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n. [ L. aegilopis, Gr. a'igi`lwps, fr. a'i`x, gen. a'igo`s, goat + 'w`ps eye. ] 1. (Med.) An ulcer or fistula in the inner corner of the eye. [ Written also egilops ] AS [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) (a) The great wild-oat grass or other cornfield weed. Crabb. (b) [ capitalized ] A genus of plants, called also hardgrass. [ Written also egilops ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. [ Cf. F. allopathe. ] An allopathist. Ed. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. allopathique. ] Of or pertaining to allopathy. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a manner conformable to allopathy; by allopathic methods. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who practices allopathy; one who professes allopathy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; other + &unr_; suffering, &unr_;, &unr_;, to suffer: cf. G. allopathie, F. allopathie. See Pathos. ] That system of medical practice which aims to combat disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the special disease treated; -- a term invented by Hahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed to homeopathy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any one of two or more speech sounds that considered variants of the same phoneme. For example, the p sounds of pin and spin are allophones of p; and the t sounds of toe stop and catnip are allophones of t. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an allophone. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; of another tribe; &unr_; other + &unr_; class or tribe. ] Pertaining to a race or a language neither Aryan nor Semitic. J. Prichard. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ L. alopecia, Gr. 'alwpeki`a, fr. 'alw`phx fox, because loss of the hair is common among foxes. ] (Med.) Loss of the hair; baldness. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A practitioner who tries to prevent or cure baldness. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. a genus of arctic foxes.
Syn. -- genus Alopex. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a family of fish comprising the thresher sharks.
Syn. -- family Alopiidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 type genus of the family Alopiidae; in some classifications considered a genus of the family Lamnidae.
Syn. -- genus Alopius [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a`mpelos vine + 'o`psis appearance. ] (Bot.) A genus formerly including the Virginia creeper. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Amylum + -plastic. ] Starch-forming; amylogenic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Amylum + Gr. &unr_; appearance. ] (Physiol. Chem.) The diastase of the pancreatic juice. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; angel + &unr_; to appear. ] The actual appearance of an angel to man. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 an admirer of England and things English.
Syn. -- anglophil [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. exaggerated admiration for England and English customs. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to Anglophilia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a person who hates England and everything English. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Anglo- + Gr. &unr_; fear. ] Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English. -- An"glo*phobe n. [1913 Webster]

n. 1. 1 a natural family comprising the flashlightfishes.
Syn. -- family Anomalopidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1 a fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; it inhabits warm waters of the West Pacific and Puerto Rico. It is called also flashlight fish.
Syn. -- flashlight fish [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 the smallest moa (Anomalopteryx oweni); it is a slender moa about the size of a large turkey.
Syn. -- Anomalopteryx oweni. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OF. antelop, F. antilope, from Gr. 'anqo`lops, -lopos, Eustathius, “Hexaëm., ” p. 36, the origin of which is unknown. ] (Zool.) One of a group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between the deer and the goat. The horns are usually annulated, or ringed. There are many species in Africa and Asia. [ 1913 Webster ]

The antelope and wolf both fierce and fell. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The common or bezoar antelope of India is Antilope bezoartica. The chamois of the Alps, the gazelle, the addax, and the eland are other species. See Gazelle. The pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra Americana) is found in the Rocky Mountains. See Pronghorn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or relating to the antelope. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + slope. ] Slopingly; aslant; declining from an upright direction; sloping. “Set them not upright, but aslope.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any of several extinct humanlike small-brained bipedal primates of the genus Australopithecus; they existed from 1 to 4 million years ago. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to the genus Australopithecus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. balei^n to throw + stereopticon. ] See Projector, below. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(Zool.) See Oryx. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of Asian coral snakes.
Syn. -- Calliophis, genus Calliophis, genus Callophis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus of terrestrial orchids of North America.
Syn. -- genus Calopogon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ LL. camelopardus, L. camelopardalus, camelopardalis, fr. Gr. kamhlopa`rdalis; ka`mhlos a camel + pa`rdalis pard, leopard: cf. F. camélopard. The camelopard has a neck and head like a camel, and is spotted like a pard. See Camel, and Pard. ] (Zool.) An African ruminant; the giraffe. See Giraffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a transparent paper-like product made of regenerated cellulose, produced in sheets and rolls, which is impervious to moisture and germs, and which is used to wrap candy, cigarettes, and a wide variety of other products for distribution and retail sale; as, a pack of cigarettes in a cellophane wrapper. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. kefalh` head + fe`rein to bear. ] (Zool.) The cephalata. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., gr. Gr. kefalh` head + -poda: cf. F. céphalopode. ] (Zool.) The highest class of Mollusca. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They have, around the front of the head, a group of elongated muscular arms, which are usually furnished with prehensile suckers or hooks. The head is highly developed, with large, well organized eyes and ears, and usually with a cartilaginous brain case. The higher forms, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopi, swim rapidly by ejecting a jet of water from the tubular siphon beneath the head. They have a pair of powerful horny jaws shaped like a parrot's beak, and a bag of inklike fluid which they can eject from the siphon, thus clouding the water in order to escape from their enemies. They are divided into two orders, the Dibranchiata, having two gills and eight or ten sucker-bearing arms, and the Tetrabranchiata, with four gills and numerous arms without suckers. The latter are all extinct except the Nautilus. See Octopus, Squid, Nautilus. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. (Zool.) One of the Cephalopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Zool.) Belonging to, or resembling, the cephalopods. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. kefalh` head + ptero`n wing. ] (Zool.) One of the generic names of the gigantic ray (Manta birostris) of the family Mobulidae, known as devilfish, sea devil, manta and manta ray. It is common on the coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and farther south, and is sometimes found as far north as New York Bay. Some of them grow to enormous size, becoming twenty feet of more across the body, and weighing more than a ton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a lip + -plasty. ] (Surg.) The process of forming an artificial tip or part of a lip, by using for the purpose a piece of healthy tissue taken from some neighboring part. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Zool.) See Chilopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A myriapod of the order Chilopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; lip + -poda. ] (Zool.) One of the orders of myriapods, including the centipedes. They have a single pair of elongated legs attached laterally to each segment; well developed jaws; and a pair of thoracic legs converted into poison fangs. They are insectivorous, very active, and some species grow to the length of a foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, bile + &unr_; dusky. ] (Physiol.) See Bilirubin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. chylopoiei^n to make into juice, chylo`s juice, chyle + poiei^n to make. ] (Physiol.) Concerned in the formation of chyle; as, the chylopoetic organs. [ 1913 Webster ]