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n. 1. 1 tropical trees or shrubs or woody vines.
Syn. -- family Actinidiaceae [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes.
Syn. -- family Aepyornidae [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Metal.) An alloy of nickel and silver electroplated with silver. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a bee that is a a member of the genus Andrena..
Syn. -- andrena, mining bee [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground.
Syn. -- family Andrenidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. 'an priv. + E. idiomatical. ] Not idiomatic. [ R. ] Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family of feather stars; formerly called family Comatulidae.
Syn. -- family Antedonidae [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An arachnidan. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; spider. ] (Zool.) One of the classes of Arthropoda. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They have four pairs of legs, no antennæ nor wings, a pair of mandibles, and one pair of maxillæ or palpi. The head is usually consolidated with the thorax. The respiration is either by trancheæ or by pulmonary sacs, or by both. The class includes three principal orders: Araneina, or spiders; Arthrogastra, including scorpions, etc.; and Acarina, or mites and ticks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; spider. ] (Zool.) One of the Arachnida. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) (a) Of or pertaining to the Arachnida. (b) Pertaining to the arachnidium. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Arachnida. ] (Zool.) The glandular organ in which the material for the web of spiders is secreted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a family of small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies; related to salmons and trouts.
Syn. -- family Argentinidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Chem.) A compound of arsenic with a metal, or positive element or radical; -- formerly called arseniuret. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖‖ } n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; a tube. ] (Zool.) A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aurum + cyanide. ] (Chem.) A double cyanide of gold and some other metal or radical; -- called also cyanaurate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a family comprising the right whales.
Syn. -- family Balaenidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Dicyanide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family comprising the true toads.
Syn. -- family Bufonidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of large wading birds resembling the plovers; the stone curlews.
Syn. -- family Burhinidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. any doglike animal of the family canidae. [ PJC ]

n. a natural family of doglike mammals including the domestic dogs, wolves, jackals, foxes, hyenas, and coyotes.
Syn. -- family Canidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A carbide. [ R. ]

n. a natural family of insects including the biting midges and sand flies.
Syn. -- family Ceratopogonidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family comprising the Old World chameleons; in some classifications Rhiptoglossa is considered a superfamily of Sauria.
Syn. -- family Chamaeleontidae, family Chamaeleonidae, Rhiptoglossa, family Rhiptoglossa. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. former name of the family Characidae.
Syn. -- family Characinidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From Cinchona. ] (Chem.) One of the quinine group of alkaloids, found especially in red cinchona bark. It is a white crystalline substance, C19H22N2O, with a bitter taste and qualities similar to, but weaker than, quinine; -- sometimes called also cinchonidia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. of or pertaining to the Clinidae, a family of fish of temperate and tropical seas. [ PJC ]

n. any fish of the family Clinidae, of temperate and tropical seas. [ PJC ]

n. a natural family of viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas.
Syn. -- family Clinidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; pl. Cnidæ [ NL., fr. Gr. kni`dh nettle, sea nettle. ] (Zool.) One of the peculiar stinging cells found in Cœlenterata; a nematocyst; a lasso cell. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Cnida. ] (Zool.) A comprehensive group equivalent to the true Cœlenterata, i. e., exclusive of the sponges. They are so named from presence of stinging cells (cnidae) in the tissues. See Coelenterata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cnida + -blast. ] (Zool.) One of the cells which, in the Cœlenterata, develop into cnidæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cnida + cilium eyelash. ] (Zool.) The fine filiform process of a cnidoblast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a specialized fungal hypha (a branch of the fungal mycelium) that produces conidia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; pl. Conida [ NL. ] (Bot.) A peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi, and often containing zoospores. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae.
Syn. -- family Coregonidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. shrimps.
Syn. -- family Crangonidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Zool.) Pertaining to the Curculionideæ, or weevil tribe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cyanide. See Cyanic. ] (Chem.) A compound formed by the union of cyanogen with an element or radical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of fishes including the carp; tench; roach; rudd; and dace.
Syn. -- family Cyprinidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Pref. di- + cyanogen. ] (Chem.) A compound of a binary type containing two cyanogen groups or radicals; -- called also bicyanide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. di- + selenide. ] (Chem.) A selenide containing two atoms of selenium in each molecule. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. (Zoöl.) Same as Echinoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. échinide. ] (Zoöl.) One the Echinoidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., from Gr. &unr_; lit., gracious goddesses. ] (Class. Myth.) A euphemistic name for the Furies of Erinyes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. evanidus, fr. evanescere. See Evanesce. ] Liable to vanish or disappear; faint; weak; evanescent; as, evanid color. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They are very transitory and evanid. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ferri- + cyanide. ] (Chem.) One of a complex series of double cyanides of ferric iron and some other base. [ 1913 Webster ]

Potassium ferricyanide (Chem.), red prussiate of potash; a dark, red, crystalline salt, K6(CN)12Fe2, consisting of the double cyanide of potassium and ferric iron. From it is derived the ferrous ferricyanate, Turnbull's blue. [ 1913 Webster ]