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nouna genus of Strigidae
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- lotus white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
- vole any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows
- nymphaea caerulea blue Egyptian lotus: held sacred by the Egyptians
- carpobrotus a caryophyllaceous genus of Carpobrotus
- hydrophyte a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
- water plant a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
- field mouse any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows
- genus nelumbo sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses
- arvicola in some classifications considered synonymous with Microtus
- nymphaea lotus white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians