plotosina

pl. [Mod. Lat. plotos (us); Lat. neut. pl. adj. suff. -ina.] Ichthy.: A group of Siluride (q. v.), with four genera; Plotosus (q.v.). Cop i dog lan is, and Cnidoglanis, from Australia; and Chaca, from the West Indies. plō-tō-sŭs, 8. [PLOTUS.] Ichthy.: The typical genus of the group Plotosina. A short dorsal in front, with a pungent spine; a second long dorsal coalesces with the caudal and anal. Barbels eight or ten; cleft of mouth transverse; ventrals many-rayed, head depre ed; body elongate. Three species known, from the brackish waters of the Indian Ocean; they enter the sea freely. Plotosus anguillaris is a common Indian fish. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f plotter plot-tër, 8. [Eng. plot (1), v.; -er.] One who plots or schemes; a contriver, a conspirator, a schemer. "Why, aunt, would you have thought Mr. Sad a plot ter?"- Kill i grew : Parson's Wedding, v. 2. plot-tër, plout-er, v . i. [A frequent. from plod (q. v.).] To plod, to wade, to tramp. has plottered through, raight o'er into t meadow." E. Bronte: Wuthering Heights, ch. ix. "Mi 's pony plot-tiě, subst. [PLOT (3), v.] A sort of mulled wine. (Scotch.) plot-ting, pr. par. & s. [PLOT (2), v.] A. As pr . par .: (See the verb.) B. As substantive : Surv.: The art of describing or laying down on paper, ., the several angles and lines of a tract of ground surveyed by a theodolite or like instrument, or a chain. plotting-scale, s. Surv.: A mathematical instrument used in plotting ground, usually of box-wood, sometimes of bra , ivory, or silver, either a foot or a foot and a half long, and about an inch and a half broad. It consists of two scales of unequal lengths at right angles to each other. The longer scale contains a slit, or dovetail groove, nearly its whole length, in which slides a button carrying the cro scale. plō-tus, s . [Gr. plotos =sailing, floating; plōō = to sail.] Ornith.: Darter, Snake-neck; a genus of Pelecan ide, with four species, from the tropical and southern temperate parts of both hemispheres. Bill quite straight, longer than head, terminating in a very sharp point; face and throat naked; nostrils linear; feet short and robust; tail very long, the feathers stiff and elastic.