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Animalculum
Animalculum An`i*mal"cu*lum, n.; pl. Animalcula. [NL. See Animalcule.] An animalcule. Note: Animalcul[ae], as if from a Latin singular animalcula, is a barbarism.
Corniculum
Corniculum Cor*nic"u*lum (k?r-n?k"?-l?m), n.; pl. Cornicula (-l?). [L. corniculum little horn.] (Anat.) A small hornlike part or process.
Curriculum
Curriculum Cur*ric"u*lum (k?r-r?k"?-l?m), n.; pl. E. Curriculums (-l?mz), L. Curricula (-l?). [L. See Curricle.] 1. A race course; a place for running. 2. A course; particularly, a specified fixed course of study, as in a university.
Curriculums
Curriculum Cur*ric"u*lum (k?r-r?k"?-l?m), n.; pl. E. Curriculums (-l?mz), L. Curricula (-l?). [L. See Curricle.] 1. A race course; a place for running. 2. A course; particularly, a specified fixed course of study, as in a university.
Diverticulum
Diverticulum Div`er*tic"u*lum, n.; pl. Diverticula. [L. See Diverticle.] (Anat.) A blind tube branching out of a longer one.
Foeniculum dulce
Finochio Fi*no"chi*o (?; 277), n. [It. finocchio fennel, LL. fenuclum. See Fennel.] (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (F[oe]niculum dulce) having a somewhat tuberous stem; sweet fennel. The blanched stems are used in France and Italy as a culinary vegetable.
Furculum
Furculum Fur"cu*lum, n. [NL., dim. of L. furca a fork.] (Anat.) The wishbone or merrythought of birds, formed by the united clavicles.
Hibernaculum
Hibernaculum Hi`ber*nac"u*lum, n. [See Hibernacle.] 1. (Bot.) A winter bud, in which the rudimentary foliage or flower, as of most trees and shrubs in the temperate zone, is protected by closely overlapping scales. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A little case in which certain insects pass the winter. 3. Winter home or abiding place. --J. Burroughs.
Interoperculum
Interoperculum In`ter*o*per"cu*lum, n.; pl. -la (-l[.a]). (Anat.) The postero-inferior opercular bone, in fishes.
Operculum
Operculum O*per"cu*lum, n.; pl. L. Opercula, E. Operculums. [L., a cover or lid, fr. operire to cover.] 1. (Bot.) (a) The lid of a pitcherform leaf. (b) The lid of the urnlike capsule of mosses. 2. (Anat.) (a) Any lidlike or operculiform process or part; as, the opercula of a dental follicle. (b) The fold of integument, usually supported by bony plates, which protects the gills of most fishes and some amphibians; the gill cover; the gill lid. (c) The principal opercular bone in the upper and posterior part of the gill cover. 3. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The lid closing the aperture of various species of shells, as the common whelk. See Illust. of Gastropoda. (b) Any lid-shaped structure closing the aperture of a tube or shell.
Operculums
Operculum O*per"cu*lum, n.; pl. L. Opercula, E. Operculums. [L., a cover or lid, fr. operire to cover.] 1. (Bot.) (a) The lid of a pitcherform leaf. (b) The lid of the urnlike capsule of mosses. 2. (Anat.) (a) Any lidlike or operculiform process or part; as, the opercula of a dental follicle. (b) The fold of integument, usually supported by bony plates, which protects the gills of most fishes and some amphibians; the gill cover; the gill lid. (c) The principal opercular bone in the upper and posterior part of the gill cover. 3. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The lid closing the aperture of various species of shells, as the common whelk. See Illust. of Gastropoda. (b) Any lid-shaped structure closing the aperture of a tube or shell.
Opusculum
Opusculum O*pus"cu*lum, n.; pl. Opuscula. [L.] An opuscule. --Smart.
Osculum
Osculum Os"cu*lum, n.; pl. Oscula. [L., a little mouth.] (Zo["o]l.) Same as Oscule.
Ossiculum
Ossiculum Os*sic"u*lum, n.; pl. Ossicula. [L., a little bone.] (Zo["o]l.) Same as Ossicle.
Periculum
Periculum Pe*ric"u*lum, n.; pl. Pericula. [L.] (Rom. & O.Eng. Law) 1. Danger; risk. 2. In a narrower, judicial sense: Accident or casus, as distinguished from dolus and culpa, and hence relieving one from the duty of performing an obligation.
Praeoperculum
Praeoperculum Pr[ae]`o*per"cu*lum, n. [NL.] (Anat.) Same as Preoperculum. -- Pr[ae]`o*per"cu*lar, a.
Preoperculum
Preoperculum Pre`o*per"cu*lum, n. [NL.] (Anat.) The anterior opercular bone in fishes.
Receptaculum
Receptaculum Rec`ep*tac"u*lum, n.; pl. Receptacula. [L.] (Anat.) A receptacle; as, the receptaculum of the chyle.
Reticulum
Reticulum Re*tic"u*lum, n.;pl. Reticula. [L. dim. of rete a net.] (Anat.) (a) The second stomach of ruminants, in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal cells; -- also called the honeycomb stomach. (b) The neuroglia.
