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A member of the French Army's Fusiliers de La Morlière, armed with a flintlock, c. 1745–1749. Fusilier is a name given to various kinds of soldiers; its meaning depends on the historical context.
Caesionidae was named by the French zoologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1831. [1] The family takes its name from the genus Caesio which was named in 1801 by Bernard Germain de Lacépède, the name derived from caesius meaning "blue", as the type species of Caesio is the blue and gold fusilier (Caesio caerulaurea). [2]
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Jean Thurel, or Jean Theurel (French pronunciation:; 6 September 1698 – 10 March 1807), [3] was a fusilier of the French Army and a centenarian with an extraordinarily long career that spanned over 75 years of service in the Touraine Regiment.
Caesio is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, fusiliers belonging to the family Lutjanidae. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean , although one species has invaded the eastern Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal by Lessepsian migration .
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The Daily Advertisers – 5th Lancers [3] The Dandies – 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards; The Dandy Ninth – 9th (Highlanders) Battalion Royal Scots [26]; The Death or Glory Boys – 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) later 17th/21st Lancers, then Queen's Royal Lancers [1] [3] (from the regimental badge, which was a death's head (skull), with a scroll bearing the motto "or Glory")