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Hyo-
(gcide) | Hyo- \Hy"o-\ [See Hyod.]
A prexif used in anatomy, and generally denoting connection
with the hyoid bone or arch; as, hyoglossal, hyomandibular,
hyomental, etc.
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ichthyology
(mass) | ichthyology
- ichtyológia |
Asio brachyotus
(gcide) | Woodcock \Wood"cock`\, n. [AS. wuducoc.]
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1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of long-billed
limicoline birds belonging to the genera Scolopax and
Philohela. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits,
and are highly esteemed as game birds.
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Note: The most important species are the European ({Scolopax
rusticola}) and the American woodcock ({Philohela
minor}), which agree very closely in appearance and
habits.
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2. Fig.: A simpleton. [Obs.]
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If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see
you
Run your neck into the noose, and cry, "A woodcock!"
--Beau. & Fl.
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Little woodcock.
(a) The common American snipe.
(b) The European snipe.
Sea woodcock fish, the bellows fish.
Woodcock owl, the short-eared owl (Asio brachyotus).
Woodcock shell, the shell of certain mollusks of the genus
Murex, having a very long canal, with or without spines.
Woodcock snipe. See under Snipe.
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Basihyoid
(gcide) | Basihyoid \Ba`si*hy"oid\, n. [Basi- + hyoid.] (Anat.)
The central tongue bone.
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Brachyoura
(gcide) | Brachyura \Brach`y*u"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. brachy`s short +
o'yra` tail.] (Zool.)
A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs,
characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up
beneath the large cephalo-thorax. [Also spelt Brachyoura.]
See Crab, and Illustration in Appendix.
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Chyometer
(gcide) | Chyometer \Chy*om"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? to pour + -meter.] (Chem.)
An instrument for measuring liquids. It consists of a piston
moving in a tube in which is contained the liquid, the
quantity expelled being indicated by the graduation upon the
piston rod.
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Cupressus thyoides
(gcide) | White \White\ (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. Whiter
(hw[imac]t"[~e]r); superl. Whitest.] [OE. whit, AS.
hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[imac]t, D. wit, G.
weiss, OHG. w[imac]z, hw[imac]z, Icel. hv[imac]tr, Sw. hvit,
Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith. szveisti, to make bright,
Russ. sviet' light, Skr. [,c]v[=e]ta white, [,c]vit to be
bright. [root]42. Cf. Wheat, Whitsunday.]
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1. Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum
combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or
their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; --
the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a
white skin. "Pearls white." --Chaucer.
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White as the whitest lily on a stream. --Longfellow.
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2. Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of
blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
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Or whispering with white lips, "The foe!
They come! they come!" --Byron.
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3. Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or
from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
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White as thy fame, and as thy honor clear. --Dryden.
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No whiter page than Addison's remains. --Pope.
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4. Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
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Your high engendered battles 'gainst a head
So old and white as this. --Shak.
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5. Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the
like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
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On the whole, however, the dominie reckoned this as
one of the white days of his life. --Sir W.
Scott.
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6. Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
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Come forth, my white spouse. --Chaucer.
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I am his white boy, and will not be gullet. --Ford.
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Note: White is used in many self-explaining compounds, as
white-backed, white-bearded, white-footed.
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White alder. (Bot.) See Sweet pepper bush, under
Pepper.
White ant (Zool.), any one of numerous species of social
pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Termes. These
insects are very abundant in tropical countries, and form
large and complex communities consisting of numerous
asexual workers of one or more kinds, of large-headed
asexual individuals called soldiers, of one or more queens
(or fertile females) often having the body enormously
distended by the eggs, and, at certain seasons of numerous
winged males, together with the larvae and pupae of each
kind in various stages of development. Many of the species
construct large and complicated nests, sometimes in the
form of domelike structures rising several feet above the
ground and connected with extensive subterranean galleries
and chambers. In their social habits they closely resemble
the true ants. They feed upon animal and vegetable
substances of various kinds, including timber, and are
often very destructive to buildings and furniture.
White arsenic (Chem.), arsenious oxide, As2O3, a
substance of a white color, and vitreous adamantine
luster, having an astringent, sweetish taste. It is a
deadly poison.
