Cypseia

[Gr. kyphele, a chest.] ( Bot. ) See ACHENIUM. Cypsel'idæ, n. pl. ( Zool.) See SWIFT. Cyrenaic, Cyren'ian, a . [Lat. cyrenaicus.] Relating, or pertaining to, the city of Cyrene, or to the philosophy of the Cyrenaics. -n. One of the CYRENAICS, q. v. Cyrena'ica, Cyrenæa. (Anc. Geog.) The name of a district of N. Africa, nearly corresponding to the modern BARCA, q. v. Cyrene was its capital.