n. See Aleconner. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) An insect of the genera
a. (Cell Biology) Of or pertaining to the cytoskeleton;
‖n. [ F. See Décolleté. ] (Costume)
a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or connected with, the endoskeleton;
a. [ Pref. epi- + skeleletal. ] (Anat.) Above or outside of the endoskeleton; epaxial. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the exoskeleton; as exoskeletal muscles. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. hypo- + skeletal. ] (Anat.) Beneath the endoskeleton; hypaxial;
n. (Politics) the lowest level of the proletariat, comprising unskilled workers, the unemployed, and the dispossessed, alienated from the class with with they would normally identify and having little or no class solidarity; -- an important element in Marxist theory. [ PJC ]
a. Of or pertaining to the neuroskeleton. [ R. ] Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. See Proletary. ] One of the common people; a low person; also, the common people as a class or estate in a country. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. proletaneus. ] Having a numerous offspring. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. proletarius. See Proletary. ] Of or pertaining to the proletaries; belonging to the commonalty; hence, mean; vile; vulgar. “Every citizen, if he were not a proletarian animal kept at the public cost.” De Quincey. --
n. [ F. ] The indigent class in the State; the body of proletarians. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The lower classes; beggars. “The Italian proletariate.” J. A. Symonds. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
a. Pertaining to the skeleton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) The pintail duck. [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) The thrasher, or fox shark. See Thrasher. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. Toletanus. ] Of or pertaining to Toledo in Spain; made in Toledo. [ Obs. ] “Tables Tolletanes.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A round or curled-up tail; also, a dog with such a tail. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the framework, or skeleton, or skeleton, of the viscera;