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a. Of or pertaining to the first canon, or that which contains the authorized collection of the books of Scripture; -- opposed to
a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an organic acid which is obtained as a white crystalline substance from catechin, asafetida, oil of cloves, etc., and by distillation itself yields pyrocatechin. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Proto- + Gr. &unr_; the tail. ] (Zool.) Having a caudal fin extending around the end of the vertebral column, like that which is first formed in the embryo of fishes; diphycercal. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL. See Proto-, and Coccus. ] (Bot.) A genus of minute unicellular algæ including the red snow plant (Protococcus nivalis). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. protocole, LL. protocollum, fr. Gr. &unr_; the first leaf glued to the rolls of papyrus and the notarial documents, on which the date was written;
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v. i. To make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue protocols. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To make a protocol of. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who draughts protocols. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Proto- + conch. ] (Zool.) The embryonic shell, or first chamber, of ammonites and other cephalopods. [ 1913 Webster ]