arcifer (arsifer)

[ toads ( Hylida ), and others. arciferous (är-sif'e-rus), a. [As Arcifera + -ous.] In zoöl., pertaining to or of the nature of the Arcifera. Also arcigerous. arc if in i ous (är-si-fin'i-us), a. [ [ arcus , a bow, pl. arcosolia arcosolium arcos (är-kō-sō'li-um), n.; pl. (-a). [ML., L. arcus, an arch, + solium, a seat, throne.] A name given to certain rece es for dead bodies in the Roman catacombs, consisting of a deep niche cut in the rocky wall and arched above, a sarcophagus being hewn from the rock under the arch. The flat cover of the sarcophagus may sometimes have been used as an altar. Such tombs were often richly ornamented.