Epimedium (epimedium)

[NL., epimer a, ". Plural of epimer on. epimeral (ep-i-mē (ep-i-mē'ral), a. [ -al . ] Pertaining to an epimer on epimer on or to the epimer a. IMG:content-0613.jpg:[blocks in formation] as a cephalont; after it is shed, as a sporont. epimer i tic (epi-me-rit'ik), a. [ -ic.] Of or pertaining to the epimerite. epimer on, epimerum (ep-i-mēron, -rum), n.; pl. epimer a (-rä). [NL., μηρός , thigh.] One of the side-pieces in the segment of an arthropod or articulate animal. In the Crus tace a the epimer a form part of the dorsal arc, and the legs are articulated to them. In insects the term is generally restricted to these pieces in the thoracic segments, where an epimer on is the middle one of three sclerites into which any pleuron is divisible; they are situated behind the episterna, between the tergum and the insertions of the legs. epinaos (ep-i-nā'os), n.; pl. epinaoi (-oi). [ epinastic (ep-i-nas'tik), a. [ With respect to this downward movement of the leaves, Kraus believes that it is due to their epinastic growth. Darwin, Movement in Plants, p. 250. epinastically (ep-i-nas'ti-kal-i), adv. In an epinastic manner. The marginal portion of the pileus is somewhat curved over and bent downwards ( epinastically ) in towards the surface of the stipe. De Bary , Fungi (trans.), p. 294. epinasty (ep'i-nas-ti), n. [ ναστός , pre ed close, close, solid, νάσσειν , pre close, stamp down.] In bot . , a movement or state of curvature due to the more active growth of the ventral side of an organ. Epinephelini (ep-i-nef-e-li'ni), (ep-i-nef n . pl . [NL. (Bleeker, 1875), Epinephelus + -ini .] A group or subfamily of Serranid a , including the genera Epinephelus , Mycteroperca, Derma to lep is, Promicropterus , Enneacentrus , and other closely related non-American genera. Epinephelus (ep-i-nef'e-lus), п. [NL. (Bloch, 1793), ἐπί , upon, + νεφέλη, cloud.] A genus of fishes, of the family Serranid a . It contains numerous species, chiefly of the tropical and subtropical seas, having the interorbital space narrow, the eyes subcentral, the scales of the lateral line simple, and the anal fin short, with only 8 or 9 rays, the inner teeth of both jaws depre ible, and some of the anterior ones can in i form, and the pre operculum entire below. E. то Atlantic coast of the United States. See grouper. As the red grouper of the Mexican coast and the South épinette (a-pe-net'), n. [F. épinette, a spinet: see spinet.] A kind of cage in which fowls are confined for the purpose of fattening. It commonly consists of a series of coops in tiers, arranged in a circular frame, the whole frame turning on its axis for convenience in feeding the fowls, which is performed mechanically by means of a force-pump. Also called chicken feeder. Épineuil (ā-pē-nėly'), n. [F.: see def.] A red wine produced around the village of Épineuil in the neighborhood of Tonnerre, in the depart ment of Yonne, France, resembling Burgundy of the second grade, and much esteemed, though not often exported. epineural (ep-i-nural), a. and n. [ In Esox and Thymallus the epineural and epicentral spines are present; in Cyprinus the epineural and epi pleural. Owen , Anat., I. 43. II. n. A scleral spine attached to a neural arch. See extract under epicentral . epineuria, n. Plural of epineurium . epineurial (ep-i-nū'ri-al), a . [ epineurium + -al.] Pertaining to or consisting of epineurium: as, epineurial sheaths. epineurium (ep-i-nu'ri-um), n.; pl. epineuria (-a). [NL., Gr. ἐπί , upon, + νευρον , nerve.] The sheath of connective ti ue around a fasciculus of nerve-ti ue, as distinguished from the finer sheath of perineurium which similarly surrounds the smaller bundles or funiculi of which a nerve is ultimately composed. See funiculus and perineurium. epinglette (ep-ing-glet'), n. [F. épinglette, a primer, a priming-wire, dim. of épingle, a pin, ordnance before priming; a priming-wire. epinicia, n. Plural of epinicion. epinicial (ep-i-nis-ial), a. Same as epinician. [NL., A triumphal epinicion on Hengist's ma acre. T. Warton, Rowley Enquiry, p. 69. Of his [Pindar's] extant epinicia , Sicily claims 15. Quarterly Rev., CLXII. 172. 2. In the Gr. Ch., the triumphal hymn; the Sanctus (which see). epinyctis (ep-i-nik'tis), (ep-i-nik'ti n.; pl. epinyctides (-tidēz). [NL., epionic (ep-i-on'ik), a. and n. [ II. n. In anc. pros., a verse containing an Ionic following upon an iambic dipody. Verses of this kind are analyzed by modern authorities as log aædic (that is, as mixtures of cyclic dactyls with trochees, or of cyclic anapests with iambi), the line generally beginning with a prefixed syllable (anacrusis). Epiornis, n . An improper form of Æpyornis . epiotic (ep-i-ot'ik), a. and n. [ οὖς (ώτ-) = E. ear : see ear1 , -otic.] I. a. Literally, upon the ear: applied to a center of o ification in the mastoid region of the periotic bone. II. n. In zoöl . and an at ., one of the three principal bones or separate o ifications which compose the periotic bone or auditory capsule: distinguished from the proötic and the opisthot ic , and also from the pterotic when this fourth element is present. It is the superior and external one of the three, developed in special relation with the posterior semicircular canal of the ear. It usually forms part of the petrosal bone, or petrous portion of the temporal bone, and may be indistinguishably ankylosed therewith. See cuts under Crocodilia and Cyclodus .