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n. 1. 1 a genus of climbing salamanders.
Syn. -- genus Aneides. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Afrikaans, fr. D. apart apart + -heid -hood. ] 1. segregation by race; -- a term used in South Africa.
Syn. -- racial segregation [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the official policy of strict segregation by race practised by the government of the Union of South Africa up to 1993. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. [ from the order Araneida. ] relating to or resembling a spider.
Syn. -- araneidan. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Araneina or spiders. -- n. One of the Araneina; a spider. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) See Araneina. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a familu of wading birds incuding the herons, egrets, night herons, and bitterns.
Syn. -- family Ardeidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From the introducer, a German named Baunscheidt. ] (Med.) A form of acupuncture, followed by the rubbing of the part with a stimulating fluid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of the family Clupeidae, inhabiting the shallow waters of northern seas. The group includes the herrings, menhaden, sardines, and shad.
Syn. -- herring, clupeid fish. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of teleostean marine fishes which includes the herrings, shad, sardines, menhaden, and others.
Syn. -- family Clupeidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a true bug.
Syn. -- coreid bug. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family containing the squash bugs and leaf-footed bugs.
Syn. -- family Coreidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of marine gastropods comprising the cowries.
Syn. -- family Cypraeidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; double + &unr_; image + -scope. ] (Astron.) An instrument for determining the time of apparent noon. It consists of two mirrors and a plane glass disposed in the form of a prism, so that, by the reflections of the sun's rays from their surfaces, two images are presented to the eye, moving in opposite directions, and coinciding at the instant the sun's center is on the meridian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Di- + ureide. ] (Chem.) One of a series of complex nitrogenous substances regarded as containing two molecules of urea or their radicals, as uric acid or allantoin. Cf. Ureide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a toy shaped somewhat like a top, but having four flat sides, each marked with one of the Hebrew letters nun, gimel, he, or shin. It is spun like a top, and the letter showing when it stops spinning determines the outcome of a game of chance. [ PJC ]

2. a game of chance played with a dreidel{ 1 }, most commonly by children at Hannukah. [ PJC ]

n. a natural family of fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships.
Syn. -- family Echeneididae, family Echeneidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Of Scand. origin, cf. Icel æ&unr_;r; akin to Sw. eider, Dan. ederfugl. ] (Zoöl.) Any species of sea duck of the genus Somateria, esp. Somateria mollissima, which breeds in the northern parts of Europe and America, and lines its nest with fine down (taken from its own body) which is an article of commerce; -- called also eider duck. The American eider (S. Dresseri), the king eider (S. spectabilis), and the spectacled eider (Arctonetta Fischeri) are related species. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eider down. [ Cf. Icel. æðardūn, Sw. eiderdūn, Dan. ederduun. ] Down of the eider duck, much sought after as an article of luxury. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. e'i^dos form + graph. ] An instrument for copying drawings on the same or a different scale; a form of the pantograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; image. See Idol. ] An image or representation; a form; a phantom; an apparition. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) Lifeless matter deposited in the form of minute granules within the protoplasm of living cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Æneid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + &unr_; a little key. ] (Anat.) A projection, formed by a separate ossification, at the scapular end of the clavicle of many birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family including the true hedgehogs.
Syn. -- family Erinaceidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; pl. L. Hypocleida E. Hypocleidiums [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; under + &unr_; a little key. ] (Anat.) A median process on the furculum, or merrythought, of many birds, where it is connected with the sternum. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } [ Gr. &unr_; beautiful + &unr_; appearance, form + &unr_; sound. ] (Physics.) An instrument invented by Professor Wheatstone, consisting of a reflecting knob at the end of a vibrating rod or thin plate, for making visible, in the motion of a point of light reflected from the knob, the paths or curves corresponding with the musical notes produced by the vibrations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; beautiful + e'i^dos form + -scope. ] An instrument invented by Sir David Brewster, which contains loose fragments of colored glass, etc., and reflecting surfaces so arranged that changes of position exhibit its contents in an endless variety of beautiful colors and symmetrical forms. It has been much employed in arts of design. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shifting like the fragments of colored glass in the kaleidoscope. G. W. Cable.