White bass (Zool.), a fresh-water North American bass
(Roccus chrysops) found in the Great Likes.
White bear (Zool.), the polar bear. See under Polar.
White blood cell. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
White brand (Zool.), the snow goose.
White brass, a white alloy of copper; white copper.
White campion. (Bot.)
(a) A kind of catchfly (Silene stellata) with white
flowers.
(b) A white-flowered Lychnis (Lychnis vespertina).
White canon (R. C. Ch.), a Premonstratensian.
White caps, the members of a secret organization in various
of the United States, who attempt to drive away or reform
obnoxious persons by lynch-law methods. They appear masked
in white. Their actions resembled those of the Ku Klux
Klan in some ways but they were not formally affiliated
with the Klan, and their victims were often not black.
White cedar (Bot.), an evergreen tree of North America
(Thuja occidentalis), also the related {Cupressus
thyoides}, or Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea, a slender
evergreen conifer which grows in the so-called cedar
swamps of the Northern and Atlantic States. Both are much
valued for their durable timber. In California the name is
given to the Libocedrus decurrens, the timber of which
is also useful, though often subject to dry rot.
--Goodale. The white cedar of Demerara, Guiana, etc., is a
lofty tree (Icica altissima syn. Bursera altissima)
whose fragrant wood is used for canoes and cabinetwork, as
it is not attacked by insect.
White cell. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
White cell-blood (Med.), leucocythaemia.
White clover (Bot.), a species of small perennial clover
bearing white flowers. It furnishes excellent food for
cattle and horses, as well as for the honeybee. See also
under Clover.
White copper, a whitish alloy of copper. See {German
silver}, under German.
White copperas (Min.), a native hydrous sulphate of iron;
coquimbite.
White coral (Zool.), an ornamental branched coral
(Amphihelia oculata) native of the Mediterranean.
White corpuscle. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
White cricket (Zool.), the tree cricket.
White crop, a crop of grain which loses its green color, or
becomes white, in ripening, as wheat, rye, barley, and
oats, as distinguished from a green crop, or a root crop.
White currant (Bot.), a variety of the common red currant,
having white berries.
White daisy (Bot.), the oxeye daisy. See under Daisy.
White damp, a kind of poisonous gas encountered in coal
mines. --Raymond.
White elephant (Zool.),
(a) a whitish, or albino, variety of the Asiatic elephant.
(b) see white elephant in the vocabulary.
White elm (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus
Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of
wheels, and for other purposes.
White ensign. See Saint George's ensign, under Saint.
White feather, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show
the white feather}, under Feather, n.
White fir (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees
of the Pacific States, as Abies grandis, and {Abies
concolor}.
White flesher (Zool.), the ruffed grouse. See under
Ruffed. [Canada]
White frost. See Hoarfrost.
White game (Zool.), the white ptarmigan.
White garnet (Min.), leucite.
White grass (Bot.), an American grass (Leersia Virginica)
with greenish-white paleae.
White grouse. (Zool.)
(a) The white ptarmigan.
(b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]
White grub (Zool.), the larva of the June bug and other
allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and
other plants, and often do much damage.
White hake (Zool.), the squirrel hake. See under
Squirrel.
White hawk, or White kite (Zool.), the hen harrier.
White heat, the temperature at which bodies become
incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which
they emit.
White hellebore (Bot.), a plant of the genus Veratrum
(Veratrum album) See Hellebore, 2.
White herring, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as
distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.
White hoolet (Zool.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]
White horses (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.
The White House. See under House.
White ibis (Zool.), an American ibis (Guara alba) having
the plumage pure white, except the tips of the wings,
which are black. It inhabits tropical America and the
Southern United States. Called also Spanish curlew.
White iron.
(a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.
(b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large
proportion of combined carbon.
White iron pyrites (Min.), marcasite.
White land, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,
but blackish after rain. [Eng.]
White lark (Zool.), the snow bunting.
White lead.
(a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for
other purposes; ceruse.
(b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.
White leather, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and
salt.
White leg (Med.), milk leg. See under Milk.
