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PentameraPentamera Pen*tam"e*ra, n. pl. [NL. See Pentamerous.]
(Zo["o]l.)
An extensive division of Coleoptera, including those that
normally have five-jointed tarsi. It embraces about half of
all the known species of the Coleoptera. Pentameran
Pentameran Pen*tam"er*an, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Pentamera.
Pentamerous
Pentamerous Pen*tam"er*ous, a. [Penta- + Gr. ? part.]
1. (Biol.) Divided into, or consisting of, five parts; also,
arranged in sets, with five parts in each set, as a flower
with five sepals, five petals, five, or twice five,
stamens, and five pistils.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Belonging to the Pentamera.
PentamerusPentamerus Pen*tam"e*rus, n. [NL. See Pentamerous.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of extinct Paleozoic brachiopods, often very abundant
in the Upper Silurian.
Pentamerus limestone (Geol.), a Silurian limestone composed
largely of the shells of Pentamerus. Pentamerus limestonePentamerus Pen*tam"e*rus, n. [NL. See Pentamerous.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of extinct Paleozoic brachiopods, often very abundant
in the Upper Silurian.
Pentamerus limestone (Geol.), a Silurian limestone composed
largely of the shells of Pentamerus. PentameterPentameter Pen*tam"e*ter, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ? (see Penta-)
+ ? measure.] (Gr. & L.Pros.)
A verse of five feet.
Note: The dactylic pentameter consists of two parts separated
by a di[ae]resis. Each part consists of two dactyls and
a long syllable. The spondee may take the place of the
dactyl in the first part, but not in the second. The
elegiac distich consists of the hexameter followed by
the pentameter. --Harkness. Pentameter
Pentameter Pen*tam"e*ter, a.
Having five metrical feet.
PentamethylenePentamethylene Pen`ta*meth"yl*ene, n. [Penta- + methylene.]
(Chem.)
A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C5H10, metameric with the
amylenes, and the nucleus of a large number of derivatives;
-- so named because regarded as composed of five methylene
residues. Cf. Trimethylene, and Tetramethylene.
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