For mos an (for mos an)

and n. I. a. Of or pertaining to Formosa, a large island lying southeast of China, to which country it belongs. Our European greenhouses have been enriched by several For mos an orchids and other ornamental plants. Ferruginous Ant-wren (Formic i vor a ferruginea). cal genus of ant-wrens of the subfamily Formi civorina, containing such as F. ferruginea and others. Formic i vor inæ (fôr-mi-siv-ō-rīnē), n. pl. [NL., ily Formicariida; the ant-wrens. It comprises small weak species with comparatively slender and scarcely hooked bill, the sexes unlike in color, the males being varied with black and white, and the females with brown. formidability (form i-da-bil'i-ti), n. [ A Mackintosh has been taken who reduces their form i dability by being sent to raise two clans. Walpole, To Mann, II. 98 (1745).