‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; thorn + &unr_; fin, dim. fr. &unr_; wing. ] (Zool.) An order of fishes having some of the rays of the dorsal, ventral, and anal fins unarticulated and spinelike, as the perch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a family of fish comprising the thresher sharks.
Syn. -- family Alopiidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖ } n. pl. [ Gr. &unr_; throwing a shadow both ways; 'amfi` + &unr_; shadow. ] The inhabitants of the tropic, whose shadows in one part of the year are cast to the north, and in the other to the south, according as the sun is south or north of their zenith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 the family comprising the deathwatch beetles.
Syn. -- family Anobiidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Med.) Good against jaundice. -- n. A remedy for jaundice. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. pl. [ L. antiscii, Gr. &unr_;, pl.; 'anti` against + &unr_; shadow. ] The inhabitants of the earth, living on different sides of the equator, whose shadows at noon are cast in opposite directions. [ 1913 Webster ]

The inhabitants of the north and south temperate zones are always Antiscians. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a family of mammals comprising the mountain beavers.
Syn. -- family Aplodontiidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The quality of being apprehensible. [ R. ] De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars.
Syn. -- arctiid moth. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a family comprising the tiger moths.
Syn. -- family Arctiidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a family comrising the pill bugs.
Syn. -- family Armadillidiidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖ } n. pl. [ L. ascii, pl. of ascius, Gr. &unr_; without shadow; 'a priv. + &unr_; shadow. ] Persons who, at certain times of the year, have no shadow at noon; -- applied to the inhabitants of the torrid zone, who have, twice a year, a vertical sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Acronym: American Standard Code for Information Interchange. ](Computers) 1. the American Standard Code for Information Interchange, a code consisting of a set of 128 7-bit combinations used in digital computers internally, for display purposes, and for exchanging data between computers. It is very widely used, but because of the limited number of characters encoded must be supplemented or replaced by other codes for encoding special symbols or words in languages other than English. Also used attributively; -- as, an ASCII file. Syn. -- American Standard Code for Information Interchange. [ PJC ]

{ , n. The doctrine of a modern religious pantheistical sect in Persia, which was founded, about 1844, by Mirza Ali Mohammed ibn Rabhik (1820 -- 1850), who assumed the title of Bab-ed-Din (Per., Gate of the Faith). Babism is a mixture of Muslim, Christian, Jewish, and Parsi elements. This doctrine forbids concubinage and polygamy, and frees women from many of the degradations imposed upon them among the orthodox Muslims. Mendicancy, the use of intoxicating liquors and drugs, and slave dealing, are forbidden; asceticism is discountenanced. -- Bab"ist, n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

{ } a. [ Blenny + -oid ] (Zool.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the blennies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of dipterous insects comprising the bee flies.
Syn. -- family Bombyliidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. a natural family comprising the sand sharks; in some classifications coextensive with the family Carcharhinidae.
Syn. -- family Carchariidae, Odontaspididae, family Odontaspididae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of somewhat heart-shaped sand-burrowing bivalve mollusks.
Syn. -- family Cardiidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an order of ratite birds comprising the cassowaries and emus.
Syn. -- order Casuariiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of birds cosisting of several species of creepers, such as Certhia americana, the tree creeper.
Syn. -- family Certhiidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of birds comprising the plovers.
Syn. -- family Charadriidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters; shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on animal life.
Syn. -- order Charadriiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family including the green turtles; hawksbills.
Syn. -- family Cheloniidae, Chelonidae, family Chelonidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. To make as pliable as kid leather. [ Obs. ] Br. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; cartilage + &unr_;, &unr_;, wing, fin. ] (Zool.) A group of fishes, characterized by cartilaginous fins and skeleton. It includes both ganoids (sturgeons, etc.) and selachians (sharks), but is now often restricted to the latter. [ Written also Chondropterygia. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of birds comprising the storks.
Syn. -- family Ciconiidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet, including the herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos; and ibises.
Syn. -- order Ciconiiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ Cilium + -form ] Having the form of cilia; very fine or slender. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Conine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) a family of birds comprising the rollers.
Syn. -- family Coraciidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) an order of birds including the rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee-eaters; todies.
Syn. -- order Coraciiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; tassels, a fringe + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, dim. of &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; wing, fin. ] (Zool.) An order of ganoid fishes including among living species the bichir (Polypterus). See Brachioganoidei. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family comprising solely the aye-aye.
Syn. -- family Daubentoniidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; skin + &unr_; wing, fin, dim. of &unr_; wing. ] (Zool.) A group of fishlike animals including the Marsipobranchiata and Leptocardia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A diiambus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; di- = di`s- twice + &unr_;. See Lambus. ] (Pros.) A double iambus; a foot consisting of two iambuses (&unr_; &unr_; &unr_; &unr_;). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. di- + iodine. ] (Chem.) A compound of a binary type containing two atoms of iodine; -- called also biniodide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem., Med.) a chemical substance consisting of tyrosine with two hydrogen atoms on the benzene ring replaced by iodine atoms. The isomer 3, 5-diiodotyrosine is an inhibitor of thyroid function. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Pref. di- + isatine + -gen. ] (Chem.) A red crystalline nitrogenous substance of artificial production, which by reduction passes directly to indigo. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a group of families of more or less advanced trees and shrubs and herbs having either polypetalous or gamopetalous corollas and often with ovules attached to the walls of the ovary; it contains 69 families including Ericaceae and Cruciferae and Malvaceae; it is sometimes classified as a superorder.
Syn. -- subclass Dilleniidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a metal plate + L. branchia a gill. ] (Zoöl.) A subclass of fishes, comprising the sharks, the rays, and the Chimæra. The skeleton is mainly cartilaginous. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to family Filariidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family consisting of threadlike roundworms, called filariae.
Syn. -- family Filariidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. friabilité. ] The quality of being friable; friableness. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A natural family including ovenbirds.
Syn. -- family Furnariidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. An order of large aquatic birds, including loons and some extinct forms.
Syn. -- order Gaviiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a small slender-winged moth whose larvae are agricultural pests.
Syn. -- gelechiid moth. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A family of moths which include important economic pests, feeding on the seeds of the cotton boll.
Syn. -- family Gelechiidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ See Geranium. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Med.) A valuable astringent obtained from the root of the Geranium maculatum or crane's-bill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) A liquid terpene, obtained from the crane's-bill (Geranium maculatum), and having a peculiar mulberry odor. [ Written also geraniin. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A natural family of fish comprising the gobies.
Syn. -- family Gobiidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]