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hyla

(ˈhaɪlə)

(Animals) any tree frog of the genus Hyla, such as H. leucophyllata (white-spotted hyla) of tropical America

[C19: from New Latin, from Greek hulē forest, wood]

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hy•la

(ˈhaɪ lə)

n., pl. -las.

a tree frog of the genus Hyla.

[< New Latin (1768); Latin Hyla, vocative of Hylās Hylas, a companion of Hercules, alluding to his death in a fountain and the cries made by those seeking him (compared to the choral calling of tree frogs)]

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Hyla - the type genus of the Hylidae; tree toads

genus Hyla

amphibian genus - any genus of amphibians

family Hylidae, Hylidae - the amphibian family of tree frogs

Hyla crucifer, spring peeper - a small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring

Hyla regilla, Pacific tree toad - the most commonly heard frog on the Pacific coast of America

canyon treefrog, Hyla arenicolor - a small chiefly ground dweller that stays within easy jumping distance of water; of United States southwest and northern Mexico

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The squire himself now sallied forth, and began to roar forth the name of Sophia as loudly, and in as hoarse a voice, as whilome did Hercules that of Hylas; and, as the poet tells us that the whole shore echoed back the name of that beautiful youth, so did the house, the garden, and all the neighbouring fields resound nothing but the name of Sophia, in the hoarse voices of the men, and in the shrill pipes of the women; while echo seemed so pleased to repeat the beloved sound, that, if there is really such a person, I believe Ovid hath belied her sex.

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And at a stately sideboard, by the wine, That fragrant smell diffused, in order stood Tall stripling youths rich-clad, of fairer hue Than Ganymed or Hylas; distant more, Under the trees now tripped, now solemn stood, Nymphs of Diana's train, and Naiades With fruits and flowers from Amalthea's horn, And ladies of the Hesperides, that seemed Fairer than feigned of old, or fabled since Of faery damsels met in forest wide By knights of Logres, or of Lyones, Lancelot, or Pelleas, or Pellenore.

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Though his fickle nature bars his entry into the shrine of constancy and hinders his own perusal of the text, [59] Hylas remains on the Temple's doorstep, as an auditor.

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Major Works: An Essay towards a New Theory of Vision (1709), A Treatise concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (1710), Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous (1713)

GEORGE BERKELEY

In William Waterhouse's Hylas and the Nymphs, a lean and tanned Hylas kneels amid the sedge at the riverside.

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George Berkeley's Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous (1713) is perhaps the best of the English imitations of Plato.

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Bishop Berkeley's philosophical works include Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision (1709), A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (1710), and Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonus (1713).

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In Mysia, when Heracles ' beautiful young favorite Hylas was drowned in a spring by a love - struck naiad, Heracles would not give up the search for Hylas and had to be left behind.

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