pittidæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. pitt (a); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -ida.] Ornith.: Old-World Ant-Thrushes, a family of Mesomyodi, or Songle Birds, closely allied to the Pteroptochidae (q. v.). There are four genera: Pitta, Eucichla, Hydrornis, and Mel am pitta. Most abundant in the Malay Peninsula, attaining their maximum of beauty and variety in Borneo and Sumatra, whence they diminish in numbers in every direction. *pit-ti-kinş, interj . [See def.] A diminutive of pity , used (in conjunction with ' ods = God's ) as an exclamation. ""Ods pittikins ! can it be six miles yet?" Shakesp.: Cymbeline, iv. 2. pit-tin-ite, s. [Gr. pittinos of or from pitch; suff. -ite ( Min .); Ger. pittinerz .] Min.: The same as ELIASITE (q. v.). *pit-tite, s. [Eng. pit ; ite .] A frequenter of the pits of theaters; one seated in the pit. "The 'gods' in the gallery for once in the year a erted their ascendency over the pittites ."-London Daily Tele graph . pit-ti-zīte, s. [PITTICITE.] *pit-tle-păt-tle, v. t. [An imitative word.] To talk unmeaningly; to chatter. "Whatsoever we pittlepattle with our tongues."- Lat imer: Works, i. 106. pit-tō-11-ŭm, subst. [ Gr.pitta =pitch, and Lat. oleum=oil.] Mineral .: Dana adopts this name for a group of hydrocarbons, which have the common formula, CnH2n=carbon, 85-71; hydrogen, 14-29=100. Specific gravity 0.75-0.84. They are liquids, and are contained in all free-flowing petroleums. Four species have attracted most attention from chemists: (1) Decatylene (Rutylene), formula, C10H20; (2) Endecatylene (Margarylene), formula, C11H22; (3) Dodecatylene (Laurylene), formula, C12H24; (4) Decatritylene (Cocinylene), formula, C13H26. pit-to-spör-ā-çě-æ, subst. pl. [Mod. Lat. pit to spor(um); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -aceœ.] Botany : Pittosporads; an order of Hypogynous Exogens, alliance Berberales. Trees or shrubs with single, alternate, exstipulate, entire, or serrated leaves, and axillary or terminal flowers. Sepals and petals each four or five, generally free; stamens five; ovary single, two or more celled; style one; stigmas equal in number to the placentas; fruit capsular or berried, many seeded. Chiefly Australian plants, but also found in China, Japan, Africa, . Known genera twelve, species seventy eight. ( Lindley .)