White lettuce (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under
Rattlesnake.
White lie. See under Lie.
White light.
(a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the
same proportion as in the light coming directly from
the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing
through a prism. See the Note under Color, n., 1.
(b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white
illumination for signals, etc.
White lime, a solution or preparation of lime for
whitewashing; whitewash.
White line (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,
on a printed page; a blank line.
White meat.
(a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.
(b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.
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Driving their cattle continually with them, and
feeding only upon their milk and white meats.
--Spenser.
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White merganser (Zool.), the smew.
White metal.
(a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,
etc.
(b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a
certain stage in copper smelting.
White miller. (Zool.)
(a) The common clothes moth.
(b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma
Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black
spots; -- called also ermine moth, and {virgin
moth}. See Woolly bear, under Woolly.
White money, silver money.
White mouse (Zool.), the albino variety of the common
mouse.
White mullet (Zool.), a silvery mullet (Mugil curema)
ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --
called also blue-back mullet, and liza.
White nun (Zool.), the smew; -- so called from the white
crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its
head, which give the appearance of a hood.
White oak. (Bot.) See under Oak.
White owl. (Zool.)
(a) The snowy owl.
(b) The barn owl.
White partridge (Zool.), the white ptarmigan.
White perch. (Zool.)
(a) A North American fresh-water bass (Morone Americana)
valued as a food fish.
(b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.
(c) Any California surf fish.
White pine. (Bot.) See the Note under Pine.
White poplar (Bot.), a European tree (Populus alba) often
cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.
White poppy (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See Poppy.
White powder, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to
exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.
[Obs.]
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A pistol charged with white powder. --Beau. & Fl.
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White precipitate. (Old Chem.) See under Precipitate.
White rabbit. (Zool.)
(a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.
(b) An albino rabbit.
White rent,
(a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --
opposed to black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3.
(b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by
every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of
Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]
White rhinoceros. (Zool.)
(a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros
Indicus}). See Rhinoceros.
(b) The umhofo.
White ribbon, the distinctive badge of certain
organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral
purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.
White rope (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.
White rot. (Bot.)
(a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and
butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease
called rot in sheep.
(b) A disease of grapes. See White rot, under Rot.
White sage (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia
lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter
fat}.
White salmon (Zool.), the silver salmon.
White salt, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.
White scale (Zool.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus Nerii)
injurious to the orange tree. See Orange scale, under
Orange.
White shark (Zool.), a species of man-eating shark. See
under Shark.
White softening. (Med.) See Softening of the brain, under
Softening.
White spruce. (Bot.) See Spruce, n., 1.
White squall (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious
blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach
otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on
the surface of the sea.
White staff, the badge of the lord high treasurer of
England. --Macaulay.
White stork (Zool.), the common European stork.
White sturgeon. (Zool.) See Shovelnose
(d) .
White sucker. (Zool.)
(a) The common sucker.
(b) The common red horse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum).
White swelling (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,
produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial
membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of
the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also
to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.
White tombac. See Tombac.
White trout (Zool.), the white weakfish, or silver
squeteague (Cynoscion nothus), of the Southern United
States.
White vitriol (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White
vitriol}, under Vitriol.
White wagtail (Zool.), the common, or pied, wagtail.
White wax, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.
White whale (Zool.), the beluga.
White widgeon (Zool.), the smew.
White wine. any wine of a clear, transparent color,
bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --
distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and
Burgundy. "White wine of Lepe." --Chaucer.
White witch, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers
are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent
purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.
White wolf. (Zool.)
(a) A light-colored wolf (Canis laniger) native of
Thibet; -- called also chanco, golden wolf, and
Thibetan wolf.
(b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.
White wren (Zool.), the willow warbler; -- so called from
the color of the under parts.
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[1913 Webster]Cypress \Cy"press\ (s?"pr?s), n.; pl. Cypresses (-?z). [OE.
cipres, cipresse, OF. cipres, F. cypr?s, L. cupressus,
cyparissus (cf. the usual Lat. form cupressus), fr. Gr. ????,
perh. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. g?pher, Gen. vi. 14.] (Bot)
A coniferous tree of the genus Cupressus. The species are
mostly evergreen, and have wood remarkable for its
durability.
