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n. [ OF., damage, waste. ] (Law) A destructive kind of waste, committed by a tenant for life, in lands, woods, or houses. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. obstreperus, from obstrepere to make a noise at; ob (see Ob-) + strepere to make a noise. ] 1. Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; clamorous; noisy; vociferous. “The obstreperous city.” Wordsworth. “Obstreperous approbation.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beating the air with their obstreperous beaks. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Resistant to control; unruly. [ PJC ]

-- Ob*strep"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Ob*strep"er*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; to turn round. ] Turning around; rotatory; revolving; as, a peristrephic painting (of a panorama). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. perstrepere to make a great noise. ] Noisy; obstreperous. [ Obs. ] Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. strepens, p. pr. of strepere to make a noise. ] Noisy; loud. [ R. ] Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. streperus, fr. L. strepere. See Strepent, and cf. Obstreperous. ] Loud; boisterous. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. strepitus clamor. ] (Zool.) A division of birds, including the clamatorial and picarian birds, which do not have well developed singing organs. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a turning (fr. &unr_; to twist) + &unr_; a wing. ] (Zool.) A group of small insects having the anterior wings rudimentary, and in the form of short and slender twisted appendages, while the posterior ones are large and membranous. They are parasitic in the larval state on bees, wasps, and the like; -- called also Rhipiptera. See Illust. under Rhipipter. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Zool.) One of the Strepsiptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Strepsiptera. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to Strepsiptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a turning + &unr_;, &unr_;, the nose. ] (Zool.) Same as Lemuroidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having twisted nostrils; -- said of the lemurs. -- n. (Zool.) One of the Strepsorhina; a lemur. See Illust. under Monkey. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl.; sing. Streptobracterium /sing>. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; pliant, bent + E. & NL. bacteria. ] (Biol.) A so-called variety of bacterium, consisting in reality of several bacteria linked together in the form of a chain. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Streptococci [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; pliant, curved + &unr_; a grain, seed. ] (Biol.) A long or short chain of micrococci, more or less curved. [ 1913 Webster ]

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‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; curved + &unr_; a sinew. ] (Zool.) An extensive division of gastropod Mollusca in which the loop or visceral nerves is twisted, and the sexes separate. It is nearly to equivalent to Prosobranchiata. [ 1913 Webster ]