n. 1. very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. the family of arachnids of the order Acarina consisting of mites.
Syn. -- family Acaridae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Acarus. ] (Zool.) One of a group of arachnids, including the mites and ticks. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; a mite. ] (Zool.) The order of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Of or caused by acari (acarids, or mites); as, acarine diseases. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. (Med.) A member of the order Acarina. [ PJC ]

‖n. (Zool.) A South American bird, of the genus Pleroglossius, allied to the toucans. There are several species. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Araucania, a territory south of Chili. ] (Bot.) A genus of tall conifers of the pine family. The species are confined mostly to South America and Australia. The wood cells differ from those of other in having the dots in their lateral surfaces in two or three rows, and the dots of contiguous rows alternating. The seeds are edible. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a family of tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves; in some classifications included in the Pinaceae.
Syn. -- family Araucariaceae, araucaria family [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Relating to, or of the nature of, the Araucaria. The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly Araucarian. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; an intestinal worm. ] (Med.) A disease, usually accompanied by colicky pains and diarrhea, caused by the presence of ascarids in the gastrointestinal canal. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n.; pl. Ascarides r Ascarids. [ NL. ascaris, fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Zool.) A parasitic nematoid worm, especially the roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, often occurring in the human intestine, and allied species found in domestic animals; also commonly applied to the pinworm (Oxyuris), often troublesome to children and aged persons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of large roundworms parasitic in intestines of vertebrates.
Syn. -- family Ascaridae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a roundworm having a preanal sucker.
Syn. -- genus Ascaridia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 the type genus of the family Ascaridae: roundworms with a three-lipped mouth.
Syn. -- genus Ascaris. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + carinate. ] (Biol.) Having two keel-like projections, as the upper palea of grasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. calcarius of lime + -ferous. ] Lime-yielding; calciferous [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the calcar of the brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The type genus of the Cariamidae, consisting only of the Cariama cristata, also called the seriema.
Syn. -- genus Cariama. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) A large, long-legged cranelike South American wading bird (Cariama cristata, formerly Dicholophus cristatus) which preys upon snakes, etc.; it is also called the seriema, but that latter name is also applied to another South American bird. See Seriema. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. a natural family of cranelike South American wading birds.
Syn. -- family Cariamidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Caries. [ See Cannibal. ] (Ethol.) A native of the Caribbee islands or the coasts of the Caribbean sea; esp., one of a tribe of Indians inhabiting a region of South America, north of the Amazon, and formerly most of the West India islands. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to the Caribs, to their islands (the eastern and southern West Indies), or to the sea (called the Caribbean sea) lying between those islands and Central America. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A Carib. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. a cannibal. ] (Zool). A south American fresh water fish of the genus Serrasalmo of many species, remarkable for its voracity. When numerous they attack man or beast, often with fatal results.

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n. [ Canadian French. ] (Zool.) The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species (Rangifer Caribou). [ 1913 Webster ]

Barren Ground caribou. See under Barren. --
Woodland caribou, the common reindeer (Rangifer Caribou) of the northern forests of America. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the type genus of the Caricaceae; consisting of tropical American trees; the papayas.
Syn. -- genus Carica. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of trees native to tropical America and Africa with milky juice and large palmately lobed leaves.
Syn. -- family Caricaceae, papaya family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ It. caricatura, fr. caricare to charge, overload, exaggerate. See Charge, v. t. ] 1. An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A picture or other figure or description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody. [ Formerly written caricatura. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The truest likeness of the prince of French literature will be the one that has most of the look of a caricature. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

A grotesque caricature of virtue. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Caricatured p. pr. & vb. n. Caricaturing. ] To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque. [ 1913 Webster ]

He could draw an ill face, or caricature a good one, with a masterly hand. Lord Lyttelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who caricatures. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. carica a kind of dry fig. ] Of the shape of a fig; as, a caricous tumor. Graig. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., decay. ] (Med.) Ulceration of bone; a process in which bone disintegrates and is carried away piecemeal, as distinguished from necrosis, in which it dies in masses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. carillon a chime of bells, originally consisting of four bells, as if fr.. (assumed) L. quadrilio, fr. quatuer four. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Mus.) A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A tune adapted to be played by musical bells. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., keel. ] 1. (Bot.) A keel. (a) That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification. (b) A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The keel of the breastbone of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. L. carina keel. ] (Zool.) A genus of oceanic heteropod Mollusca, having a thin, glassy, bonnet-shaped shell, which covers only the nucleus and gills. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., Fem. pl. fr. L. carinatus. See Carinate. ] A grand division of birds, including all existing flying birds; -- So called from the carina or keel on the breastbone. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ a. [ L. carinatus, fr. carina keel. ] Shaped like the keel or prow of a ship; having a carina or keel; as, a carinate calyx or leaf; a carinate sternum (of a bird). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. carriole, dim. fr. L. carrus. See Car, and Carryall. ] (a) A small, light, open one-horse carriage. (b) A covered cart. (c) A kind of calash. See Carryall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Caryopsis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Caries. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cariosus, fr. caries dacay. ] Affected with caries; decaying; as, a carious tooth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Sp., small thin bark, Peruvian bark, dim. of cáscara bark. ] (Bot.) A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton Eleutheria); also, its aromatic bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cascarilla bark (or
Cascarilla) (Med.), the bark of Croton Eleutheria. It has an aromatic odor and a warm, spicy, bitter taste, and when burnt emits a musky odor. It is used as a gentle tonic, and sometimes, for the sake of its fragrance, mixed with smoking tobacco, when it is said to occasion vertigo and intoxication. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A white, crystallizable, bitter substance extracted from oil of cascarilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Cercarle /plu> [ NL., fr. Gr. ke`rkos tail. ] (Zool.) The larval form of a trematode worm having the shape of a tadpole, with its body terminated by a tail-like appendage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of, like, or pertaining to, the Cercariæ. -- n. One of the Cercariæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. epi- + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a shrimp. ] (Zoöl.) An isopod crustacean, parasitic on shrimps. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Icarius, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;, the mythic son of Dædalus, who, when flying from Crete on wings cemented with wax, mounted so high that the sun melted the wax, and he fell into the sea. ] Soaring too high for safety, like Icarus; adventurous in flight. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. lactuca lettuce. ] The inspissated juice of the common lettuce, sometimes used as a substitute for opium. [ 1913 Webster ]