Stauriidæ (stariide)

pl. [NL., staurolitic (sta-ro-lit'ik), a. [ Haeckel's cla ification, a subfamily of Scypho med usæ, having four pairs of adradial gonads or four simple interradial gonads in the sub umbral wa wall, four large perradial gastral pouches, and no special sense-organs. stauromedusan (staro-me-du's an), a. and n. [ II. n. A member of the Stauromedusæ . Stauropus (starō-pus), n. [NL. (Germar, 1813), σταυρός , a cro , + πούς = Ε. foot .] 1. A genus of bombycid moths, of the family Notodontidæ, having the thorax woolly, the fore wings rather broad and sinuate on the hind margins, hind wings rounded, tongue weak, and the abdomen slightly tufted above. The larvæ have fourteen legs, and are naked, with humps on the middle segments and two short anal projections; the legs on the third and fourth segments are exceedingly long. When at rest they raise the large head and enlarged anal segments, and it is from their extraordinary appearance that the only European species, S. fag i , derives its English name of lobster - moth . Its larva is of a brown color, and feeds on oak, birch, beech, and apple. The only other known species is Asiatic. 2. A genus of melandryid beetles, erected by Fair maire and Germain in 1863 on a single South American species. stauroscope (staʼro-skop), п. [ vibration. stauroscopic (sta-rō-skop'ik), a. [ IMG:content-2037.png:[blocks in formation] stavre, trudge, stumble.] To stagger; totter. He [Carlyle] slept badly from overwork, "gaeing staver ing aboot the hoose at night," as the Scotch maid said. Froude, Carlyle (Life in London, I. iii.). stave-rime (stāv'rim), n. Alliteration; an al