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Note: Among the trees called cypress are the common Oriental
cypress, Cupressus sempervirens, the evergreen
American cypress, Cupressus thyoides (now called
Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea), and the deciduous
American cypress, Taxodium distichum. As having
anciently been used at funerals, and to adorn tombs,
the Oriental species is an emblem of mourning and
sadness.
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Cypress vine (Bot.), a climbing plant with red or white
flowers (Ipot[oe]a Quamoclit, formerly {Quamoclit
vulgaris}).
[1913 Webster]cedar \ce"dar\ (s[=e]"d[~e]r), n. [AS. ceder, fr. L. cedrus, Gr.
ke`dros.] (Bot.)
The name of several evergreen trees. The wood is remarkable
for its durability and fragrant odor.
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Note: The cedar of Lebanon is the Cedrus Libani; the white
cedar (Cupressus thyoides) is now called
Cham[oe]cyparis sph[ae]roidea; American red cedar is
the Juniperus Virginiana; Spanish cedar, the West
Indian Cedrela odorata. Many other trees with
odoriferous wood are locally called cedar.
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Diphyodont
(gcide) | Diphyodont \Diph"y*o*dont\, a. [Gr. ? double (di- = di`s- twice
+ ? to produce) + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth.] (Anat.)
Having two successive sets of teeth (deciduous and
permanent), one succeeding the other; as, a diphyodont
mammal; diphyodont dentition; -- opposed to monophyodont.
-- n. An animal having two successive sets of teeth.
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Diphyozooid
(gcide) | Diphyozooid \Diph`y*o*zo"oid\, n. [Gr. ? of double from + E.
zooid.] (Zool.)
One of the free-swimming sexual zooids of Siphonophora.
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geniohyoid
(gcide) | geniohyoid \ge`ni*o*hy"oid\ (j[=e]`n[i^]*[-o]*h[imac]"oid), a.
[Gr. ge`neion the chin + E. hyoid.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the chin and hyoid bone; as, the
geniohyoid muscle.
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Hyodon tergisus
(gcide) | Moon-eye \Moon"-eye`\, n.
1. A eye affected by the moon; also, a disease in the eye of
a horse.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) Any species of American fresh-water fishes of the
genus Hyodon, esp. Hyodon tergisus of the Great
Lakes and adjacent waters.
(b) The cisco.
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Hyoganoid
(gcide) | Hyoganoidei \Hy`o*ga*noi"de*i\, n. pl. [NL. See Hyo-, and
Canoidei.] (Zool.)
A division of ganoid fishes, including the gar pikes and
bowfins. -- Hy`o*ga"noid, a.
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Hyoganoidei
(gcide) | Hyoganoidei \Hy`o*ga*noi"de*i\, n. pl. [NL. See Hyo-, and
Canoidei.] (Zool.)
A division of ganoid fishes, including the gar pikes and
bowfins. -- Hy`o*ga"noid, a.
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Hyoglossal
(gcide) | Hyoglossal \Hy`o*glos"sal\, a. [Hyo- + Gr. ? tongue.] (Anat.)
(a) Pertaining to or connecting the tongue and hyodean arch;
as, the hyoglossal membrane.
(b) Of or pertaining to the hyoglossus muscle.
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Hyoglossus
(gcide) | Hyoglossus \Hy`o*glos"sus\, n. [NL., fr. hyo- hyo- + Gr. glw^ssa
tongue.] (Anat.)
A flat muscle on either side of the tongue, connecting it
with the hyoid bone.
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Hyoid
(gcide) | Hyoid \Hy"oid\, n.
The hyoid bone. HyoidealHyoid \Hy"oid\, a. [Gr. ? fr. the letter [Upsilon] + e'i^dos
form: cf. F. hyo["i]de.]
1. Having the form of an arch, or of the Greek letter upsilon
[[Upsilon]].
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2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the bony or cartilaginous arch
which supports the tongue. Sometimes applied to the tongue
itself.
