pli o pi thecus

[Pref. plio-, and Lat. pit he cus (g. v.).] Paleont .: A genus of Catarrhine Monkeys, from the Miocene of Europe. It appears to have affinities with the living Semnopithecus and the Anthropoid Apes. IMG:content-1222.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1223.png:[blocks in formation] plod, subst . [Ir. plod , plod an =a pool. a puddle; plodach a puddle; plodaim to float; Gael. plod tically unattainable, but only because it is a finite in tell i. a clod, a pool; plod an =a small pool.] 1. A pool, a puddle. 2. A green sod. plod, v . i . & t . [PLOD, 8. The primitive sense is to tramp through mire and wet, and, hence, to proceed painfully and laboriously.] IMG:content-1224.png:[blocks in formation] "Small have continual plodders ever won, Save base authority from others' books." Shakesp.: Love's Labor's Lost , i. 1. plod-ding, pr . par . or a . [PLOD, v .] 1. Working, laboring, or studying, with slow but patient diligence; dull, but persevering in work or study. 2. Characterized by laborious and persevering work. "It is a thorough, plodding , comprehensive, able surterly Review , lvii. 254 (1873). 2. A plight, a condition, a predicament. plitt, s. [Ru .] An instrument of torture used in Ru ia, resembling the knout.