acridity (akriditi)

[ The quality of being acrid or pungent. acridophagus (ak-ri-dof'a-gus), n.; pl. acridoph agi (-ji). [NL., They are still acridophagi , and even the citizens far prefer a dish of locusts to the "fasikh," which act as anchovies, sardines, and herrings in Egypt. R. F. Burton , El-Medinah, p. 343. Acrid oes eres (ak"ri-dō-thē'rēz), n . [NL. (Vieillot, 1816), ἀκρίς ( ἀκριδ- ), a locust, + θηρᾶν , hunt or chase, θήρα , a hunting, the chase.] A notable genus of old-world sturnoid pa erine pas birds, founded by Vieillot in 1816; the minas or mina-birds, several species which are among the commonest and most characteristic birds of India and zoölogically related countries. They resemble and are allied to starlings. A. trist is is a leading example. The species have often been referred to the Cuvierian genus Graculus (which see). Crido theres is an erroneous form of Acrid oes eres, apparently originating with Cuvier.