n. [ L. armipotentia, fr. armipotents. ] Power in arms. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. armipotents; arma arms + potens powerful, p. pr. of posse to be able. ] Powerful in arms; mighty in battle. [ 1913 Webster ]

The temple stood of Mars armipotent. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖Verbar; n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. gemma bud + parere to produce. ] (Zool.) Animals which increase by budding, as hydroids. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) Reproduction by budding; gemmation. See Budding. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. gemmipare. ] (Biol.) Producing buds; reproducing by buds. See Gemmation, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Germ + L. parere to produce. ] (Biol.) Reproduction by means of germs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hemi- + peptone. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A product of the gastric and pancreatic digestion of albuminous matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Unlike antipeptone it is convertible into leucin and tyrosin, by the continued action of pancreatic juice. See Peptone. It is also formed from hemialbumose and albumin by the action of boiling dilute sulphuric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.[ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; half + &unr_; a stroke; cf. F. hémiplagie. ] (Med.) A palsy that affects one side only of the body. -- Hem`i"pleg"ic a. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ Hemi- + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, foot. ] (Zool.) Any bird of the genus Turnix. Various species inhabit Asia, Africa, and Australia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hemi- + protein. ] (Physiol. Chem.) An insoluble, proteid substance, described by Schützenberger, formed when albumin is heated for some time with dilute sulphuric acid. It is apparently identical with antialbumid and dyspeptone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. hémiptères, pl. ] (Zool.) One of the Hemiptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; half + &unr_; wing, fr. &unr_; to fly. ] (Zool.) An order of hexapod insects having a jointed proboscis, including four sharp stylets (mandibles and maxillae), for piercing. In many of the species (Heteroptera) the front wings are partially coriaceous, and different from the others. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They are divided into the Heteroptera, including the squash bug, soldier bug, bedbug, etc.; the Homoptera, including the cicadas, cuckoo spits, plant lice, scale insects, etc.; the Thysanoptera, including the thrips, and, according to most recent writers, the Pediculina or true lice.

n. (Zool.) One of the Hemiptera; an hemipter. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. palmipes, -edis, broad-footed; palma the palm of the hand + pes a foot; cf. F. palmipède. ] (Zool.) Web-footed, as a water fowl. -- n. A swimming bird; a bird having webbed feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Natatores. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. plumipes, -edis; pluma a feather + pes: cf. F. plumipède. ] (Zool.) Having feet covered with feathers. -- n. A plumiped bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. primus first + parere to bring forth. ] (Med.) A woman who bears a child for the first time. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Primipara. ] Belonging to a first birth; bearing young for the first time. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. primipilaris, fr. primipilus the centurion of the first cohort of a Roman legion, fr. primus pilus the division made up of the triarii in the Roman army. ] Of or pertaining to the captain of the vanguard of a Roman army. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ramus + parere to bear. ] (Bot.) Producing branches; ramigerous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. remus oar + pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. rémipède. ] (Zool.) Having feet or legs that are used as oars; -- said of certain crustaceans and insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) An animal having limbs like oars, especially one of certain crustaceans. (b) One of a group of aquatic beetles having tarsi adapted for swimming. See Water beetle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Half pagan. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Zool.) Having the anterior toes joined only part way down with a web; half-webbed; as, a semipalmate bird or foot. See Illust. k under Aves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geom.) One branch of a parabola, being terminated at the principal vertex of the curve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. semipes, semipedis; pref. semi- half + pes, pedis, a foot. ] (Pros.) A half foot in poetry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Pres.) Containing a half foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Half clear, or imperfectly transparent; as, a semipellucid gem. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being imperfectly transparent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Half or partially penniform; as, a semipenniform muscle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Half or partly permanent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Half transparent; imperfectly clear; semipellucid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Old Chem.) Partially impregnated with phlogiston. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A feather which has a plumelike web, with the shaft of an ordinary feather. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat precious; as, semiprecious stones or metals. Used mostly of gemstones used in jewelry, such as amethyst, garnet, or iolite, which are sufficiently rare to have commercial value, but are not considered as precious, as are the diamond, emerald, and ruby. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. Half proof; evidence from the testimony of a single witness. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Squamipennes [ L. squama a scale + penna a fin: cf. F. squamipenne. ] (Zool.) Any one of a group of fishes having the dorsal and anal fins partially covered with scales. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They are compressed and mostly, bright-colored tropical fishes, belonging to Chaetodon and allied genera. Many of them are called coral fishes, and angel fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. vermis a worm + parere to bring forth. ] Producing or breeding worms. “Vermiparous animals.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]