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Hyoid arch (Anat.), the arch of cartilaginous or bony
segments, which connects the base of the tongue with
either side of the skull.
Hyoid bone (Anat.), the bone in the base of the tongue, the
middle part of the hyoid arch.
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Hyoid arch
(gcide) | Hyoid \Hy"oid\, a. [Gr. ? fr. the letter [Upsilon] + e'i^dos
form: cf. F. hyo["i]de.]
1. Having the form of an arch, or of the Greek letter upsilon
[[Upsilon]].
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2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the bony or cartilaginous arch
which supports the tongue. Sometimes applied to the tongue
itself.
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Hyoid arch (Anat.), the arch of cartilaginous or bony
segments, which connects the base of the tongue with
either side of the skull.
Hyoid bone (Anat.), the bone in the base of the tongue, the
middle part of the hyoid arch.
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Hyoid bone
(gcide) | Hyoid \Hy"oid\, a. [Gr. ? fr. the letter [Upsilon] + e'i^dos
form: cf. F. hyo["i]de.]
1. Having the form of an arch, or of the Greek letter upsilon
[[Upsilon]].
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2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the bony or cartilaginous arch
which supports the tongue. Sometimes applied to the tongue
itself.
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Hyoid arch (Anat.), the arch of cartilaginous or bony
segments, which connects the base of the tongue with
either side of the skull.
Hyoid bone (Anat.), the bone in the base of the tongue, the
middle part of the hyoid arch.
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Hyoideal
(gcide) | Hyoideal \Hy*oid"e*al\, Hyoidean \Hy*oid"e*an\, a.
Same as Hyoid, a.
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Hyoidean
(gcide) | Hyoideal \Hy*oid"e*al\, Hyoidean \Hy*oid"e*an\, a.
Same as Hyoid, a.
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Hyojun Romajikai
(gcide) | Romajikai \Ro"ma*ji*ka`i\, n. [Jap. r[=o]majikai, Roman
character association.]
An association, including both Japanese and Europeans, having
for its object the changing of the Japanese method of writing
by substituting Roman letters for Japanese characters. Laso
known as Hyojun Romajikai.
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Hyomandibular
(gcide) | Hyomandibular \Hy`o*man*dib"u*lar\, a. [Hyo- + mandibular.]
(Anat.)
Pertaining both to the hyoidean arch and the mandible or
lower jaw; as, the hyomandibular bone or cartilage, a segment
of the hyoid arch which connects the lower jaw with the skull
in fishes. -- n. The hyomandibular bone or cartilage.
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Hyomental
(gcide) | Hyomental \Hy`o*men"tal\, a. [Hyo- + mental of the chin.]
(Anat.)
Between the hyoid bone and the lower jaw, pertaining to them;
suprahyoid; submaxillary; as, the hyomental region of the
front of the neck.
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Hyopastron
(gcide) | Hyopastron \Hy`o*pas"tron\, n. [Hyo- + plastron.] (Zool.)
The second lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; --
called also hyosternum.
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Hyoscine
(gcide) | Hyoscine \Hy*os"cine\, n. [See Hyoscyamus.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid found with hyoscyamine (with which it is also
isomeric) in henbane, and extracted as a white, amorphous,
semisolid substance.
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hyoscyamia
(gcide) | Hyoscyamine \Hy`os*cy"a*mine\, n. [See Hyoscyamus.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and
regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other
alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is
extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp,
offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is
very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like
belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc.
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Hyoscyamine
(gcide) | Hyoscyamine \Hy`os*cy"a*mine\, n. [See Hyoscyamus.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and
regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other
alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is
extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp,
offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is
very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like
belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc.
[1913 Webster]Duboisine \Du*bois"ine\, n. (Med.)
An alkaloid obtained from the leaves of an Australian tree
(Duboisia myoporoides), and regarded as identical with
hyoscyamine. It produces dilation of the pupil of the eye.
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hyoscyamine
(gcide) | Hyoscyamine \Hy`os*cy"a*mine\, n. [See Hyoscyamus.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and
regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other
alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is
extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp,
offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is
very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like
belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc.
[1913 Webster]Duboisine \Du*bois"ine\, n. (Med.)
