L" enjolivée or "embellished" appears in the arms of Lagny sur Marne, Seine et Marne, France. Letters of the Hebrew alphabet also appear, and the arms of Alexio, Italy provide an example of Greek letters. Entire words and phrases, while all but unknown in British heraldry, frequently appear in Spanish and Portuguese. A Roman numeral appears in the arms of Štore, Slovenia.[84] In typography, a typeface consists of a co-ordinated set of character designs. ... The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world. ... Meaux is a town in the Seine-et-Marne département of France, near the Marne River. ... Seine-et-Marne is a French département, named after the Seine and the Marne rivers, and located in the ÃŽle-de-France région. ... The French département of Essonne is part of the région of ÃŽle-de-France. ... Minuscule, or lower case, is the smaller form (case) of letters (in the Roman alphabet: a, b, c, ...). Originally alphabets were written entirely in majuscule (capital) letters which were spaced between well-defined upper and lower bounds. ... Note: This article contains special characters. ... In linguistics, a morpheme is the smallest language unit that carries a semantic interpretation. ... A phrase is a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence. ... The system of Roman numerals is a numeral system originating in ancient Rome, and was adapted from Etruscan numerals. ...

A canal lock appears in the arms of Idegem, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Canal locks in England. ...

Mathematical charges include the infinity symbol, in arms of those with some connexion to the Metis. Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Mathematics Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: Mathematics Look up Mathematics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikimedia Commons has more media related to: Mathematics Bogomolny, Alexander: Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles. ... Infinity is a term with very distinct, separate meanings which arise in theology, philosophy, mathematics and everyday life. ... Metis can refer to a number of things: Metis was a Titaness and the first wife of Zeus. ...

The maunch is a woman's sleeve; it is shown in a highly stylized form. A bishop's mitre also not infrequently occurs as a charge. Sleeve (0. ... A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority. ...

There is a mine in the arms of Biysk, Altai Region, Russia. Mine can refer to a number of things: Mines are tunnels used in mining for extraction of resources. ...

Musical instruments include the harp, bagpipes, bells, drum (shown as a "field drum"), guitar (only occurring as acoustic), lyres, organ pipes, and violin (along with its bow). The tuning fork in the arms of Franklin W. Darroch of Mulmorich might be placed under the same heading. The harp is a chordophone whose strings are positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. ... A bagpipe performer in Amsterdam. ... Bell may refer to: Bell (instrument), a simple sound-making device Bell System, the name of Americas telephone system from the 1880s until around 1984 Wind instrument, the bell is the round, flared opening at the opposite end from the mouthpiece, where the sound exits and is amplified... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... The classical guitar typically has 3 nylon and 3 nickel-wound strings. ... A Lyre is a stringed musical instrument well known for its use in Classical Antiquity. ... An organ pipe is one of the tuned resonators that produces the main sound of a pipe organ. ... The violin is a stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart. ... A tuning fork is a simple metal two-pronged fork with the tines formed from a U-shaped bar of elastic material (usually steel). ...

Nails occur in several forms, but are the type without modern heads.

A painter's palette and paintbrushes appear in the arms of Barbizon, France. An artists palette A palette is: A thin board that a painter holds and mixes colour pigments on. ... Barbizon is a village near Fontainebleau Forest, France for which the Barbizon school of painters is named. ...

The pen is shown as a quill pen. A ballpoint pen A pen is a writing instrument which applies ink to some surface. ...

The "perron" occurs in the arms of Dilsen-Stokkem, Limburg, Belgium. Oskar Perron ( 7 May 1880 – 22 February 1975) was a German mathematician. ...

The porca de Murça occurs in the arms of the Murça, Portugal. The verracos are granite megalithic monuments, sculptures of animals that are to be found in the west of the Spanish meseta— the high central plain of the Iberian peninsula— in the provinces of Avila, Salamanca, and Zamora, but also in the north of Portugal and Galicia. ...

There is a reliquary in the arms of La Vraie Croix, Morbihan, France.[85] A reliquary is a container for holy relics. ...

The bundle of rods is occasionally termed a faggot. Faggot derives through the Old French fagot from the Latin facus (bundle) (see also fasces), coming into Middle English sometime in or before the 13th century as a reference to a bundle of sticks or branches meant for firewood. ...

A salt bucket appears in the arms of Sulz, Aargau, Switzerland, and the salt cellar or sprinkling salt in the arms of the Salters' Company.[86] Der Begriff Sulz ist eine Bezeichnung für: // ein Lebensmittel oberdeutsch für Sülze - siehe dort ein Adelsgeschlecht siehe Grafen von Sulz eine Form von Schnee Sulz oder Sulzschnee bezeichnet sehr nassen und schweren Schnee, das zugehörige Adjektiv lautet sulzig Ortschaften in Deutschland: die Stadt Sulz am Neckar... Aargau (German Aargau, French Argovie, Italian Argovia, Romansh Argovia, in English sometimes Argovia) is one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. ...

The escallop (scallop shell) is one of the most frequent charges.

Ships take a variety of forms, most often the lymphad (a type of ancient ship); but also the sinagot (fishing boat) of Séné, Morbihan, France; Viking ships; sailboats[87] including the Cape Breton Sloop in the arms of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada; three-masted sailing ships; a barque and even a steamer. The arms of San Franciso show "a device of a steamship passing the Golden Gate." The arms of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham includes a "Barking Well Smack," and the colonial arms of Dakar show pirogues. The arms of Atalaia Freguesia, Lourinhã, Portugal, feature a galley wrecked by crashing into a rock. A barge appears in the arms of Bruyères sur Oise. Val d'Oise, France, and there are rare occurrences of Noah's ark. Italian ship-rigged vessel Amerigo Vespucci in New York Harbor, 1976. ... The Oseberg longship (Viking Ship Museum, Norway) Longships, langskip or drakkar were boats used by the Scandinavians and Saxons for mostly military purposes. ... Traditional wooden cutter beating. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit (One defends and the other conquers) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Lieutenant Governor Myra A. Freeman Premier John Hamm (PC) Area 55,283 km² (12th)  - Land 53,338 km²  - Water 1,946 km² (3. ... A barque, sometimes spelled bark, originally referred to a particular type of ship-rigged sailing vessel with a plain bluff bow and a full stern with windows. ... Steamer can refer to a Steamboat or Steamship or a Soft-shell Clam (generally cooked by steaming) Any of a number of cooking appliances and cooking utensils that cook by steaming, such as a rice cooker. ... This article is about the city in California. ... Paddle steamers - Lucerne-Switzerland Left: original paddlewheel from a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. ... This article is about the strait in California. ... The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham is a London borough in East London. ... (City of Dakar, divided into 19 communes darrondissement) City proper (commune) Région Dakar Département Dakar Mayor Pape Diop (PDS) (since 2002) Area 82. ... These are small flat hulled boats used primarily by the Cajuns of the Louisiana marsh to travel around. ... A French galley and Dutch men-of-war off a port by Abraham Willaerts, painted 17th century. ... Self propelled barge carrying bulk crushed stone A barge is a flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods. ... Michelangelo Buonarroti In the Hebrew Bibles account (Gen. ...