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Acanth
Acanth A*canth", n. Same as Acanthus.
Acantha
Acantha A*can"tha, n. [Gr. ? thorn, fr. ? point. See Acute.] 1. (Bot.) A prickle. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A spine or prickly fin. 3. (Anat.) The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra. --Dunglison.
Acanthaceous
Acanthaceous Ac"an*tha"ceous, a. 1. Armed with prickles, as a plant. 2. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the acanthus is the type.
Acantharchum pomotis
Mud Mud, n. [Akin to LG. mudde, D. modder, G. moder mold, OSw. modd mud, Sw. modder mother, Dan. mudder mud. Cf. Mother a scum on liquors.] Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive. Mud bass (Zo["o]l.), a fresh-water fish (Acantharchum pomotis) of the Eastern United States. It produces a deep grunting note. Mud bath, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for disease. Mud boat, a large flatboat used in deredging. Mud cat. See Catfish. Mud crab (Zo["o]l.), any one of several American marine crabs of the genus Panopeus. Mud dab (Zo["o]l.), the winter flounder. See Flounder, and Dab. Mud dauber (Zo["o]l.), a mud wasp. Mud devil (Zo["o]l.), the fellbender. Mud drum (Steam Boilers), a drum beneath a boiler, into which sediment and mud in the water can settle for removal. Mud eel (Zo["o]l.), a long, slender, aquatic amphibian (Siren lacertina), found in the Southern United States. It has persistent external gills and only the anterior pair of legs. See Siren. Mud frog (Zo["o]l.), a European frog (Pelobates fuscus). Mud hen. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The American coot (Fulica Americana). (b) The clapper rail. Mud lark, a person who cleans sewers, or delves in mud. [Slang] Mud minnow (Zo["o]l.), any small American fresh-water fish of the genus Umbra, as U. limi. The genus is allied to the pickerels. Mud plug, a plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler. Mud puppy (Zo["o]l.), the menobranchus. Mud scow, a heavy scow, used in dredging; a mud boat. [U.S.] Mud turtle, Mud tortoise (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of fresh-water tortoises of the United States. Mud wasp (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to Pep[ae]us, and allied genera, which construct groups of mud cells, attached, side by side, to stones or to the woodwork of buildings, etc. The female places an egg in each cell, together with spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, to serve as food for the larva. Called also mud dauber.
Acanthine
Acanthine A*can"thine, a. [L. acanthinus, Gr. ?, thorny, fr. ?. See Acanthus.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus.
Acanthis linaria
Linnet Lin"net (l[i^]n"n[e^]t), n. [F. linot, linotte, from L. linum flax; or perh. shortened from AS. l[=i]netwige, fr. AS. l[=i]n flax; -- so called because it feeds on the seeds of flax and hemp. See Linen.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species (L. cannabina), which, in full summer plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown, tipped with crimson. Called also gray linnet, red linnet, rose linnet, brown linnet, lintie, lintwhite, gorse thatcher, linnet finch, and greater redpoll. The American redpoll linnet (Acanthis linaria) often has the crown and throat rosy. See Redpoll, and Twite. Green linnet (Zo["o]l.), the European green finch.
Acanthocarpous
Acanthocarpous A*can`tho*car"pous, a. [Gr. ? thorn + ? fruit.] (Bot.) Having the fruit covered with spines.
Acanthocephala
Acanthocephala A*can`tho*ceph"a*la, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? a spine, thorn + ? head.] (Zo["o]l.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines.
Acanthocephalous
Acanthocephalous A*can`tho*ceph"a*lous, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.
Acanthocibium solandri or petus
Wahoo Wa*hoo", n. A dark blue scombroid food fish (Acanthocibium solandri or petus) of Florida and the West Indies.
Acanthophorous
Acanthophorous Ac`an*thoph"o*rous, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? spine + ? to bear.] Spine-bearing. --Gray.
Acanthopodious
Acanthopodious A*can`tho*po"di*ous, a. [Gr. ? thorn + ?, ?, foot.] (Bot.) Having spinous petioles.
Acanthopteri
Acanthopteri Ac`an*thop"ter*i, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? thorn + ? wing, fin.] (Zo["o]l.) A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See Acanthopterygii.
Acanthopterous
Acanthopterous Ac`an*thop"ter*ous, a. [Gr. ? spine + ? wing.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Spiny-winged. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Acanthopterygious.
Acanthopterygian
Acanthopterygian Ac`an*thop`ter*yg"i*an, a. (Zo["o]l.) Belonging to the order of fishes having spinose fins, as the perch. -- n. A spiny-finned fish.
Acanthopterygii
Acanthopterygii Ac`an*thop`ter*yg"i*i, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? thorn + ? fin, dim. fr. ? wing.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of fishes having some of the rays of the dorsal, ventral, and anal fins unarticulated and spinelike, as the perch.
Acanthopterygious
Acanthopterygious Ac`an*thop`ter*yg"i*ous, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned.
Anacanthous
Anacanthous An`a*can"thous, a. Spineless, as certain fishes.
Calycanthus floridus
Allspice All"spice`, n. The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush.
Cantharellus cibrius
Chanterelle Chan`te*relle", n. [F.] (Bot.) A name for several species of mushroom, of which one (Cantharellus cibrius) is edible, the others reputed poisonous.
Cantharidal
Cantharidal Can*thar"*i*dal, a. Of or pertaining to cantharides or made of cantharides; as, cantharidal plaster.
Cantharides
Cantharides Can*thar"i*des, n. pl. See Cantharis.
Cantharides
Cantharis Can"tha*ris, n.; pl. Cantharides. [L., a kind of beetle, esp. the Spanish fly, Gr. kanqari`s.] (Zo["o]l.) A beetle (Lytta, or Cantharis, vesicatoria), havin1g an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine.
Cantharidin
Cantharidin Can*thar"i*din, n. (Chem.) The active principle of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms.
Cantharis
Blister Blis"ter, n. [OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same root as blast, bladder, blow. See Blow to eject wind.] 1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle. And painful blisters swelled my tender hands. --Grainger. 2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel. 3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister. --Dunglison. Blister beetle, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the Lytta (or Cantharis) vesicatoria, called Cantharis or Spanish fly by druggists. See Cantharis. Blister fly, a blister beetle. Blister plaster, a plaster designed to raise a blister; -- usually made of Spanish flies. Blister steel, crude steel formed from wrought iron by cementation; -- so called because of its blistered surface. Called also blistered steel. Blood blister. See under Blood.
Cantharis
Cantharis Can"tha*ris, n.; pl. Cantharides. [L., a kind of beetle, esp. the Spanish fly, Gr. kanqari`s.] (Zo["o]l.) A beetle (Lytta, or Cantharis, vesicatoria), havin1g an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine.
Cantharus lineatus
Sea bream Sea" bream` (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of sparoid fishes, especially the common European species (Pagellus centrodontus), the Spanish (P. Oweni), and the black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus); -- called also old wife.
Canthi
Canthus Can"thus, n.; pl. Canthi. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.] (Anat.) The corner where the upper and under eyelids meet on each side of the eye.
Canthoplasty
Canthoplasty Can"tho*plas`ty, n. [Gr.?, corner of the eye + ? to from.] (Surg.) The operation of forming a new canthus, when one has been destroyed by injury or disease.
Canthus
Canthus Can"thus, n.; pl. Canthi. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.] (Anat.) The corner where the upper and under eyelids meet on each side of the eye.

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