ommastrephes

[ Gr.omma =the eye, and strephoto twist.] 1. Zool.: Sagitta ted Calamary; a genus of Teuthide (q. v.). Body cylindrical, terminal fins large and rhombic; arms with two rows of suckers, sometimes an internal membranous fringe, tentacles short and strong, with four rows of cups. Pen, a shaft, with three diverging ribs, and a hollow conical appendix; length from one inch to nearly four feet. Fourteen recent species, from open seas of all climates. 2. Palæont .: Similar pens of four species from prognosticate. "To ominate ill to my dear nation."- Seasonable Sermons, p. 23. (1644.) B. In trans.: To presage, to omen, to portend. *om-in-a-tion, s. [OMINATE.] The act of ominating or presaging; prognostication; a foreboding. "A particular omination concerning the breach of friendship."-Browne: Vulgar Errors , bk. v., ch. xxi. fate, făt, färe, amidst, what, fall, Tertiary.