Psammophidæ (samofide)

pl. [NL.,〈 Psammophis + -idæ.] A family of harmle colubrine Ophidia, typified by the genus Psammo phis, now reduced to a subfamily of Colubridæ; the sand-snakes. In Günther's cla ification it contained four genera, represented chiefly by African and Indian species. Also Psammophididæ. Psammophinæ (sam-ō-fi'nē), n. pl. [NL., Psammophis (sam'ō-fis), n. [NL. (Wagler), psautriet, n. A Middle English form of psal- tery. pschem, n. Same as pshem . pschent (pschent), n . [Egypt.] In archæol ., the sovereign crown of all Egypt, composed of the tall pointed miter, or white crown, of southern Pselaphidæ (sē-laf'i-dē), n. pl . [NL. (Leach, 1817), Pselaphus + -idæ.] An anomalous family of Coleoptera , typified by the genus Pse- laphus. They have been variously located in the Palpi- corni a or Clavicorn i a , and are now cla ed with the latter suborder. The tarsi are trimerous, the dorsal abdominal segments are entirely corneous, and the abdomen is fixed, unappendaged, and of five or six segments. They are very small brownish beetles, more or le pubescent, found in most countries in mo and ants' nests and under stones. The family is rich in genera and species; of the former, 29 are represented in the United States. pselaphotheca (sel"- a-fo-theʻkä), n.; pl. psclaphothecæ (-sē). [NL., tom ., one of the two conical proce es on the anterior extrem- ity of many butter- fly pupe, in which the palpi are de- veloped. Pselaphus (sel'a- fus ), [NL. (Herbst, 1792), Pselaphidæ , having psellism (sel'izm), n. [ psellismus , ψελλίειν , stammer, pronounce indistinctly, ψελλός , faltering in speech, stammering.] A defect in enunciation; mis enunciation. Psellism may consist in lisping, stam- mering, burring, hesitation, etc. It also designates defec- tive enunciation due to a hare-lip or defect of lip. psellismus (se-lis'mus), n. [NL.] Same as psellism . Psephenidæ (sē-fen'i-dē), n. pl . [NL., Pse- phenus + -idæ .] A family of coleopterous in- sects, named by Le Conte in 1861 from the genus Psephenus : now merged in Parnidæ . Psephenus (se-fe'nus), n. [NL. (Haldeman, 1853), ψεφηνός , dark, obscure.] The typical genus of Psepheni- dæ. Two species only are known, both of the United IMG:content-1203.png:[blocks in formation] caudal fulcra enormously developed. P. gladius is a Chinese fresh-water species, with a long snout extend- ing far beyond the mouth. It attains a length of 18 feet Psetta (set'ä), n. [NL. (Swains on, 1839), psetta , Pleuronectidæ , characterized by the broad and ored side is brown with dark blotches. P. nearly scalele tuberculated body, whose col- maxima is the famous turbot, next in size to the halibut among the flatfishes. Psettidæ (set'i-de), n. pl . [NL., Psettus + -idæ .] A family of acanthopterygian fishes, typified by the genus Psettus (or Mono dactylus ). The body is much compre ed and elevated, the vertical fins are covered with scales, the dorsal has seven or eight spines and the anal three, and the ventrals are rudimen- tary. The few species are inhabitants of the Pacific and Psettinæ (se-ti'nē), n. pl . [NL., Psetta + -inæ .] A subfamily of Pleuronectidæ , typified by the genus Psetta . They have a nearly symmetri- cal and generally large mouth, and the ventral fins un- symmetrical, that of the eyed side having an extended base on the ridge of the ab- domen, while the other is narrower and lateral. The eyes are on the left side. It includes the turbot, brill, whitf, topknot, scaldfish, and many other flatfishes. psettine (set'in), a . and n . I. a . Of or pertain- ing to the Psettinæ. II. n. Any member of the group Psettinæ. Psettus (set'us), [NL. (Cuvier and Va- lenciennes, 1831), ψήττα , flatfish, plaice, sole, or turbot.] A genus of carangoid fishes, typical of the family Psettidæ . P. pseu pseudelminth (su-del'minth), n . [ έλμινς ( έλμινθ- ), a worm: see helminth .] A supposed entoparasitic worm which proves to be something else. Also pscudhelminth . argenteus is an Indo-Pacific species, about 10 pseudencephalus (sud-en-sef'a-lus), n.; pl. inches long. P. sebæ is West African. pseud-. See pseudo- . pseud aconitine (sū-da-kon'i-tin), n. Same as pseudo -aconitine. pseudacusis (sū-da-kūsis), n. [NL., Gr. ψευδής , false, + άκουσις , a hearing.] False hear- ing. pseudepigrapha Spurious writings; specifically, those writings which profe to be Biblical in character and inspired in authorship, but are not adjudged genuine by the general consent of scholars; those profe edly Biblical books which are regarded as neither canonical nor inspired, and from their character are not worthy of use in religious worship. Biblical literature is divided into three cla es: ( a ) The canonical and inspired; ( b ) the non canonical and uninspired, but on account of their character worthy of use in the services of the church; (c) those which, though Biblical in form, so vary from the Biblical writings in spirit that they are not deemed worthy of any place in religious use. The second constitute the apocrypha, the third the pseudepigrapha. Thus, what is sometimes known as the New Testament Apocrypha, being not tian of pseudepigrapha. tom church, proper consistente Chris pseudepigraphic (sū-dep-i-graf'ik), a. [ 4814 prefix, with words of any origin, and by no means all the compounds made with it are given below. In scientific compounds it implies something deceptive in appearance, function, or relation. Thus, in crystallography, it is used in such compounds as pseudo -isometric, pseudo -tetragonal, etc., to describe crystals which appear to belong to the isometric, a system of tetragonal, lower grade etc., of systems, symmetry. but in (See fact pseudosym- belong to metry.) In biology it is much used (like quasi- ) to ind i. cate deceptive likene of things really quite unlike; but it frequently implies a real resemblance so close as to ob scure or hide actual difference. A pseudochromidoid scut i branchiate gastropods, with the gills developed as a branching ve el on the inner surface of the mantle, the body and shell spiral, the lateral central teeth of the odontophore large and irregular, and no operculum. The group was instituted by J. E. Gray for terrestrial forms belonging to the family Proser pin idæ. [ pseudo branchial (sū-do-brang'ki-al), a . pseudo branchia1 + -al .] Of or pertaining to a pseudo branch or or to pseudo branch iæ. pseudo-aconitine (sūdō-a-kon'i-tin), n. crystalline alkaloid (C36H49NO12) derived from pseudo branchiate (su-do-brang'ki-āt), a . Aconitum ferox . Also pseud aconitine . pseudo-angle (su-do-ang'gl), n . An angle in non-Euclidean geometry. cells. pseudo-apostle (sūdō-a-pos'l), n. pseud apostle. Same as come down to us in the original Greek. in very moist places, yet not strictly aquatic. Same as pseud epigraphical (sū-dep-i-graf'i-kal), a. pseudepigraphic + -al.] Same as pseudepi graphic. Pseud epigraphical writings, which ought not only to be rejected but condemned. Encyc. Brit ., V. 12.