quadripennate (kwodripenat)

and n. [ II. n. A four-winged or quadripennate inquadriphyllous (kwod-ri-fil'us), a. [ quattuor ( quadri- ), = E. four , + Gr. φύλλον = L. folium , leaf.] In bot . , having four leaves; quadrinomial (kwod-ri-no'mi-al), a . and n . sect. L. quattuor ( quadri- ), = E. four , + nom ( en ), name (see nome3), + -al. Cf. I. a. In alg ., consisting of four terms. II. n. In alg., an expre ion consisting of four terms. quadrinom ( ial ) +-ic- al .] Quadrinomial. quadrinominal (kwod-ri-nom'i-nal), a. [L. quattuor ( quadri- ), E. four , + nomen ( nomin- ), name: see nomen, nominal.] Having four terms; quadrinomial. quadrinucleate (kwod-ri-nū klē-āt), a . [ quattuor ( quadri- ), = E. four , + nucleus , a nu- cleus: see nucleate .] In bot . , having four nu- clei, as the spores of some fungi. quad rin variant (kwod-rin-va'ri-ant), n. [L. = quattuor ( quadri- ), An invariant of the second order in the coeffi E. four, + E. invariant.] cients. quadripara (kwod-rip'a-ra), n. [NL., Quadriparæ (kwod-rip'a-re), n. pl. [NL., fem. pl. of quadriparus: see quadriparous.] A group of birds proposed by E. Newman in 1875, being those which four eggs, and only four, and place them with the small ends together in the middle of the nest: it includes snipes, sandpipers, plovers, etc., and is practically equiva lent to Limicolæ, 1. quadriparous (kwod-rip'a-rus), a. [ + parere, bring forth, bear.] In ornith., laying four eggs, and only four; being of the Quadriparæ: as, quadriparous birds. Newman. quadripartite (kwod-ri-pär'tīt), a. and n. [= OF. quad rip art it, quadriparty, D IMG:content-1419.png:[blocks in formation]