Ephydridæ (efidride)

pl. [NL. (Loew, 1863), oral cavity rounded, antenne short, and the sixth abdominal segment small. The flies live in wet places and the larvæ in water, some of them only in saline water. Also Ephydrinidæ. Sten hammer, 1843. ephymnium (e-fim'ni-um), n.; pl. ephymnia (-a). [NL., 1. In anc. pros., originally, a brief standing acclamation to a god following a number of lines or a metrical system system in a hymn; the refrain at the end of a stanza in a hymn; in general, a short colon subjoined to a metrical system, strophe or antistrophe. See mesymnion, met hymn i on, proijmnion.-2. roijmnion. - 2. In the Greek and other Oriental churches: (a) A line of separate construction at the end of a hymn or stanza of a hymn, often sung by other voices than those singing the remainder of the stanza or hymn. (b) The repetition (of the antiphon). ephyra (ef'i-rä), n. [NL., corn, top, tuft, etc.: see spike.] A light slender finial of metal or terra cotta, ornamenting the extremities or inter sec tions of roof-ridges or forming the termination of a pointed roof or spire. epi-. [NL., etc., fore the rough breathing έφ-), in, at, near, before, etc.; with verbs of motion, on, upon, on to, up to, to, toward, etc.; causally, over, on, etc.; in comp. έπι-, on, upon, to, to- ward, ete ward, etc., in addition to, besides; of time, upon, after, etc.; = L. ob , to, before (see ob- ), = Skt. api, on to, near to, more over, related to apa = Gr. από = L. ab = E. off, of. See apo-, ab-, ab-, off, of.] A prefix (before a vowel ep-, before the rough breathing eph- ) of Greek origin, signifying primacholletle Du rily 'upon, on,' and va Épi of Lead, 13th century Cathedral of Chart res. (From Viollet-le-Duc's "Dict. de l'Ar riously riously implying in position on, motion to or toward, addition to (a second or subordinate form). See the etymology. epialid (e-pi-al'id), n. and a. I. n. A moth of the family Epialida. II. a. Pertaining to the Epialida . Epialidæ, Hepialidæ (e-, he-pi-al'i-de), n . pl . of [NL., IMG:content-0589.png:[blocks in formation] voidy, 1863. Ephyramedusæ (ef"i-ra-me-du'sē), n. pl. See Ephyromedusa . Ephyridæ (e-fir'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., ghost-moths, goat-moths, or swifts. The larvæ are naked fleshy grubs with 16 feet, which bur epic derm or epiderm: distinguished at first from hypoblast, then from both hypoblast and me so blast. See cut under blastocale. epiblastema (epi-blas-tē'mä), n.; pl. epiblas temata (-ma-tä). [NL.,