Brachycephal us (brakisefalus)

[NL.: see brachycephalous.] The typical genus of the family Brachycephalidæ. By recent herpetolo Brazilian Toad ( Brachycephal us ephippium). gists it is referred to the family Engystomidæ (in an enlarged sense) or Phryniscidæ, B. ephippium is a small the sided tacles which bear, in the Ace tabu lifer a, the rows of suckers. See cut under Dib ranch i at a. (c) One of the subumbrellar tentacular proce es upon the brachiferous disk of a discophorous hydrozoan. See cut under Discophora. The long tentacles which terminate each brachium [of Cephea ] are blue. Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 127, note. 5. In bot., an arm-like proce or appendage: applied by Bentham to the projecting proce es at the summit of the column in some orchids. - Brachia conjunctiva, two rounded white tracts in the brain pa ing forward, one, the brachium conjunct i vum an terius, from the nates, and the other, the brachium conjunc mesencephalon. Also called brachia corporum quadri the testis, on the outer side of the geminorum, brachia of the optic lobes. - Brachia con- junctoria or copulativa, the superior peduncles of the cerebellum. - Brachia of the optic lobes. See brachia conjunctiva. Brachium pont is, the middle peduncle of the cerebellum, a median ma of fibrous nerve-ti ue connecting the pons Varolii with the cerebellum, over- hung and concealed by the lateral lobe of the cerebellum. See pont i brachium . Brachmant, n. Same as Brahman . brachy-. [NL. brachy-, βραχύς , short.] An element in some words of Greek origin, meaning short. brachycatalectic (brak-i-kat-a-lek'tik), a . and [ brachycatalecticum , prop. brachycata- n. cla of mollusk-like animals distinguished by the development of two labial (generally called brachial ) appendages, diverging from either side of the mouth. The animal is invested in a mantle which extends laterally and forward, is highly vascular, and secretes a shell composed of dorsal and ventral valves opening aborally; it is without foot or branch iæ, respiration being effected by the branchial mantle. By the older naturalists the species were regarded as bivalve shells, or A typical Brachiopod (Tere bratula vitrea ). κτον (sc. μέτρον, meter), Of man's first dis | öbēdiěnce and the früit, is an iambic trimeter brachycatalectic, as contrasted with the corresponding acatalectic trimeter, as, See how he lies | at random, care | lě ly diffüs'd. [ brachy the back. brachycephaly (brak-i-sef'a-li), n. cephal-ic +-y.] Same as brachycephalism. Brachycera (bra-kis'e-ra), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. of brachycerus, lit. short-horned: see bra chycerous.] A suborder of Diptera, including dipterous or two-winged flies which have short antenne, apparently not more than three jointed, one or two-jointed palpi, and larvæ developed from the egg. They are aquatic or terrestrial, feeding on vegetable or animal food, or parasitic, the perfect insect feeding on the juices of plants or animals. The great majority of dipterous insects, including all the ordinary flies, belong to this suborder. The families are variously grouped; by some they are cla ed as Dichætæ, Tetrachætæ, and Hexachatæ, according to the number of pieces composing the proboscis. Another division is into two tribes, Muscaria and Tanystomata. brachycerous (bra-kis'e-rus), a. [ rhombic prism. [ brachydomatic (brak i-do-mat'ik), a. chydome + -atic2.] Pertaining to or resembling a brachydome.