n. a coarse, tough, twilled cotton fabric used for uniforms or sports clothes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ NL. chinium quinine (cf. G. & F. china Peruvian bark) + -oil + -ine. ] (Chem.) See Quinodine. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. Chinese conduct, art, decoration, or the like; also, a specimen of Chinese manners, art, decoration, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. a style in art reflecting Chinese influence, being elaborately decorated and intricately patterned. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ NL. chinium quinine (see Chinoldine) + L. oleum oil + -ine. ] (Chem.) See Quinoline. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. chinium quinine (see Chinoidine.) + -one. ] (Chem.) See Quinone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Ethnol.) One of a tribe of North American Indians now living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom of flattening their skulls. Chinooks also called Flathead Indians. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A warm westerly wind from the country of the Chinooks, sometimes experienced on the slope of the Rocky Mountains, in Montana and the adjacent territory. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A jargon of words from various languages (the largest proportion of which is from that of the Chinooks) generally understood by all the Indian tribes of the northwestern territories of the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Washington -- a nickname. See Chinook, n. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. pl. trousers made with chino cloth. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. delphinus a dolphin + -oid. ] (Zool.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. annual or perennial succulent grasses of warm regions.
Syn. -- genus Echinochloa. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Med.) infestation with echinococci (tapeworms). An infection with the larval form is called hydatid disease. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'echi^nos hedgehog, sea urchin + ko`kkos grain, seed, berry. So called because forming little granular bodies, each armed with hooklets and disposed upon the inner wall of the hydatid cysts. ] (Zoöl.) A parasite of man and of many domestic and wild animals, forming compound cysts or tumors (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs, which often cause death. It is the larval stage of the Tænia echinococcus, a small tapeworm peculiar to the dog. The adult form is not found in man. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) a red blood cell which has become crenated. [ PJC ]

n. (Zoöl.) One of the Echinodermata. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zoöl.) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'echi^nos hedgehog, sea urchin + de`rma, -atos, skin. ] (Zoöl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom. By many writers it was formerly included in the Radiata. [ Written also Echinoderma. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The species usually have an exterior calcareous skeleton, or shell, made of many pieces, and often covered with spines, to which the name. They may be star-shaped, cylindrical, disk-shaped, or more or less spherical. The body consists of several similar parts (spheromeres) repeated symmetrically around a central axis, at one end of which the mouth is situated. They generally have suckers for locomotion. The group includes the following classes: Crinoidea, Asterioidea, Ophiuroidea, Echinoidea, and Holothurioidea. See these words in the Vocabulary, and also Ambulacrum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zoöl.) Relating to Echinodermata; echinodermal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Echinus + -oid. ] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Echinoidea. -- n. One of the Echinoidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Echinus, and -oid. ] (Zoöl.) The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. They have a calcareous shell, usually more or less spheroidal or disk-shaped, composed of many united plates, and covered with movable spines. See Spatangoid, Clypeastroid. [ Written also Echinidea, and Echinoida. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'echi^nos an echinus + zw^, on an animal. ] (Zoöl.) The Echinodermata. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Per. koh-i-nūr, lit., mountain of light. ] A famous diamond, surrendered to the British crown on the annexation of the Punjab. According to Hindu legends, it was found in a Golconda mine, and has been the property of various Hindu and Persian rulers. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It., fr. marasca, amarasca, a sour cherry, L. amarus bitter. ] A liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and flavored with the pit of a variety of cherry which grows in Dalmatia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A cherry which is colored a deep red and sweetened by cooking in colored syrup, and flavored with maraschino. It is used as a garnish in deserts and cocktails. [ PJC ]

2. The marasca cherry tree. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Paleo-, and Echinoidea. ] (Zool.) An extinct order of sea urchins found in the Paleozoic rocks. They had more than twenty vertical rows of plates. Called also Palaeechini. [ Written also Palaeechinoidea. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] Gold and silver, or money. [ Cant ] W. Wagstaffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

