Glycera Knoxi
Glycera may refer to: * ''Glycera'' (annelid), genus of bloodworm *Glycera (given name) *Glycera (courtesan) Glycera () (the sweet one) was a popular name often used for Hellenistic '' hetaerae'', held by: #The daughter of Thalassis and the mistress of Harpalus and Menander. (Athen. xiii. pp. 586, 595, 605, &c.) #The mistress of Pausias, born in Si ...

Glycera (annelid)
The genus ''Glycera'' is a group of Polychaete, polychaetes (bristle worms) commonly known as bloodworms. They are typically found on the bottom of shallow marine waters, and some species (e.g. common bloodworms) can grow up to in length. Although both are visually-similar and commonly-used as fishing bait, bloodworms are biologically-distinct from lugworms. Anatomy Bloodworms have a creamy pink color, as their pale skin allows their red body fluids that contain haemoglobin to show through. This is the origin of the name "bloodworm". At the 'head', bloodworms have four small antennae and small fleshy projections called parapodium, parapodia running down their bodies. Bloodworms can grow up to in length. Bloodworms are carnivorous. They feed by extending a large proboscis that bears four hollow jaws. The jaws are connected to glands that supply venom which they use to kill their prey, and their bite is painful even to a human. They are preyed on by other worms, bottom-feedi ...
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Glycera (given Name)
Glycera, Glyceria () ("the sweet one") - female name of Greek origin: Ancient Greece * Glycera (courtesan) - popular name often used for Hellenistic ''hetaerae'', held by: **The daughter of Thalassis and the mistress of Harpalus and Menander. (Athen. xiii. pp. 586, 595, 605, &c.) **The mistress of Pausias, born in Sicyon. ** A favourite of Horace(?). (Hor. Carm. i. 19. 30. iii. 19.29.) ** Nominally, Alcibiades's sexual partner in Caracci's engravings for ''I Modi''. Orthodox Christianity * Saint Glyceria of Heraclea (2nd century) * Saint Glyceria of Novgorod (d. circa 1522) - Russian saint ( ru) Other * Glyceria, Lukeria ( Гликерия, Лукерья) - popular Russian name before 1917 * Glykeria (b. 1953) - Greek singer See also * Glycera (other) * ''Glyceria ''Glyceria'' is a widespread genus of Poaceae, grass family common across Eurasia, Australia, North Africa, and the Americas. ''Glyceria'' is known commonly as mannagrass in the United States, or, in ...
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