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"Hypersonic speeds are highly supersonic. Hypersonic may also refer to: Speed * Hypersonic flight * Hypersonic wind tunnel Sound * Hypersonic sound, a method for creating audible sound from ultrasound * Hypersonic effect, a psychological effect induced by ultrasound * HyperSonic Sound, a trade name for a device that produces modulated ultrasound that can make its carried signal audible without needing a receiver set Other uses * Hypersonic XLC, a roller coaster in Virginia, U.S. * HSQLDB, previously known as the Hypersonic SQL Project, a relational database management system * Hyper Sonic, a super transformation in the video game Sonic 3 & Knuckles * Hyper Sonic (film), a 2002 direct-to-video film starring Antonio Sabàto, Jr. and Adam Baldwin * Hypersonic, a VST instrument by Steinberg "
"thumb Brachytron is a monotypic genus of European dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae containing the hairy dragonfly (Brachytron pratense), also known as the hairy hawker or spring hawker. Description The hairy dragonfly is named for its hairy thorax, distinguishing it from other hawkers. It has a long, narrow pterostigma (the coloured, sclerotized patch on the outer region of each wing). The antehumeral stripes are usually thin and green. The hairy dragonfly has coupled, oval-shaped markings on its abdomen, blue on males and yellow on females. It is smaller than other species in the genus Aeshna. It is the United Kingdom's smallest hawker.. Habitat The hairy dragonfly lives in ponds, lakes, fens, ditches, and canals rich in vegetation. Some plants that grow there include the common club rush, common reed, great fen sedge, and true bulrush. This dragonfly requires open and sunny areas with dense vegetation for protection. Here they are able to feed on flying insects, shelter, and grow sexually mature. Although it is a common species, it is susceptible to uncongenial ditch management and poor water conditions. This is the reason the species disappeared for a few years, only to return recently. More so then its other relatives, the hairy dragonfly will only fly in sunshine and will hastily retreat if the sun happens to go in. Food and feeding habitats Like typical hawkers, the hairy dragonfly preys in mid-air on flying insects. It then carries its food to a suitable perch where it is able to eat and digest. Life stages The hairy dragonfly's flight period is short and early, beginning in mid-May and ending in mid-July. Dead vegetation and living stems growing in the water, close to the water's edge, provide a home for the eggs. Two years later, larvae emerge by scaling plant stems just above the surface of the water or possibly crawling inland for about a meter where they have room to spread their wings. Notes * Hairy dragonfly. LWT (Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust). 25 Feb 2008 * Hairy dragonfly: Dumfries and Galloway Local Species Action Plan. 7 Mar. 2008. Dumfries and Galloway Council References External links * Hairy dragonfly: LWT * Hairy dragonfly: Dumfries and Galloway Local Species Action Plan Category:Dragonflies of Europe Category:Aeshnidae Category:Insects described in 1764 "
"Buttercup or Butterball (, literally "Butter-buck") is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe. It is Aarne-Thompson type 327 C, the devil (witch) carries the hero home in a sack. Buttercup is so named because he is "plump and fat, and fond of good things". Synopsis While Buttercup's mother was baking, the dog began to bark and Buttercup saw an evil witch coming. His mother had him hide under the kneading trough, but the witch said she had a silver knife to give him and this lured him out. The witch told him that he had to climb into her sack to get it and, as soon as he was in, she carried him off. On the way, the witch asked "How far is it to Snoring?" and Buttercup said half a mile, so she rested and, using the knife, he escaped, putting a big fir root in the sack. The next day, the witch lured him out again with the offer of a silver spoon, but he escaped in the same way, using a stone. The third day, she offered him a silver fork and went straight home without resting. She gave him to her daughter to kill. The witch's daughter did not know how to do it. Buttercup told her to lay her head on the chopping block, and he would show her. He cut her head off with an axe, put it in her bed, and stewed her body. Then he climbed up the chimney with the root and stone. The witch and her husband, thinking their daughter asleep, ate the soup. Buttercup spoke to them of "daughter broth" from the chimney. They went outside to see what caused the noise, and Buttercup killed them by dropping the stone and root on their heads. He took all their gold and silver and went home. See also * The Juniper Tree * The Rose-Tree * Mr Miacca * Hop o' My Thumb * Vasilissa the Beautiful * Smørbukk (comic strip) References Notes External links *Buttercup Category:Cannibalism in fiction Category:Norwegian fairy tales Category:Scandinavian folklore Category:Witchcraft in fairy tales "