PRUDENS VAN DUYSE
\pɹˈuːdənz vˈan dˈa͡ɪs], \pɹˈuːdənz vˈan dˈaɪs], \p_ɹ_ˈuː_d_ə_n_z v_ˈa_n d_ˈaɪ_s]\
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A Flemish poet (1804-59); born at Dendermonde. He was a very prolific author, and wrote poems of every kind,- epic, lyric, dramatic. They are all mediocre, but served to reawaken a love of the Flemish tongue. He wrote many valuable works on Flemish history.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.