upupa

[Lat., connected with Gr. epops = the hoopoe (q. v.).] Ornith. The sole genus of Upupidae (q. v.), with bill long, slender, slightly arched, sharp, and much compre ed; nostrils basal, oval, partly concealed by feathers; tongue very short and heart shaped; head with an erectile crest of oblong feathers, set regularly in pairs for the whole length; wings moderately long, very broad, with ten primaries; tail of ten feathers, almost square at the end, feet with the tarsi scutellated With crest erected and depre ed. behind as well as before; three toes before, one behind, outer and middle united as far as first joint; claws but slightly curved. One species, Upupa epops, the Common Hoopoe is a summer visitor to the temperate regions of Europe. u-pū-pi-dæ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. up up (a); Latin fem. pl. adj. suff.- ide.] Ornith.: A family of semi-terrestrial, insectivorous Picarian Birds whose nearest affinities are with the Hornbills. It contains a single genus, Upupa (q. v.), characteristic of the Ethiopian region, but extending into the south of Europe and into all the continental divisions of the Oriental region, as well as to Ceylon, and northward to Pekin and Mongolia. ( Wallace .) The Wood hoopoes (q. v.), were formerly placed in this family, but now more generally constitute the family Irrisoride, with the single genus Irrisor. ŭp-waft-ed, a. [Eng. up, and wafted.] Wafted upward; carried up or aloft. "Mingled his taint with every breath Upwafted from the innocent flowers!" Moore: Paradise and the Peri. ŭp-ward, * up-warde, * uppe-warde, *uppard, adv., adj., & s. [Eng. up, and- ward.] A. As adverb: 1. Toward a higher place or position; upward. "All his sad companions upward gaze, Fired on the glorious scene in wild amaze." Pope : Statius , Thebaid , i. 644. IMG:content-0324.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0325.png:[blocks in formation] s. v. Ventilator. "Upwardly opening valves."- Knight: Dict. Mechanics, ŭp-wards, adv. [UPWARD.] 1. Toward a higher place; in an upward direction. (Opposed to downward.) "She shall be buried with her face upwards." --Shakesp. Much Ado , iii. 2. 2. Toward the source or spring. 3. More. "Some of them worth as much as £30 and upwards ." London Daily Chronicle . Upwards of : More than; above; in exce of; as, He has been here upwards of ten years. ŭp-whirl', v. i. & t. [Eng. up, and whirl.] A. In trans.: To rise upward in a whirl; to whirl upward. B. Trans.: To raise upward in a whirling direction. up-wind', v. t. [Eng. up, and wind, v.] To wind up; to roll up; to involve. ( Spenser: F. Q., I. i. 15.) ŭp'-wind, adv. [Eng. up, and wind, s.] Against or in the face of the wind. Ural Altaic, a. Philol.: The same as TURANIAN. Ü-rā-li-an, adj . [See def.] Of or pertaining to the Ural Mountains, in Ru ia. Ü-ral-ic, a . [See def.] Of or pertaining to the Ural Mountains; specifically applied to the languages of the Finnic tribes, from it being generally supposed that the original seat of such tribes was in the Ural Mountains. ür-al-ite, s . [After the Ural Mountains, where it was first observed; suff. -ite ( Min .); Ger. uralit .] Min.: An altered form of Augite (q. v.), where the exterior form of the crystal is preserved, but the cleavage is that of hornblende. The crystals appear to be composed of a number of minute prisms of hornblende. First made known by H. Rose, as occurring in a green porphyritic rock in the Urals, but it has since been found to be very abundant in many rocks. uralite-porphyry, s. Petrol.: A porphyry in which the mineral uralite is a prominent constituent. uralite-syenite, s . Petrol.. A variety of syenite (q. v.), occurring near the village of Turgojak, in the Ural Mountains, which contains uralite.