tettigonia

[Lat., from Gr tettigonia =a small cricket or gra hopper.1 Entom.: A genus of Ja ide (a. v.), with very numerous species, chiefly from America. The distance between the ocelli and the ocelli and the eyes equal. tettigoniadæ *tet-ti-gô-ni-a-dæ, s. pl . [Lat. tettigoni (a); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -adæ .] Entom.: An old family of Homoptera, now merged in Ja ide. *tět-tish, a . [Fr. tête a head; cf. testy .] Testy, peevish, crabbed, tetchy. *tět-ty, a . [TETTISH.) Irritable, tetchy. "So cholerick and tetty that no man may speak with them."-Burton. IMG:content-0953.png:[blocks in formation] teu-crin, s . [Mod. Lat. teucr (ium); -in.] Chem.: C21H24011. A glucoside obtained from Teu crium fruticans . Nitric acid converts it into a crystallized acid having the composition C8H8O3.