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Acridium perigrinumLocust Lo"cust, n. [L. locusta locust, grasshopper. Cf.
Lobster.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged,
migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family
Acridid[ae], allied to the grasshoppers; esp.,
(Edipoda, or Pachytylus, migratoria, and Acridium
perigrinum, of Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the
United States the related species with similar habits are
usually called grasshoppers. See Grasshopper.
Note: These insects are at times so numerous in Africa and
the south of Asia as to devour every green thing; and
when they migrate, they fly in an immense cloud. In the
United States the harvest flies are improperly called
locusts. See Cicada.
Locust beetle (Zo["o]l.), a longicorn beetle (Cyllene
robini[ae]), which, in the larval state, bores holes in
the wood of the locust tree. Its color is brownish black,
barred with yellow. Called also locust borer.
Locust bird (Zo["o]l.) the rose-colored starling or pastor
of India. See Pastor.
Locust hunter (Zo["o]l.), an African bird; the beefeater.
2. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) The locust tree. See Locust
Tree (definition, note, and phrases).
Locust bean (Bot.), a commercial name for the sweet pod of
the carob tree. AEcidiumAEcidium [AE]*cid"i*um, n.; pl. [AE]cidia. [NL., dim. of Gr.
? injury.] (Bot.)
A form of fruit in the cycle of development of the Rusts or
Brands, an order of fungi, formerly considered independent
plants. AntheridiumAntheridium An`ther*id"i*um, n.; pl. Antheridia. [Anther + ?
(a Gr. diminutive ending).] (Bot.)
The male reproductive apparatus in the lower, consisting of a
cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; --
called also spermary. -- An`ther*id"i*al, a. ArachnidiumArachnidium Ar`ach*nid"i*um, n. [NL. See Arachnida.]
(Zo["o]l.)
The glandular organ in which the material for the web of
spiders is secreted. AscidiumAscidium As*cid"i*um ([a^]s*s[i^]d"[i^]*[u^]m), n.; pl.
Ascidia (-[.a]). [NL., fr. ascus. See Ascus.]
1. (Bot.) A pitcher-shaped, or flask-shaped, organ or
appendage of a plant, as the leaves of the pitcher plant,
or the little bladderlike traps of the bladderwort
(Utricularia).
2. pl. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of simple ascidians, which formerly
included most of the known species. It is sometimes used
as a name for the Ascidioidea, or for all the Tunicata. Aspidium acrostichoidesChristmas Christ"mas, n. [Christ + mass.]
An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a
legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often
celebrated by a particular church service, and also by
special gifts, greetings, and hospitality.
Christmas box.
(a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas.
(b) A present or small gratuity given to young people and
servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift.
Christmas carol, a carol sung at, or suitable for,
Christmas.
Christmas day. Same as Christmas.
Christmas eve, the evening before Christmas.
Christmas fern (Bot.), an evergreen North American fern
(Aspidium acrostichoides), which is much used for
decoration in winter.
Christmas flower, Christmas rose, the black hellebore, a
poisonous plant of the buttercup family, which in Southern
Europe often produces beautiful roselike flowers
midwinter.
Christmas tree, a small evergreen tree, set up indoors, to
be decorated with bonbons, presents, etc., and illuminated
on Christmas eve. Aspidium marginaleMale Male, a. [F. m[^a]le, OF. masle, mascle, fr. L. masculus
male, masculine, dim. of mas a male; possibly akin to E. man.
Cf. Masculine, Marry, v. t.]
1. Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates
young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces
spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female;
as, male organs.
2. (Bot.) Capable of producing fertilization, but not of
bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of
the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them.
3. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of
a male; masculine; as, male courage.
4. Consisting of males; as, a male choir.
5. (Mech.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece
(the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as,
a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a
male screw, etc.
Male berry (Bot.), a kind of coffee. See Pea berry.
Male fern (Bot.), a fern of the genus Aspidium (A.
Filixmas), used in medicine as an anthelmintic, esp.
against the tapeworm. Aspidium marginale in America, and
A. athamanticum in South Africa, are used as good
substitutes for the male fern in medical practice. See
Female fern, under Female.
Male rhyme, a rhyme in which only the last syllables agree,
as laid, afraid, dismayed. See Female rhyme, under
Female.
Male screw (Mech.), a screw having threads upon its
exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a
corresponding nut or female screw.
