Byronic Byronic (bironik)

Po e ing the characteristics of Byron, Byron, the poet, or of his poetry: as, a Byronic poem. La Coupe et les Lèvres (by Alfred de Mu et), a Byronic poem in dramatic form. N. A. Rev. , CXXVII. 293. Byronism (bi'ron-izm), n . The characteristics of Byron's thought, temper, poetic style, etc. by-room (bi'röm), n. An adjoining room or apartment; a side room. IMG:content-2837.png:[blocks in formation] byrrhid (bir'id), n. A beetle of the family Byrrhidæ. Byrrhidæ (bir'i-dē), n. pl . [NL., Byrrhus + -ida.] A family of clavicorn Coleoptera , typі- fied by the genus Byrrhus . Byrrhus (bir'us), n. [NL.] The typical genus of the family Byrrhida , called pill - beetles from their rounded bodies, and from the way in which they pack their legs out of sight when they are alarmed, simulating death and presenting the appearance of a pill. B. pilula is a typical ex- ample. See cut under pill - beetle . byrsopid (ber'sō-pid), n. A beetle of the fam- ily Byrsopida . Byrsopidæ (bėr-sop'i-dē), n . pl . [NL., Byr- sops + -ida .] A family of rhynchophorous Co- leoptera, or beetles, with the elytra provided with a strong fold on the inner face, pygidium of male divided, tarsi setose, gular margin ele- vated, and prosternum elevated. Byrsops (ber's ops), n. [ βύρσα , a skin, hide (see purse ), + ώψ (ώπ-), face, eye.] A genus of weevils, typical of the family Byrsopida . byst, byset, n. Obsolete forms of bice . Dryden. bysidet, bysidest. Obsolete forms of beside , besides . One sitting near. by-sitter (bī'sit"èr), n.