Epibulinæ (epibuline)

pl. [NL., cular cryptogams, the basal wall being the pri- Pacific. mary wall dividing the oöspore into two halves. Epibulini (e-pib-u-li'ni), n. pl. [NL., tus (Martian us Capella), plotting against, treacherous, to, marked by special beating of time, also that Epibulus (e-pib'ū-lus), n. [NL., II. n. The dec as emic pæon ( pœon epibatus ). See I. epiblast (ep'i-blast), n. [ βλαστός , a bud, germ; cf. έπιβλαστάνειν , grow or sprout on.] 1. In bot . , a name applied by Richard to a second small cotyledon which is found in wheat and some other gra es.-2. In embryol ., the outer or external blastodermic membrane or layer of cells, forming the ecto epic (ep'ik), a. and n. [Formerly epick; = F. epique Sp. Pg. It. epico (cf. D. G. episch = Dan. Sw. episk ), epics, in Greek the Homeric epics (the Iliad and Ody ey ), in Sanskrit the Mahabharata and Ramayana, in Persian the Shah - nameh, in Middle German the Nibelungenlied, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary epic in Anglo-Saxon the Beowulf, and in Spanish the Poem of the Cid. Epics compiled in recent times from national traditions are the Finnish Kalevala and the North American Indian Hiawatha. The artificial or literary epic is not of popular origin, but imitated more or le closely from the national epics. Examples are: in Latin, Virgil's Eneid, and the modern epics; in Italian, the romantic epics, Ariosto's Orlando Furioso and Ta o's Jerusalem Delivered; in Portuguese, Camoëns's Lusiad; in English, Milton's Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained; in German, Klopstock's Me ias. An epic in which animals are actors, exemplified in the Homeric Batrachomyomachia and in the medieval Low German Reynard the Fox, has been called the animal epic. According to Aristotle, the story of an epic poem must be on a great and noble theme: it must be one in itself. R. C. Jebb , Primer of Greek Lit., I. ii. § 2. Hence-2. Of heroic character or quality; bold in action; imposing. "Take Lilia, then, for heroine," clamour'd he, "And make her some great Prince , six feet high, Grand, epic, homicidal." Tennyson, Prince , Prol. The epic cycle. See cycle1. II. n. A narrative poem of elevated character, describing generally the exploits of heroes; an epic poem. See I. IMG:content-0594.png:[blocks in formation] Imbricated Snout-beetle (Epicarus imbricatus ). (Line shows natural size.) more or le pyriform, densely scaly, the elytra brownish oluteous with the in des ind us bands much patere E. imbricatus (Say), snout-beetle, is best-known species, abundant in the eastern United States; it feeds upon many different plants, and is frequently very injurious to cabbages. It is extremely variable in size, shape, and coloration. Its larva is still unknown. epical (ep'i-kal), a. [ Life made by duty epical And rhythmic with the truth. Whittier, My Namesake. epically (ep'i-kal-i), adv. In an epic manner; as an epic. epicalyx (ep-i-kā'liks), n.; pl. epicalyces (-kal'i-sez). [