An alkaloid obtained from the leaves of an Australian tree
(Duboisia myoporoides), and regarded as identical with
hyoscyamine. It produces dilation of the pupil of the eye.
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Hyoscyamus
(gcide) | Hyoscyamus \Hy`os*cy"a*mus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ? a sow, hog + ?
a bean.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of poisonous plants of the Nightshade
family; henbane.
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2. (Med.) The leaves of the black henbane ({Hyoscyamus
niger}), used in neuralgic and pectorial troubles.
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Hyoscyamus niger
(gcide) | Hyoscyamine \Hy`os*cy"a*mine\, n. [See Hyoscyamus.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and
regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other
alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is
extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp,
offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is
very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like
belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc.
[1913 Webster]Hyoscyamus \Hy`os*cy"a*mus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ? a sow, hog + ?
a bean.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of poisonous plants of the Nightshade
family; henbane.
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2. (Med.) The leaves of the black henbane ({Hyoscyamus
niger}), used in neuralgic and pectorial troubles.
[1913 Webster]Henbane \Hen"bane`\, n. [Hen + bane.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus (Hyoscyamus niger). All
parts of the plant are poisonous, and the leaves are used for
the same purposes as belladonna. It is poisonous to domestic
fowls; whence the name. Called also, stinking nightshade,
from the fetid odor of the plant. See Hyoscyamus.
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Hyosternal
(gcide) | Hyosternal \Hy`o*ster"nal\, a. [Hyo- + ternal.] (Anat.)
(a) Between the hyoid bone and the sternum, or pertaining
to them; infrahyoid; as, the hyosternal region of the
neck.
(b) Pertaining to the hyosternum of turtles.
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Hyosternum
(gcide) | Hyosternum \Hy`o*ster"num\, n. [Hyo- + sternum.] (Anat.)
See Hyoplastron.
[1913 Webster]Hyopastron \Hy`o*pas"tron\, n. [Hyo- + plastron.] (Zool.)
The second lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; --
called also hyosternum.
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hyosternum
(gcide) | Hyosternum \Hy`o*ster"num\, n. [Hyo- + sternum.] (Anat.)
See Hyoplastron.
[1913 Webster]Hyopastron \Hy`o*pas"tron\, n. [Hyo- + plastron.] (Zool.)
The second lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; --
called also hyosternum.
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Hyostylic
(gcide) | Hyostylic \Hy`o*styl"ic\, a. [Hyo- + Gr. ? a pillar.] (Anat.)
Having the mandible suspended by the hyomandibular, or upper
part of the hyoid arch, as in fishes, instead of directly
articulated with the skull as in mammals; -- said of the
skull.
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Ichthyocol
(gcide) | Ichthyocol \Ich"thy*o*col\, Ichthyocolla \Ich`thy*o*col"la\, n.
[L. ichthyocolla, Gr. ?; 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + ? glue:
cf. F. ichthyocolle.]
Fish glue; isinglass; a glue prepared from the sounds of
certain fishes.
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Ichthyocolla
(gcide) | Ichthyocol \Ich"thy*o*col\, Ichthyocolla \Ich`thy*o*col"la\, n.
[L. ichthyocolla, Gr. ?; 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + ? glue:
cf. F. ichthyocolle.]
Fish glue; isinglass; a glue prepared from the sounds of
certain fishes.
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Ichthyocoprolite
(gcide) | Ichthyocoprolite \Ich`thy*o*cop"ro*lite\, n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s,
-y`os, a fish + E. coprolite.] (Geol.)
Fossil dung of fishes.
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Ichthyodorulite
(gcide) | Ichthyodorulite \Ich`thy*o*dor"u*lite\, n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os,
a fish + ? a spear + -lite.] (Zool.)
One of the spiny plates found on the back and tail of certain
skates.
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Ichthyography
(gcide) | Ichthyography \Ich`thy*og"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os +
graphy: cf. F. ichthyographie.]
A treatise on fishes. Ichthyoid |
Ichthyoid
(gcide) | Ichthyoid \Ich"thy*oid\, Ichthyoidal \Ich`thy*oid"al\, a. [Gr.
