phycic

[Eng. phyc(ite); -c.] (See the compound.) IMG:content-1012.png:[blocks in formation] pl. adj. suff. idœ.] Entom.: A family of Moths, group Pyralid in a. Antenne of the male simple, but sometimes with a tuft of scales in a curve at the base. Larva with sixteen legs, often spinning silken galleries. phy-çis, s. [ Gr.phykis the female of a fish liv. ing in seaweed.] 1. Ichthy .: A genus of Gadidae, with six species from the temperate parts of the North Atlantic and 2. Entom.: The typical genus of the family Phy. cide (q. v.). Antenne ciliated. the Mediterranean. IMG:content-1013.png:[blocks in formation] phy-co-, pref . [Greek phykos = seaweed.] Perbe visible at a distance, to indicate that they were taining to seaweed; contained in or derived from praying or engaged in holy meditation. Hence the seaweed