cinquecento (chingkwechento)

and a. [It. cinquecento, lit. 500 ( Cinque-cento Work.-Pedestal of the Perseus by Cell in i, Florence. as a contraction of mille cinque cento, 1500, with ref. to the cen tury (1501-1600) in which the revival took place.] I. n. On her left breast A mole cinque - spotted , like the crimson drops I' the bottom of a cowslip. Shak . , Cymbeline, ii. 2. cinquième (F. pron. sang-kiām'), n. [F., lit. fifth, cing , five.] A coin of Louis XV. of France, the fifth part of an écu, or the quarter of a United States dollar. cinquino (It. pron. ching-kwēnō), n. [It., cinque , five: see cinque .] An old Neapolitan money of account, the fortieth part of a ducat of the realm, being about an English penny. cintert, cintret, n. See center2 . Cinura (si-nū'rä), n . pl . [NL., κινούρης , shaking the tail, κινεῖν , move, + οὐρά , tail. A group of thysanurous insects, in some sys- tems of cla ification a suborder of the order Thysanura, containing apterous ametabolous insects with peculiar mouth-parts, abortive or imperfect abdominal legs, and long abdominal appendages (whence the name). They are known as bristletails , and are of the genera Campodea , Japyx , Lepisma , etc., commonly ranged in two families, Campo- deide and Lepismatidæ . See cut under Campodea . cinurous (si-nū'rus), a. Pertaining to or having the characters of the Cinura. cioid (sī'ō-id), a. and n. I. a. Of or pertaining to the family Cioida . [ Cinura + -ous.] The sixteenth II. n. A beetle of the family Cioida . century, with reference to It- aly, and espe- cially with ref- erence to the fine arts of that period. Cioidæ (sī-ō'i-dē), n . pl . [NL., -idæ .] A family of serricorn mala cod erm a to us Coleopte- ra, typified by the genus Cis . The ventral segments II. a . 1. Exe are normally free, the tarsi are 4-jointed, and the antennsæ are generally clavate, sometimes flabellate. Some of the species have clavicorn characteristics. Also called Ciside. See cut under Cis.