xenurine (zenurin)

and a. [ langes. II. a. Of or pertaining to the genus Xenurus . Xenurus (zē-nū'rus), n. [NL., οὐρά , tail.] 11. In ornith ., same as Alectrurus. Boie , 1826.-2. In mammal ., a genus of armadillos, named by Wagler in 1830; the xenurines or kaba ous. There are 2 species, Zoned Xenurine ( Xenurus uni cinct us). A X. uni cinct us and X. hispid us, which inhabit tropical Xenus (zē'nus), n. [NL.: see Xenos.] 1. In entom., same as Xenos.-2. In ornith., same as Terekia (where see cut). J. J. Kaup, 1829. Xeocephus (zē-os'ē-fus), n. [NL. (Bonaparte, 1854), and Xeocephalus (G. R. Gray, 1869), and America, and burrow with great ease underground. Zeocephus (R. B. Sharpe, 1879); formation un certain.] A genus of Muscicapidæ, confined to and mostly of a cinnamon color. X. cinnamomeus of the Philippines. X. rufus of Luzon is 7 inches long, Basilan is similar, with a white belly. X. cyanescens is mostly of a grayish cobalt-blue, 8 inches long, and found in Palawan. xerafin (zer'a-fin), n. [Also xeraphine, xera pheen, zeraphin, also, as Pg., xerafim;