?: 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + e'i^dos form.] (Zool.)
Somewhat like a fish; having some of the characteristics of
fishes; -- said of some amphibians.
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Ichthyoidal
(gcide) | Ichthyoid \Ich"thy*oid\, Ichthyoidal \Ich`thy*oid"al\, a. [Gr.
?: 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + e'i^dos form.] (Zool.)
Somewhat like a fish; having some of the characteristics of
fishes; -- said of some amphibians.
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Ichthyol
(gcide) | Ichthyol \Ich"thy*ol\, n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + (prob.)
L. oleum oil; but cf. Ichthyolite.] (Chem.)
An oily substance prepared by the dry distillation of a
bituminous mineral containing fossil fishes. It is used in
medicine as a remedy in some forms of skin diseases.
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Ichthyolatry
(gcide) | Ichthyolatry \Ich`thy*ol"a*try\, n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish
+ ? to worship.]
Worship of fishes, or of fish-shaped idols. --Layard.
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Ichthyolite
(gcide) | Ichthyolite \Ich"thy*o*lite\, n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish +
-lite.] (Paleon.)
A fossil fish, or fragment of a fish. Ichthyologic |
Ichthyologic
(gcide) | Ichthyologic \Ich`thy*o*log"ic\, Ichthyological
\Ich`thy*o*log"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. ichthyologique.]
Of or pertaining to ichthyology.
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Ichthyological
(gcide) | Ichthyologic \Ich`thy*o*log"ic\, Ichthyological
\Ich`thy*o*log"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. ichthyologique.]
Of or pertaining to ichthyology.
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Ichthyologist
(gcide) | Ichthyologist \Ich`thy*ol"o*gist\, n. [Cf. F. ichthyologiste.]
One versed in, or who studies, ichthyology.
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Ichthyology
(gcide) | Ichthyology \Ich`thy*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish +
-logy: cf. F. ichthyologie.]
The natural history of fishes; that branch of Zoology which
relates to fishes, including their structure, classification,
and habits.
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Ichthyomancy
(gcide) | Ichthyomancy \Ich"thy*o*man`cy\, n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish
+ -mancy: cf. F. ichthyomancie.]
Divination by the heads or the entrails of fishes.
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Ichthyomorpha
(gcide) | Ichthyomorpha \Ich`thy*o*mor"pha\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
fish-shaped; 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + morfh` form.] (Zool.)
The Urodela. Ichthyomorphic |
Ichthyomorphic
(gcide) | Ichthyomorphic \Ich`thy*o*mor"phic\, Ichthyomorphous
\Ich`thy*o*mor"phous\, a. [See Ichthyomorpha.]
Fish-shaped; as, the ichthyomorphic idols of ancient Assyria.
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Ichthyomorphous
(gcide) | Ichthyomorphic \Ich`thy*o*mor"phic\, Ichthyomorphous
\Ich`thy*o*mor"phous\, a. [See Ichthyomorpha.]
Fish-shaped; as, the ichthyomorphic idols of ancient Assyria.
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Ichthyophagist
(gcide) | Ichthyophagist \Ich`thy*oph"a*gist\, n. [See Ichthyophagous.]
One who eats, or subsists on, fish.
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Ichthyophagous
(gcide) | Ichthyophagous \Ich`thy*oph"a*gous\, a. [L. ichthyophagus, Gr.
?; 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + fagei^n to eat.]
Eating, or subsisting on, fish.
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Ichthyophagy
(gcide) | Ichthyophagy \Ich`thy*oph"a*gy\, n. [Gr. 'ichqyofagi`a: cf. F.
ichthyophagie.]
The practice of eating, or living upon, fish.
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Ichthyophthalmite
(gcide) | Ichthyophthalmite \Ich`thy*oph*thal"mite\, n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s,
-y`os, a fish + ? eye.]
See Apophyllite. [R.]
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Ichthyophthira
(gcide) | Ichthyophthira \Ich`thy*oph*thi"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.
'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + ? a louse.] (Zool.)
A division of copepod crustaceans, including numerous species
parasitic on fishes.
