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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 ]

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. [ 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 ]

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 ]