Male thread, the thread of a male screw. Basidium
Basidium Ba*sid"i*um, n. [NL., dim. of Gr. ? base.] (Bot.)
A special oblong or pyriform cell, with slender branches,
which bears the spores in that division of fungi called
Basidiomycetes, of which the common mushroom is an example.
ConidiumConidium Co*nid"i*um, n.; pl. Conida. [NL.] (Bot.)
A peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi,
and often containing zo["o]spores. Deltidium
Deltidium Del*tid"i*um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. de`lta, the letter
[Delta].] (Zo["o]l.)
The triangular space under the beak of many brachiopod
shells.
Gastridium lendigerumNit Nit, n. [AS. hnitu; akin to D. neet, G. niss, OHG. niz;
cf. gr. ?, ?, Icel. gnit, Sw. gnet, Dan. gnid, Russ. & Pol.
gnida, Bohem. hnida, W. nedd.] (Zo["o]l.)
The egg of a louse or other small insect.
Nit grass (Bot.), a pretty annual European grass
(Gastridium lendigerum), with small spikelets somewhat
resembling a nit. It is also found in California and
Chili. Glaucidium gnomaGnome Gnome, n. [F. gnome, prob. fr. Gr. gnw`mon one that
knows, a guardian, i. e., of the treasures in the inner parts
of the earth, or fr. ? intelligence, both fr. gnw^nai,
gignw^skein, to know. See Know.]
1. An imaginary being, supposed by the Rosicrucians to
inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the
guardian of mines, quarries, etc.
2. A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen
features, or of strange appearance.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A small owl (Glaucidium gnoma) of the Western
United States.
4. [Gr. ?.] A brief reflection or maxim. --Peacham. Glaucidium passerinumSparrow Spar"row, n. [OE. sparwe, AS. spearwa; akin to OHG.
sparo, G. sperling, Icel. sp["o]rr, Dan. spurv, spurre, Sw.
sparf, Goth. sparwa; -- originally, probably, the quiverer or
flutterer, and akin to E. spurn. See Spurn, and cf.
Spavin.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) One of many species of small singing birds of
the family Fringillig[ae], having conical bills, and
feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also
finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or house
sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its
familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young,
and its fecundity. See House sparrow, under House.
Note: The following American species are well known; the
chipping sparrow, or chippy, the sage sparrow,
the savanna sparrow, the song sparrow, the tree
sparrow, and the white-throated sparrow (see
Peabody bird). See these terms under Sage,
Savanna, etc.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several small singing birds somewhat
resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the
European hedge sparrow. See under Hedge.
He that doth the ravens feed, Yea, providently
caters for the sparrow, Be comfort to my age!
--Shak.
Field sparrow, Fox sparrow, etc. See under Field,
Fox, etc.
Sparrow bill, a small nail; a castiron shoe nail; a
sparable.
Sparrow hawk. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small European hawk (Accipiter nisus) or any of
the allied species.
(b) A small American falcon (Falco sparverius).
(c) The Australian collared sparrow hawk (Accipiter
torquatus).
Note: The name is applied to other small hawks, as the
European kestrel and the New Zealand quail hawk.
Sparrow owl (Zo["o]l.), a small owl (Glaucidium
passerinum) found both in the Old World and the New. The
name is also applied to other species of small owls.
Sparrow spear (Zo["o]l.), the female of the reed bunting.
[Prov. Eng.] GnathidiumGnathidium Gna*thid"i*um, n.; pl. Gnathidia. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
the jaw.] (Zo["o]l.)
The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked;
-- commonly used in the plural. Gonidium
Gonidium Go*nid"i*um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, dim. of ? angle.]
(Zool.)
A special groove or furrow at one or both angles of the mouth
of many Anthozoa.
GonidiumGonidium Go*nid"i*um, n.; pl. Gonidia. [NL., fr. Gr. ? that
which generates.] (Bot.)
A component cell of the yellowish green layer in certain
lichens. GonoblastidiumGonoblastidium Gon`o*blas*tid"i*um, n.; pl. Gonoblastidia.
[NL., fr. Gr. ? offspring + ? to bud.] (Zo["o]l.)
A blastostyle. HesperidiumHesperidium Hes`pe*rid"i*um, n. [NL. So called in allusion to
the golden apples of the Hesperides. See Hesperides.]
(Bot.)
