floscular i an (floskularian)

A rotifer or wheel-animalcule of the family Floscular i ide. IMG:content-1527.png:[blocks in formation] Flosculariidæ (flos kū-lā-ri'i-dē), n. pl . [NL., Floscular i a + -idæ .] A family of permanent- ly fixed rotifers, with a long ringed foot, usually with gelatinous coverings and tubes, and the wheel-organ lobed or deeply eleft. floscule (flos'kül), n. [F. floscule = Sp. flós- culo = Pg. It. flosculo , flosculus , also flos- ( flor- ), a flower: see flower .] A floret. cula , f., a floweret, a little flower, dim. of flos flosculett, n. [ But when your own faire print was set Once in a virgin flosculet Sweet as yourself, and newly blown, To give that life resign'd your own. Herrick, Hesperides, p. 133. IMG:content-1528.png:[blocks in formation] culus, dim. of flos, a flower, + ferre = E. bear1.] In entom., terminating in a distended hollow proce or organ, open beneath, and somewhat resembling a labiate flower, as the abdomen of a fulgor a or lantern-fly. flosculous, flosculose (flos kū-lus, -lōs), a. [ Same as floscular. flos ferri (flos fer'i). A coralloid variety of calcium carbonate or aragonite, often found in connection with iron ores. flosh1 (flosh), v. t. [Also floush; a dial. var. of flash2 and flush2, q. v.] To spill; splash. [Prov. Eng.]