grapsoidIans

pl. [Mod. Lat. grapsus; Gr. eidos =form, appearance, and Eng. pl. suff. -ans.] Zool.: The English name of the family Grapside (q. v.). grăp-sŭs, s. [ Gr.grapsaios =a crab.] side (q. v.). The genus was founded by Lamarck, 1. Zool.: The typical genus of the family Grap but its limits have been narrowed by Milne Edwards, who confines it to species with their body greatly flattened. They are widely distributed. 2. Palæont.: Grapsus is found in the Tertiary strata. grăp-to-lite, s. [GRAPTOLITES.] Palæont.: The English name of any animal of the sub-cla Graptolitidæ, and specially of the typical genus Graptolites (q. v.). (1) Double graptolites . Zool.: Dip log raps us, didy mog raps us, . (2) Twin graptolites: Zool.: Didy mog raps us. [GRAPTOLITE.] ra. Genera Grap- 2. Dip log raps us folium (Hi singer). to lites and Ras- 3. Didy mog raps us Murchisoni. trites, with rows of cellules only on one side, the former coiled like a watch-spring, Dip log raps us, Didy mog raps us, ., with two rows, the cellules in the latter turned to, and in the former away from, each other. grāp'-ỹ, a. [Eng. grap ( e ); -y.] Consisting of or resembling grapes. "The grapy clusters spread." Add is on: Ovid; Metam., iii.