sternutative

[Fr. sternutatif. ] Having ster-nü-ta-tōr-y, a. & s. [Fr. stern uta to ire, from Lat. sternuto =to sneeze.] A. As adj .: Having the quality of exciting to sneeze; sternutative; as snuff, sub sulphate of mercury, . [ERRHINE.] B. As subst.: A substance which provokes sneezvarious kinds. Anat.: Of or pertaining to the sternum and the ing. The most familiar sternutatories are snuffs of IMG:content-0290.png:[blocks in formation] Ichthy. The type-genus of Sternoptychide (q.v.). Body compre ed and elevated, tail short; covered with a silvery pigment, regular scales absent; phosphorescent spots on lower surface. Specimens are occasionally picked up in the Mediterranean and Atlantic. They most probably live at a small depth during the day and come to the surface at night. ster-nõp-ý-gŭs, s . [Pref. sterno- , and Gr. pygē = the rump.] Ichthy.: A genus of Gymnotide, with four species, from tropical America. Caudal and dorsal absent; small villiform teeth in both jaws and on each side of the palate; body scaly. "Physicians, in persons near death, use sternutatories , or such medicines as provoke unto sneezing."-Browne: Vulgar Errors , bk. iv., ch. ix. *ster'-nu-tõr-ý, s. [Lat. sternuto = to sneeze.] The same as STERNUTATORY, B. (q. v.) Stěr-o-pēş, s. [Gr. Steropēs =the Lightner, one of the three Cyclopes.] Entom .: A genus of Hesperide. Steropes pan is cus , the Chequered Skipper, has rich dark-brown wings chequered with orange-tawny spots. *ster-quil-In-ous, a. [Lat. sterquilinium = a dunghill, from stercus (gen it. stercoris )=dung.] Pertaining to a dunghill; hence, dirty, mean, paltry. "Any sterquilinous rascal is licens'd to throw dirt in the face of sovereign princes in open printed language." -Howell : Letters , bk. ii., let. 48.