dendrocolaptine (dendrokolaptin)

[ IMG:content-2364.jpg:[blocks in formation] cuticle and many-branched tentacles. D. para doxus is a parasite of fresh-water crustaceans. Dendrocometidæ (dendrō-kō-met'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., animalcules, which are multi tentaculate and have the tentacles branched. Dendrocopus I (den-drok'ō-pus), n. [NL., Gr. as if deνδροκόπος (cf. *δενδροκόπος (cf. δενδροκοπεῖν, cut down trees), nith.: (a) A genus of tree-creepers, tree-creepers, the Den drocolaptes. Vieillot, 1816. ( b ) A genus of wood peckers, like Picus major. Koch, Koch, 1816. (c) A genus of American woodpeckers woodpeckers, like Picus principal is; the ivory-bi ivory-bills. Bonaparte, 1838. Dendrocygna (den - drộ - sign i drō-signa), n. [NL. Dendrocœlomata (dendro-se-lōma-tä), n. pl. [NL., the Dendrocælomata. dendrocœlomic (den"drō-sē-lom'ik), a. Same as dendrocælomatic. dendrocœlous (den-drō-sē'lus), a. [NL. den drocælus, Dendrocœlum (den-dro-sēʼlum), п. [NL., neut. of dendrocælus: see dendrocalous.] A genus of dendrocælous turbellarians, of the family Planariida, having lobed cephalic proce es and a sheathed copulatory organ. D. lacteum is an example. Dendrocolaptæ (dendrō-kō- n" drō-kō - lap'tē), n. pl. [NL., pl. of dendrocolaptes: see DendrocoI., pl. laptes.] In Merrem's cla ification of birds (1813), a group coextensive with the Pici, Pi cid a, or Pic i formes, and Saurognathæ of modern authors; the woodpeckers and wrynecks.