A large berry with a thick rind, as a lemon or an orange. HypocleidiumHypocleidium Hy`po*clei"di*um, n.; pl. L. Hypocleida, E.
Hypocleidiums. [NL., fr. Gr. ? under + ? a little key.]
(Anat.)
A median process on the furculum, or merrythought, of many
birds, where it is connected with the sternum. HypocleidiumsHypocleidium Hy`po*clei"di*um, n.; pl. L. Hypocleida, E.
Hypocleidiums. [NL., fr. Gr. ? under + ? a little key.]
(Anat.)
A median process on the furculum, or merrythought, of many
birds, where it is connected with the sternum. IonidiumIonidium I`o*nid"i*um, n. [NL. Cf. Iodine.] (Bot.)
A genus of violaceous plants, chiefly found in tropical
America, some species of which are used as substitutes for
ipecacuanha. Ionidium IpecacuanhaIpecacuanha Ip`e*cac`u*an"ha, n. [Pg. ipecacuanha (cf. Sp.
ipecacuana); fr. Braz. ipe-kaa-guena, prop., a creeping plant
that causes vomiting.] (Med. & Bot.)
The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb (Cepha["e]lis
Ipecacuanha), largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant
itself; also, a medicinal extract of the root. Many other
plants are used as a substitutes; among them are the black or
Peruvian ipecac (Psychotria emetica), the white ipecac
(Ionidium Ipecacuanha), the bastard or wild ipecac
(Asclepias Curassavica), and the undulated ipecac
(Richardsonia scabra). IridiumIridium I*rid"i*um, n. [NL., fr. L. iris, iridis, the rainbow.
So called from the iridescence of some of its solutions. See
Iris.] (Chem.)
A rare metallic element, of the same group as platinum, which
it much resembles, being silver-white, but harder, and
brittle, and indifferent to most corrosive agents. With the
exception of osmium, it is the heaviest substance known, its
specific gravity being 22.4. Symbol Ir. Atomic weight 192.5.
Note: Iridium usually occurs as a native alloy with osmium
(iridosmine or osmiridium), which may occur alone or
with platinum. Iridium, as an alloy with platinum, is
used in bushing the vents of heavy ordnance. It is also
used for the points of gold pens, and in a finely
powdered condition (iridium black), for painting
porcelain black. lepidium CadaminesSpanish Span"ish, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant (Yucca
alorifolia) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.
Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.
Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.
Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub (Spartium
junceum) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.
Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.
Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.
Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A double Spanish burton has one double and two
single blocks. --Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).
Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.
Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant (lepidium
Cadamines), a species of peppergrass.
Spanish curiew (Zo["o]l.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]
Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.
Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree (Cordia
Gerascanthus) furnishing hard and useful timber.
Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.
Spanish flag (Zo["o]l.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.
Spanish fly (Zo["o]l.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.
Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.
Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.
Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.
Spanish leather. See Cordwain.
Spanish mackerel. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.
Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.
Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia.
Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed (Bidens
bipinnata) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.
Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.
Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.
Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.
Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.
Spanish sheep (Zo["o]l.), a merino.
Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.
Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever. Lepidium campestreYellowseed Yel"low*seed`, n. (Bot.)
A kind of pepper grass (Lepidium campestre). Lepidium sativumCress Cress (kr[e^]s), n.; pl. Cresses (kr[e^]s"[e^]z). [OE.
ces, cresse, kers, kerse, AS. cresse, cerse; akin to D. kers,
G. kresse, Dan. karse, Sw. krasse, and possibly also to OHG.
chresan to creep.] (Bot.)
A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves
have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and
antiscorbutic.
Note: The garden cress, called also peppergrass, is the
Lepidium sativum; the water cress is the Nasturtium
officinale. Various other plants are sometimes called
cresses.
To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread.
--Goldsmith.
Bitter cress. See under Bitter.
Not worth a cress, or ``not worth a kers.' a common old
proverb, now turned into the meaningless ``not worth a
curse.' --Skeat. MeconidiumMeconidium Mec`o*nid"i*um, n. [NL., dim. of Gr. ? a poppy. So
called in allusion to the shape of the seed capsules of the
poppy.] (Zo["o]l.)
A kind of gonophore produced by hydroids of the genus
Gonothyr[ae]a. It has tentacles, and otherwise resembles a
free medusa, but remains attached by a pedicel. Oidium TuckeriVine Vine, n. [F. vigne, L. vinea a vineyard, vine from vineus
of or belonging to wine, vinum wine, grapes. See Wine, and
cf. Vignette.] (Bot.)
