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hyla

n. (obsolete spelling of hyle English)

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The genus Hyla is a member of the family of tree frogs ( Hylidae). They have a very broad distribution; species can be found in Europe, Asia, Africa, and across the Americas. There were more than 300 described species in this genus, but after a major revision of the Hylidae family most of these have been moved to new genera so the genus now only contains 33 species".

The genus was established by Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti in 1768. It was named after Hylas in Greek mythology, the companion of Hercules. The name is unusual in that – though Laurenti knew that Hylas was male – the name is unambiguously treated in the feminine grammatical gender for reasons unknown. The etymology of the name is also often incorrectly given as being derived from the Greek word (, "forest" or "wood").

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Premier Ladier and Miss Hyla Adrianopole must remain secret, until we begin publishing it within the next several weeks or so, and then all shall be revealed.

Premier Ladier and Hyla Adrianopole, his mistress, whose murder trial had begun the day before, since there was supposedly information about Sufyerd in them.

I want to give you, without strings, a transcript of the letters between Hyla Adrianopole and Premier Ladier.

I was desired to build the wharves and breakwater at Hyla I found to my dismay that my Greek was no good to me, no good at all, and I was obliged to employ a dragoman at every turn.

I love the peeping of the Hyla in a pond in April, or the evening cry of the whippoorwill, better than all the bellowing of all the Bulls of Bashan, or all the turtles of all Palestine.

While Hylas had claimed his attention, the emperor and his mistress had vanished.

Once they had reached an empty corridor, Quintus pulled Hylas behind a column and waited, watching and listening.

When Hylas learned that the priests had exposed Danel, he begged the emperor to intervene.

But they were reunited only when Hylas found Danel dying in the street, torn apart by the mob.

I dressed in the sheerest of gauzes and lay beneath a linen shade by the fountain in the atrium, Hylas panting by my side.

Philip, who had become very protective, a half-step behind us and Hylas scampering ahead.

To Hylas, the market was a place of infinite possibility, full of fascinating smells and even more interesting and odoriferous objects.

Even Hylas, who usually frisked at my feet like a puppy when we went outdoors, had flopped down in the shade of the disputed wickerwork and lay panting.

But as long as one creature needed me, as long as Hylas still offered me his unquestioning love, I was not completely alone.

Hrodlind followed, carrying Hylas in a basket, for he could no longer walk so far, yet he whined pitifully whenever he was parted from me.