Prion (prion)

[NL. (Lacépède, 1800-1), Also Pachyptila . Racket-tailed Parrakeet (Prion it urus discurus). habit Celebes and the Philippines, as P. pla turus, P. discurus, and P. spatuliger. Prionium (pri-ō'ni-um), n. [NL. (E. Meyer, 1832), so called in allusion to the sharply saw toothed leaves; Prion odes mace a (pri"ō-nō-des-ma'sē-ä), n. pl. [NL., Prioneæ (pri-ōnē-ē), n . pl . [NL., Prion + -ex .] A section of Pro cellar i inæ established by Coues in 1866, having the bill lamellate, and containing the genera Prion , Pseudo prion , and Halobæna ; the saw-billed petrels. Prionidæ (pri-on'i-dē), n. pl . [NL. (Leach, 1819), Prion + -idæ .] A family of long i- corn beetles, typified by the Prionus , re- lated to the Cerambycide , having the sides of (1) The emended form of Pridon or Priodontes, a ge- the prothorax sharply delineated and often serrate or spinous. Prionidus (pri-ō-ni'dus), n. [NL. (Uhler, 1886), Prion inæ (pri-ō-ni'nē), n. pl. [NL., Ortho soma cylindricum, one of the Prion in a. (Natural size.) ulate by rubbing the hind femora against the edge of the elytra. Prionus imbricornis is a common North American species. Ortho soma cylindricum is also a striking example of this group. It is found in the West Indies and all through North America, feeding in the larva state in de caying stumps of oak, walnut, pine, and hemlock.