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(Etym. uncertain.) In Music, a small mark, thus ', denoting that the note over which it is placed is to be performed in a short and distinct manner. I.at.Dv'SYPROCTA.anus.) The subgeneric(Gr. nameSaovs,applied hairy, byandIlligerjrpcjxrofto the; Agiiuti and Aeouchi, which before were included in the great genus Carta of Linnaeus. DA 8YPUS. (Gr. iaavt, and irovj, afoot.) A name ■ arid very appropriately applied by the Greeks to hut transferred by Linnxus to the genus including the Armadillos. This genus is subdivided in modern sys i • bei ii discovered in South America, and called - e that word. [s. 331]