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Exophthalmia
Exophthalmia Ex`oph*thal"mi*a, n. [Nl.,fr. Gr. ? with
prominent eyes; ? out + ? the eye.] (Med.)
The protrusion of the eyeball so that the eyelids will not
cover it, in consequence of disease.
KalmiaKalmia Kal"mi*a, n. [NL. Named in honor of Peter Kalm, a
Swedish botanist.] (Bot.)
A genus of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreen
foliage and corymbs of showy flowers. Called also mountain
laurel, ivy bush, lamb kill, calico bush, etc. Kalmia angustifoliaLambkill Lamb"kill`, n. (Bot.)
A small American ericaceous shrub (Kalmia angustifolia); --
called also calfkill, sheepkill, sheep laurel, etc. It
is supposed to poison sheep and other animals that eat it at
times when the snow is deep and they cannot find other food. Kalmia glaucaSwamp Swamp, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D.
zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv["o]ppr, Dan. &
Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.]
Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but
not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the
seashore.
Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern.
--Tennyson.
A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing
trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only
herbage, plants, and mosses. --Farming
Encyc. (E.
Edwards,
Words).
Swamp blackbird. (Zo["o]l.) See Redwing
(b) .
Swamp cabbage (Bot.), skunk cabbage.
Swamp deer (Zo["o]l.), an Asiatic deer (Rucervus
Duvaucelli) of India.
Swamp hen. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) An Australian azure-breasted bird (Porphyrio bellus);
-- called also goollema.
(b) An Australian water crake, or rail (Porzana Tabuensis);
-- called also little swamp hen.
(c) The European purple gallinule.
Swamp honeysuckle (Bot.), an American shrub (Azalea, or
Rhododendron, viscosa) growing in swampy places, with
fragrant flowers of a white color, or white tinged with
rose; -- called also swamp pink.
Swamp hook, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling
logs. Cf. Cant hook.
Swamp itch. (Med.) See Prairie itch, under Prairie.
Swamp laurel (Bot.), a shrub (Kalmia glauca) having small
leaves with the lower surface glaucous.
Swamp maple (Bot.), red maple. See Maple.
Swamp oak (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak
which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak
(Quercus palustris), swamp white oak (Q. bicolor),
swamp post oak (Q. lyrata).
Swamp ore (Min.), bog ore; limonite.
Swamp partridge (Zo["o]l.), any one of several Australian
game birds of the genera Synoicus and Excalfatoria,
allied to the European partridges.
Swamp robin (Zo["o]l.), the chewink.
Swamp sassafras (Bot.), a small North American tree of the
genus Magnolia (M. glauca) with aromatic leaves and
fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also sweet
bay.
Swamp sparrow (Zo["o]l.), a common North American sparrow
(Melospiza Georgiana, or M. palustris), closely
resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy
places.
Swamp willow. (Bot.) See Pussy willow, under Pussy. Kalmia latifoliaSpoonwood Spoon"wood`, n. (Bot.)
The mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia). Microphthalmia
Microphthalmia Mi`croph*thal"mi*a, Microphthalmy
Mi`croph*thal"my, n. [Micro- + Gr. ? eye.]
An unnatural smallness of the eyes, occurring as the result
of disease or of imperfect development.
OphthalmiaOphthalmia Oph*thal"mi*a, n. [F. ophthalmie, L. ophthalmia,
fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? the eye, akin to E. optic. See Optic.]
(Med.)
An inflammation of the membranes or coats of the eye or of
the eyeball. PodophthalmiaPodophthalmia Pod`oph*thal"mi*a, n. pl. [NL. See
Podophthalmic.] (Zo["o]l.)
The stalk-eyed Crustacea, -- an order of Crustacea having the
eyes supported on movable stalks. It includes the crabs,
lobsters, and prawns. Called also Podophthalmata, and
Decapoda. SalmiacSalmiac Sal"mi*ac, n. [Cf. F. salmiac, G. salmiak.] (Old
Chem.)
Sal ammoniac. See under Sal. SteganophthalmiaSteganophthalmata Steg`a*noph*thal"ma*ta, n. pl. [NL., from
Gr. ? covered + ? the eye.] (Zo["o]l.)
The Discophora, or Phanerocarp[ae]. Called also
Steganophthalmia. XerophthalmiaXerophthalmia Xe`roph*thal"mi*a, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ? dry + ?
the eye. See Ophthalmia.] (Med.)
An abnormal dryness of the eyeball produced usually by
long-continued inflammation and subsequent atrophy of the
conjunctiva.
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