Retinaculum
Retinaculum Ret`i*nac"u*lum, n.; pl. Retinacula. [L., a holdfast, a band. See Retain.] 1. (Anat.) (a) A connecting band; a fr[ae]num; as, the retinacula of the ileoc[ae]cal and ileocolic valves. (b) One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle. 2. (Zo["o]l) One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms. 3. (Bot.) A small gland or process to which bodies are attached; as, the glandular retinacula to which the pollinia of orchids are attached, or the hooks which support the seeds in many acanthaceous plants.
Speculum
Speculum Spec"u*lum, n.; pl. L. Specula, E. Speculum. [L., fr. specere to look, behold. See Spy.] 1. A mirror, or looking-glass; especially, a metal mirror, as in Greek and Roman arch[ae]ology. 2. A reflector of polished metal, especially one used in reflecting telescopes. See Speculum metal, below. 3. (Surg.) An instrument for dilating certain passages of the body, and throwing light within them, thus facilitating examination or surgical operations. 4. (Zo["o]l.) A bright and lustrous patch of color found on the wings of ducks and some other birds. It is usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and is much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female. Speculum metal, a hard, brittle alloy used for making the reflectors of telescopes and other instruments, usually consisting of copper and tin in various proportions, one of the best being that in which there are 126.4 parts of copper to 58.9 parts of tin, with sometimes a small proportion of arsenic, antimony, or zinc added to improve the whiteness.
Speculum
Speculum Spec"u*lum, n.; pl. L. Specula, E. Speculum. [L., fr. specere to look, behold. See Spy.] 1. A mirror, or looking-glass; especially, a metal mirror, as in Greek and Roman arch[ae]ology. 2. A reflector of polished metal, especially one used in reflecting telescopes. See Speculum metal, below. 3. (Surg.) An instrument for dilating certain passages of the body, and throwing light within them, thus facilitating examination or surgical operations. 4. (Zo["o]l.) A bright and lustrous patch of color found on the wings of ducks and some other birds. It is usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and is much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female. Speculum metal, a hard, brittle alloy used for making the reflectors of telescopes and other instruments, usually consisting of copper and tin in various proportions, one of the best being that in which there are 126.4 parts of copper to 58.9 parts of tin, with sometimes a small proportion of arsenic, antimony, or zinc added to improve the whiteness.
Speculum metal
Speculum Spec"u*lum, n.; pl. L. Specula, E. Speculum. [L., fr. specere to look, behold. See Spy.] 1. A mirror, or looking-glass; especially, a metal mirror, as in Greek and Roman arch[ae]ology. 2. A reflector of polished metal, especially one used in reflecting telescopes. See Speculum metal, below. 3. (Surg.) An instrument for dilating certain passages of the body, and throwing light within them, thus facilitating examination or surgical operations. 4. (Zo["o]l.) A bright and lustrous patch of color found on the wings of ducks and some other birds. It is usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and is much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female. Speculum metal, a hard, brittle alloy used for making the reflectors of telescopes and other instruments, usually consisting of copper and tin in various proportions, one of the best being that in which there are 126.4 parts of copper to 58.9 parts of tin, with sometimes a small proportion of arsenic, antimony, or zinc added to improve the whiteness.
Spiculum
Spiculum Spic"u*lum, n.; pl. Spicula. [L., a little point.] (Zo["o]l.) Same as Spicule.
Spiral operculum
Spiral Spi"ral, a. [Cf. F. spiral. See Spire a winding line.] 1. Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring. 2. Winding round a cylinder or imaginary axis, and at the same time rising or advancing forward; winding like the thread of a screw; helical. 3. (Geom.) Of or pertaining to a spiral; like a spiral. Spiral gear, or Spiral wheel (Mach.), a gear resembling in general a spur gear, but having its teeth cut at an angle with its axis, or so that they form small portions of screws or spirals. Spiral gearing, a kind of gearing sometimes used in light machinery, in which spiral gears, instead of bevel gears, are used to transmit motion between shafts that are not parallel. Spiral operculum, an operculum whih has spiral lines of growth. Spiral shell, any shell in which the whorls form a spiral or helix. Spiral spring. See the Note under Spring, n., 4.
Suboperculum
Suboperculum Sub`o*per"cu*lum, n. [NL. See Sub-, Operculum.] (Anat.) The lower opercular bone in fishes.
Tenaculum
Tenaculum Te*nac"u*lum, n.; pl. L. Tenacula; E. Tenaculums. [L., a holder, fr. tenere to hold. Cf. Tenaille.] (Surg.) An instrument consisting of a fine, sharp hook attached to a handle, and used mainly for taking up arteries, and the like.
Tenaculums
Tenaculum Te*nac"u*lum, n.; pl. L. Tenacula; E. Tenaculums. [L., a holder, fr. tenere to hold. Cf. Tenaille.] (Surg.) An instrument consisting of a fine, sharp hook attached to a handle, and used mainly for taking up arteries, and the like.
Tentaculum
Tentaculum Ten*tac"u*lum, n.; pl. Tentacula. [NL. See Tentacle.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A tentacle. 2. (Anat.) One of the stiff hairs situated about the mouth, or on the face, of many animals, and supposed to be tactile organs; a tactile hair.
Tuberculum
Tuberculum Tu*ber"cu*lum, n.; pl. Tubercula. [L., dim. of tuber a swelling.] (Zo["o]l.) A tubercle.

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