Raniceps (raniseps)

[NL., Tadpole-hake ( Raniceps raninus). genus of gadoid fishes, typical of the family Ranicipitidæ. R.raninus is known as the tad pole - hake.-2. In herpet., a genus of fo il labyrinthodont amphibians of the Carboniferous. Ranicipitidæ (ran"i-si-pit'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., Ranidæ (ran'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., ran in i an (rā-nin'i-an), a. and n. [ ranivorous (rā-niv'ō-rus), a. [ L.rana, a frog, + vorare, devour.] Frog-eating; subsisting habitually or chiefly upon frogs: as, the marsh hawk is ranivorous. rank1 (rangk), a. [ There arof all the rowte with there Ranke shippes, Cast ancres with cables that kene were of byt. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), L. 4701. Socha rancke and full writer must vse, if he will do wiselie, the excrcise of a verie good kinde of Epitome. Ascham, The Scholemaster, p. 112. When folke bene fat, and riches rancke , It is a signe of helth. IMG:content-1620.jpg:[blocks in formation] 9. In law, exce ive; exceeding the actual value: as, a rank modus.-10. In mech., cutting strongly or deeply, as the iron of a plane set so as to project more than usual. A roughing tool with rank feed or a finish tool with fine feed. Sci . Amer ., N. S., LI. 32. 11. Eager; anxious; impatient: as, he was rank to do it. [Slang, U.S.] - 12. Very angry; in a pa ion. [Prov. Eng.] rank1t (rangk), adv . [ The seely man, seeing him ryde so ranck , And ayme at him, fell flatt to ground for feare. Spenser, F. Q., II. iii. 6. Marston , What you Will, i. 1. He's irrecoverable; mad, ranke mad.