pen tamer an

[Mod. Latin pentamer( a ); Eng. suff.-an.] Entom.: A beetle of the tribe Pen tamer a (q. v.). pěn-ta-měr-i-dæ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. pentamer(us); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ.] two genera, Pen tamer us and Strick land in a, from Palæont .: A family of Clisenterata (q. v.), with the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous form a tions. Shell smooth and imperforate, with a prominent beak: the articulated valves divided into five parts or chambers. pěn-tăm'-er-ous, a. [PEN TAMER A.] 1. Bot .: Having five parts. 2. Entom .: Of or pertaining to the Pen tamer a (q. v.). pen tamer us