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Ichthyopsida
(gcide) | Ichthyopsida \Ich`thy*op"si*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ichqy`s,
-y`os, a fish + ? appearance.] (Zool.)
A grand division of the Vertebrata, including the Amphibia
and Fishes.
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Ichthyopterygia
(gcide) | Ichthyosauria \Ich`thy*o*sau"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL. See
Ichthyosaurus.] (Paleon.)
An extinct order of marine reptiles, including Ichthyosaurus
and allied forms; -- called also Ichthyopterygia. They have
not been found later than the Cretaceous period.
[1913 Webster]Ichthyopterygia \Ich`thy*op`te*ryg"i*a\, n. pl. [NL. See
Ichthyopterygium.] (Paleon.)
See Ichthyosauria.
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Ichthyopterygium
(gcide) | Ichthyopterygium \Ich`thy*op`te*ryg"i*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr.
'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + ? a fin.] (Anat.)
The typical limb, or lateral fin, of fishes.
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Ichthyornis
(gcide) | Ichthyornis \Ich`thy*or"nis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os,
a fish + ? bird.] (Paleon.)
An extinct genus of toothed birds found in the American
Cretaceous formation. It is remarkable for having biconcave
vertebr[ae], and sharp, conical teeth set in sockets. Its
wings were well developed. It is the type of the order
Odontotorm[ae].
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Ichthyosaur
(gcide) | Ichthyosaur \Ich"thy*o*saur\, n. [Cf. F. ichthyosaure.]
(Paleon.)
One of the Ichthyosaura.
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Ichthyosauri
(gcide) | Ichthyosaurus \Ich`thy*o*sau"rus\, n.; pl. Ichthyosauri. [NL.,
fr. Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + say^ros a lizard.]
(Paleon.)
An extinct genus of marine reptiles; -- so named from their
short, biconcave vertebr[ae], resembling those of fishes.
Several species, varying in length from ten to thirty feet,
are known from the Liassic, O["o]litic, and Cretaceous
formations.
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Ichthyosauria
(gcide) | Ichthyosauria \Ich`thy*o*sau"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL. See
Ichthyosaurus.] (Paleon.)
An extinct order of marine reptiles, including Ichthyosaurus
and allied forms; -- called also Ichthyopterygia. They have
not been found later than the Cretaceous period.
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Ichthyosaurian
(gcide) | Ichthyosaurian \Ich`thy*o*sau"ri*an\, a. (Paleon.)
Of or pertaining to the Ichthyosauria. -- n. One of the
Ichthyosauria.
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Ichthyosaurus
(gcide) | Ichthyosaurus \Ich`thy*o*sau"rus\, n.; pl. Ichthyosauri. [NL.,
fr. Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + say^ros a lizard.]
(Paleon.)
An extinct genus of marine reptiles; -- so named from their
short, biconcave vertebr[ae], resembling those of fishes.
Several species, varying in length from ten to thirty feet,
are known from the Liassic, O["o]litic, and Cretaceous
formations.
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Ichthyosis
(gcide) | Ichthyosis \Ich`thy*o"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ichqy`s fish.]
(Med.)
A disease in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly; --
called also fishskin. -- Ich`thy*ot"ic, a.
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Ichthyotic
(gcide) | Ichthyosis \Ich`thy*o"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ichqy`s fish.]
(Med.)
A disease in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly; --
called also fishskin. -- Ich`thy*ot"ic, a.
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Ichthyotomist
(gcide) | Ichthyotomist \Ich`thy*ot"o*mist\, n.
One skilled in ichthyotomy.
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Ichthyotomy
(gcide) | Ichthyotomy \Ich`thy*ot"o*my\, n. [Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish +
? to cut.]
The anatomy or dissection of fishes. [R.]
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Infrahyoid
(gcide) | Infrahyoid \In`fra*hy"oid\, a. [Infra + hyoid.] (Anat.)
Same as Hyosternal
(a) .
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Mandibulohyoid
(gcide) | Mandibulohyoid \Man*dib`u*lo*hy"oid\, a. (Anat.)
Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch, or
situated between them.
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