pogonidæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. pogon (ia); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff.- idœ.] Bot.: A family of Orchids, tribe Arethusem. 3168 *poigniet, *poygniet, s . [Fr. poignet .] A wristband. ( Palsgrave .) poi-ki-lit-ic, a . [Gr. poikilos many-colored, and suff. -itic .] (See the compound.) poikilitic-group or formation, s . Geol.: A name proposed by Me rs. Cony be are and Buck land for the New Red Sandstone strata between the Carboniferous rocks and the Lias, from their exhibiting spots and streaks of light blue, green, and buff-color on a red base. [PERMIAN, TRIAS.] poi-ki-lô-pleû'-ron, s. [Gr. poikilos -many-colored, and pleuron =a rib.] Palæont .: A genus of Dinosaur i a ( Nicholson ), Crocodilia ( Ethe ridge ), from the Wealden.