n. [ NL., prob. a corruption of Gr.
a. Pertaining to acnodes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. acus needle + E. node. ] (Geom.) An isolated point not upon a curve, but whose coördinates satisfy the equation of the curve so that it is considered as belonging to the curve. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, carbuncle + &unr_; disease. ] (Bot.) Any one of several fungus diseases, caused by parasitic species of the series
n. a natural family comprising the honeycreepers.
‖n. [ L., pl., a kind of oysters, fr. Gr. &unr_; eaten at three bites, &unr_; tri- + &unr_; to bite. ] (Zool.) A genus of very large marine bivalve shells found on the coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One species (Tridacna gigas) often weighs four or five hundred pounds, and is sometimes used for baptismal fonts. Called also