(a) Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes.
(b) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender
stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs
by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing
anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper;
as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons,
squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
There shall be no grapes on the vine. --Jer.
viii. 13.
And one went out into the field to gather herbs,
and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild
gourds. --2 Kings iv.
89.
Vine apple (Bot.), a small kind of squash. --Roger
Williams.
Vine beetle (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
beetles which are injurious to the leaves or branches of
the grapevine. Among the more important species are the
grapevine fidia (see Fidia), the spotted Pelidnota
(see Rutilian), the vine fleabeetle (Graptodera
chalybea), the rose beetle (see under Rose), the vine
weevil, and several species of Colaspis and Anomala.
Vine borer. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of several species of beetles whose larv[ae]
bore in the wood or pith of the grapevine, especially
Sinoxylon basilare, a small species the larva of
which bores in the stems, and Ampeloglypter
sesostris, a small reddish brown weevil (called also
vine weevil), which produces knotlike galls on the
branches.
(b) A clearwing moth ([AE]geria polistiformis), whose
larva bores in the roots of the grapevine and is often
destructive.
Vine dragon, an old and fruitless branch of a vine. [Obs.]
--Holland.
Vine forester (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
moths belonging to Alypia and allied genera, whose
larv[ae] feed on the leaves of the grapevine.
Vine fretter (Zo["o]l.), a plant louse, esp. the phylloxera
that injuries the grapevine.
Vine grub (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of insect
larv[ae] that are injurious to the grapevine.
Vine hopper (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of leaf
hoppers which suck the sap of the grapevine, especially
Erythroneura vitis. See Illust. of Grape hopper, under
Grape.
Vine inchworm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of any species of
geometrid moths which feed on the leaves of the grapevine,
especially Cidaria diversilineata.
Vine-leaf rooer (Zo["o]l.), a small moth (Desmia
maculalis) whose larva makes a nest by rolling up the
leaves of the grapevine. The moth is brownish black,
spotted with white.
Vine louse (Zo["o]l.), the phylloxera.
Vine mildew (Bot.), a fungous growth which forms a white,
delicate, cottony layer upon the leaves, young shoots, and
fruit of the vine, causing brown spots upon the green
parts, and finally a hardening and destruction of the
vitality of the surface. The plant has been called Oidium
Tuckeri, but is now thought to be the conidia-producing
stage of an Erysiphe.
Vine of Sodom (Bot.), a plant named in the Bible (--Deut.
xxxii. 32), now thought to be identical with the apple of
Sodom. See Apple of Sodom, under Apple.
Vine sawfly (Zo["o]l.), a small black sawfiy (Selandria
vitis) whose larva feeds upon the leaves of the
grapevine. The larv[ae] stand side by side in clusters
while feeding.
Vine slug (Zo["o]l.), the larva of the vine sawfly.
Vine sorrel (Bot.), a climbing plant (Cissus acida)
related to the grapevine, and having acid leaves. It is
found in Florida and the West Indies.
Vine sphinx (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of hawk
moths. The larv[ae] feed on grapevine leaves.
Vine weevil. (Zo["o]l.) See Vine borer
(a) above, and Wound gall, under Wound.
Meaning of Idium from wikipedia
- T****diaceae. The name
comes from the
genus Thuja and the
Latin suffix -
idium,
meaning diminutive. This is due to its
resemblance to
small cedar trees...
- Gr****: τρία (tria, "three") + Latin:
brachium ("arm") +
diminutive suffix -
idium. The
specific name T. heraldi****
references the
similarity of the pattern...
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Lattice parameters and
superconducting properties of
alloys based on lead and
idium (1966)
Academic work
Institutions Queen's
University University of Waterloo...
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August 2011. "Kyiv HPP" (in Ukrainian). UHE.
Retrieved 14
October 2020. AS,
Idium. "Kykkelsrud
kraftverk - E-CO Energi". www.e-co.no (in Norwegian). Archived...
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folkmanovae (Dobroruka, 1966)
Pachymerium grandiceps (Porat, 1893)
Pachymerium idium Chamberlin, 1960
Pachymerium imbricatum Attems, 1934
Pachymerium minutum...
- name
coming from the Cetopsis, the
first described cetopsid genus, and
idium which means diminutive, in
reference to the
relatively small size of Cetopsidium...