As long as the rhino lasted. Marryat. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A combining form from Greek &unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, the nose, as in rhinolith, rhinology. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the rhinoceros; resembling the rhinoceros, or his horn. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. "rinoke`rws, "rinoke`rwtos; "ri`s, "rino`s, the nose + ke`ras a horn: cf. F. rhinocéros. See Horn. ] (Zool.) Any pachyderm belonging to the genera Rhinoceros, Atelodus, and several allied genera of the family Rhinocerotidae, of which several living, and many extinct, species are known. They are large and powerful, and usually have either one or two stout conical median horns on the snout. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Indian, or white, and the Javan rhinoceroses (Rhinoceros Indicus and Rhinoceros Sondaicus) have incisor and canine teeth, but only one horn, and the very thick skin forms shieldlike folds. The two or three African species belong to Atelodus, and have two horns, but lack the dermal folds, and the incisor and canine teeth. The two Malay, or East Indian, two-horned species belong to Ceratohinus, in which incisor and canine teeth are present. See Borele, and Keitloa. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rhinoceros auk (Zool.), an auk of the North Pacific (Cerorhina monocrata) which has a deciduous horn on top of the bill. --
Rhinoceros beetle (Zool.), a very large beetle of the genus Dynastes, having a horn on the head. --
Rhinoceros bird. (Zool.) (a) A large hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros), native of the East Indies. It has a large hollow hornlike process on the bill. Called also rhinoceros hornbill. See Hornbill. (b) An African beefeater (Buphaga Africana). It alights on the back of the rhinoceros in search of parasitic insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A rhinoceros. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the rhinoceros. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Rhino- + -lite, -lith. ] (Med.) A concretion formed within the cavities of the nose. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to rhinology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in rhinology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Rhino- + -logy. ] The science which treats of the nose, and its diseases. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Rhino- + Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; crest. ] (Zool.) Any species of the genus Rhinilophus, or family Rhinolophidae, having a horseshoe-shaped nasal crest; a horseshoe bat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the rhinolophids, or horseshoe bats. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Rhino- + Gr. fe`rein to bear. ] (Zool.) One of the two tentacle-like organs on the back of the head or neck of a nudibranch or tectibranch mollusk. They are usually retractile, and often transversely furrowed or plicate, and are regarded as olfactory organs. Called also dorsal tentacles. See Illust. under Pygobranchia, and Opisthobranchia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Rhino- + -plastic: cf. F. rhinoplastique. ] (Surg.) Of or pertaining to rhinoplasty; as, a rhinoplastic operation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Rhino- + -plasty: cf. F. rhinoplastie. ] Plastic surgery of the nose to correct deformity or to replace lost tissue. Tissue may be transplanted from the patient's cheek, forehead, arm, etc., or even from another person. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Rhino- + Gr. pw^ma a lid. ] (Zool.) Any old-world bat of the genus Rhinopoma. The rhinopomes have a long tail extending beyond the web, and inhabit caves and tombs. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Rhino- + scleroma. ] (Med.) A rare disease of the skin, characterized by the development of very hard, more or less flattened, prominences, appearing first upon the nose and subsequently upon the neighboring parts, esp. the lips, palate, and throat. J. V. Shoemaker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Rhino- + -scope. ] A small mirror for use in rhinoscopy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to rhinoscopy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Rhino- + -scopy. ] (Physiol.) The examination or study of the soft palate, posterior nares, etc., by means of a laryngoscopic mirror introduced into the pharynx. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Rhinothecae [ NL., from gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, the nose + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; case. ] (Zool.) The sheath of the upper mandible of a bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, shore + -lite. ] (Min.) A calcareous tufa, in part crystalline, occurring on a large scale as a shore deposit about the Quaternary lake basins of Nevada. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of, pertaining to, or like, Trachinus, a genus of fishes which includes the weevers. See Weever. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Trichina + -scope. ] An apparatus for the detection of trichinae in the flesh of animals, as of swine. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Trichina. ] (Med.) The disease produced by the presence of trichinae in the muscles and intestinal track. It is marked by fever, muscular pains, and symptoms resembling those of typhoid fever, and is frequently fatal. [ 1913 Webster ]