telephony

[Eng. telephon (e); -y.] The Telescopes, it will be seen, are of two leading kinds art or practice of transmitting or reproducing Refracting and Reflecting telescopes; in the former sounds, communications, ., by means of the telephone. "Be the reasons what they may, it is unquestionable that telephony is in England still in its infancy."- Lon don Standard . +těl-ě-phor-i-dæ, s. pl . [Modern Latin tele phor (us); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ .] Entom.: A family of Beetles, now reduced to the sub-family Telephorine (q. v.). těl-ě-pho-ri-næ, s . pl . [Mod. Lat. telephor (us); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff.-inæ.] Entom.: A sub-family of Lampyride, more elon gated and narrower than the typical Lampyrine. The legs are also longer; the head is not covered by the prothorax. World-wide in distribution. One genus, which connects the Telephorine with the Lampyrinse, is luminous. těl-ě-phör-I-ŭm, subst. [Mod. Lat. tel ephor us (q. v.).] Palæont.: A genus of Coleoptera akin to Tel ephor us (q. v.), from the Purbeck beds.