{ } a. Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a kaleidoscope; variegated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A natural family comprising the lygaeid bugs.
Syn. -- family Lygaeidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A natural family of insects including the mantises. Also spelled Mantidae.
Syn. -- Mantidae, family Mantidae, family Manteidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Mon- + ureid. ] (Chem.) Any one of a series of complex nitrogenous substances regarded as derived from one molecule of urea; as, alloxan is a monureid. [ Written also monureide. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Nereids L. Nereides [ L. Nereis, -idis, Gr. Nhrei:`s Nhrhi:`s, Nhrhi:`dos, a daughter of Nereus, a nymph of the sea, fr. Nhrey`s Nereus, an ancient sea god; akin to nhro`s wet, Skr. nāra water, cf. Gr. na`ein to flow. ] 1. (Class. Myth.) A sea nymph, one of the daughters of Nereus, who were attendants upon Neptune, and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes with the human form entire, and sometimes with the tail of a fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Any species of Nereis. The word is sometimes used for similar annelids of other families. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any annelid resembling Nereis, or of the family Lycoridae or allied families. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. pl.; sing. Oneida /sing>. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the region near Oneida Lake in the State of New York, and forming part of the Five Nations. Remnants of the tribe now live in New York, Canada, and Wisconsin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, voice + e'i^dos form + -scope. ] (Physics) An instrument, consisting of a tube having one end open and the other end covered with a thin flexible membrance to the center of which is attached a small mirror. It is used for exhibiting upon a screen, by means of rays reflected from the mirror, the vibratory motions caused by sounds produced at the open end of the tube, as by speaking or singing into it. A. E. Dolbear. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ophicléide, fr. Gr. 'o`fis a serpent + &unr_;, gen. &unr_;, a key. So named because it was in effect the serpent, an old musical instrument, with keys added. ] (Mus.) A large brass wind instrument, formerly used in the orchestra and in military bands, having a loud tone, deep pitch, and a compass of three octaves; -- now generally supplanted by bass and contrabass tubas. It developed from the older wooden instrument called the serpent. Moore (Encyc. of Music). [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. See Oroide. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family of tropical prawns.
Syn. -- family Peneidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From Perseus. ] (Astron.) One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th of August, and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiating from the constellation Perseus. They are probably fragments of Swift's comet of 1862 (III). [ 1913 Webster + Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Phono- + Gr. e'i^dos form + -scope. ] (Physics) An instrument for studying the motions of sounding bodies by optical means. It consists of a tube across the end of which is stretched a film of soap solution thin enough to give colored bands, the form and position of which are affected by sonorous vibrations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any insect belonging to the Phryganeides. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Phryganea, the typical genus, fr. Gr. &unr_; a dry stick. ] (Zool.) A tribe of neuropterous insects which includes the caddice flies; -- called also Trichoptera. See Trichoptera. [ Written also Phryganides. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Poly- + Gr. e'i^dos form. ] (Zool.) Passing through several distinct larval forms; -- having several distinct kinds of young. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The quality or state of being polyeidic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. prw^tos first. ] (Physiol. Chem.) An older, imprecise term replaced by protein.
Proteid was defined in the 1913 Webster as “One of a class of amorphous nitrogenous principles, containing, as a rule, a small amount of sulphur; an albuminoid, as blood fibrin, casein of milk, etc. Proteids are present in nearly all animal fluids and make up the greater part of animal tissues and organs. They are also important constituents of vegetable tissues. See 2d Note under Food.” -- Pro"te*id, a.
Syn. -- protein. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Defensive proteid (Physiol. Chem.), one of a class of proteid substances, present in some animal tissues and fluids, that make the body immune to certain infectious diseases by destroying or rendering inactive the toxic products of bacterial growth; -- this is an older term replaced by more precise modern immunological concepts such as antibody and immunoglobulin. [archaic] [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Proteus, and -oid. ] (Zool.) An order of aquatic amphibians having prominent external gills and four legs. It includes Proteus and Menobranchus (Necturus). Called also Proteoidea, and Proteida. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Discovered or described by C. V. Schneider, a German anatomist of the seventeenth century. [ 1913 Webster ]

Schneiderian membrane, the mucous membrane which lines the nasal chambers; the pituitary membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ar seyid prince. ] A descendant of Mohammed through his daughter Fatima and nephew Ali. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Seidlitz, a village in Bohemia. [ Written also Sedlitz. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Seidlitz powders, effervescing salts, consisting of two separate powders, one of which contains forty grains of sodium bicarbonate mixed with two drachms of Rochell&unr_; salt (tartrate of potassium and sodium) and the other contains thirty-five grains of tartaric acid. The powders are mixed in water, and drunk while effervescing, as a mild cathartic; -- so called from the resemblance to the natural water of Seidlitz. Called also Rochelle powders. --
Seidlitz water, a natural water from Seidlitz, containing magnesium, sodium, calcium, and potassium sulphates, with calcium carbonate and a little magnesium chloride. It is used as an aperient. [ 1913 Webster ]