cynIpidæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. cynip (s), and fem. pl. adj. suff. -ida.] Entom.: A family of hymenopterous insects, suborder Petiolata, tribe Terebranchia, and sub-tribe Gallicola (Gall-inhabiting Insects). The antenne, which are straight, have generally 13 to 15 joints, the palpi are short, and the wings have but few nervures, the ovipositor, shaped like the letter S, is nearly all concealed within the abdomen. The larvæ are destitute of fect. [CYNIPS.] çyn-ips, s . [Gr. kyon , gen it. kynos a dog, and ips a worm which eats horn and wood, one which injures vine-buds; it is a kind of cynips.] Entom.: A genus of hymenopterous insects, the typical one of the family Cynipide. The species are minute animals which puncture the leaves or other parts of various trees or plants, producing the excrescences known as galls. Cynips gallæ tincto riæ thus punctures an oak, Quercus infector i a , producing the galls of commerce. They come from Asia Minor, Syria, and the adjacent parts. C. confluens, in our own country, produces round excrescences on the leaves of the common red oak, which are commonly known as Oak Apples. The puncture of C. insana produces the Dead Sea Apples. [SCINIPH.] çyn-ō-çěph-al-us, s. [Lat. cynocephalus ; Gr. kynokephalos (as subst.) the dog-headed baboon [def.], (as adj.)=dog-headed: kyōn , gen it. kynos =a dog, and kephale =the head.] Zool.: A genus of Old World Monkeys or Baboons, family Simiide or Simiade. As the etymology implies, the head, which is very large, is like that of a dog. The resemblance is specially in the prolongation forward of the jaws and the low facial angle (about 30), making the animal diverge more widely from the human type than the taille apes. The natesal callosities are of great size, and often bright colored. The disposition of this baboon is violent. Its native country is South Africa. It is the species described in the following verse by Pringle, the Cape poet: "And the grim satyr-faced baboon Sits railing to the rising moon, Or chiding with hoarse angry cry The herdsman as he wanders by." IMG:content-1707.png:[blocks in formation] "The lid of one vase consisted of a carved humara cynocephalus."- Blackwood's Magazine , Nov. 1881, p. 581. çyn-o-don, s. [Gr. kynodon, the same as kyno do us the canine tooth.] 1. Bot .: A genus of gra es, tribe Chloride. The 2. Greek Phil.: Belonging to the sect of philosospike is one-flowered with a superior rudiment, the phers known as Cynics. B. As substantive : aim of its adherents being to inculcate a love of virtue, and to produce simplicity of manners. The rigorous discipline of the first Cynics degenerated afterward into the most absurd severity. Of this sect the most distinguished member was Diogenes. çyn-ic-al, a. [Eng. cynic; al.] The same as CYNIC (q. v.). IMG:content-1708.png:[blocks in formation] ." IMG:content-1709.png:[blocks in formation] glumes nearly equal, the styles long and distinct with feathery stigmas. Cynodon dactyl on (the Creeping Dog's-tooth Gra ) has three to five digitate spikes. It is found in Europe, on the coasts of Devons hire and Cornwall, England. It occurs also in Asia, and is an East Indian fodder gra . A cooling drink is made in that country from its roots. It has been considered as a good substitute for sarsaparilla. So has another Indian species, C. linear is, or line are, which is called Durva-gra . 2. Palæont.: A genus of fo il mammals, belong mine the the family Canide, though with affinities to Viverridæ.