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Anoplolepis custodiens (525 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

distinguished from the black pugnacious ant (Anoplolepis steingroeveri) by the chequer-board dark pattern on the gaster, which is caused by reflection of light

Chequers (1,939 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

a chessboard in Italian. Elias Ostiarius's coat of arms included the chequer board of the Exchequer, so the estate may be named after his arms and position

Sybil Marshall (687 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Tales A Nest of Magpies (1993) Sharp Through The Hawthorn (1994) The Chequer-Board (1995) "Obituary for Sybil Marshall". The Guardian. 31 August 2005

Lady Sybil Grant (1,145 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

published her Founded on Fiction, a book of comic poems. The same year The Chequer-Board appeared, followed by Samphire and The Land of Let's Pretend. In 1914

HM Treasury (4,442 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the Chief Justice, Lord Chancellor, Treasurer and others sat round the chequer board, to audit and agree accounts of each local sheriff who collected taxes

Edward FitzGerald (poet) (2,937 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

used as the titles of many literary works, among them Nevil Shute's The Chequer Board, James Michener's The Fires of Spring and Agatha Christie's The Moving

Ani (7,503 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

as the Lion Gate, the Kars Gate, and the Dvin Gate (also known as the Chequer-Board Gate because of a panel of red and black stone squares over its entrance)

Torminalis (1,255 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

"chequers" may have been derived from the ancient symbol of a pub being the chequer-board (as the fruit were once used to flavour beer) or the spotted pattern