Cypris (sipris)

[NL., codes, of the family Cypri did a. The species are among the numerous and varied forms of minute fresh-water crustaceans known as water-fleas, swarming in ditches, pools, and other stagnant waters. Their shells abound in a fo il state, in fresh-water strata, from the Carboniferous formation upward. cypruslt (si'prus), IMG:content-1953.png:[blocks in formation] cyprus-bird (sī'prus-bėrd), п. The blackcap, or European black-capped warbler, Sylvia or Curruca at rica pill a. cyprusite (sī'prus-īt), n. [Irreg. Cyprus turpentine. See Chian turpentine, under Chian. cypsela (sip'se-lä), n.; pl. cypselæ (-lē). [NL., Cypseli (sip'se-li), n. pl. [NL., pl. of L. cyр sel us, a swift: see Cypselus.] A superfamily group of picarian birds, approximately equal to the Macro chi res of Nitzsch, and now usually consisting of the three families Cypselida, Trochi lidæ, and Caprimulgida: same as Cypseloi des, Cypseliformes, or Cypselomorpha.