cnemides

Plural of enemis. cnemidium (nē-mid'i-um), n.; pl. cnemidia (-). [NL., Gr. κνήμη, the lower part of the leg, + -ίδιον. Cf. cnemis.] 1. In ornith., the lower part of the crus; the part of the leg just above the suffrago or heel, which is without feathers in most wading or grallatorial birds.-2. [ cap.] [NL.] (a) A genus of polyps. Goldfu , 1826. (b) A genus of hymenopterous insects. Perty, Cnemidophorus (nē-mi-dof'ō-rus), n. [NL. (Wagler, 1830), ly active. Cnemidospora (nē-mi-dos pō-ra), n. [NL., Gr. κνημίς ( κνημιδ- ), greave (see cnemis ), + σπορά, seed.] A notable genus of gregarines, found in one of the diplopod myriapods, peculiar in the characters of its pro to me rite, whose contents form two distinguishable ma es, the lower finely granular, the upper highly re parently fatty, and of a greenish color. The species is C. lutea. refractive, ap