ephemeron worm

The ephemera which, how ever, continues long in the worm or larva state. It is when it reaches the perfect state that it is ephemeral in the duration of its life. [EPHEMERA.] "Swammerdam observes of the ephemeron- worms , that their food is clay, and that they make their cells of the same." Derham: Physico-Theology. *ě-phěm'-er-ous, a . [ Gr.ephēmeros .] 1. Ord . Lang .: Ephemeral, short-lived. 1674 anything placed on a horse's back, such as a horse- ě-phip-pi-um, s. [Lat., from Gr. ephippion = cloth, or a saddle: epi =upon, and hippos =a horse.] Zool.: A receptacle on the back of the entomos- are deposited. ( Nicholson .) trocan called Daphnia, in which the winter eggs maic form, ephod , from aphad to gird to, on, or ěph-od, ē-phod, s. [Heb., but partly of Ara- about; to wrap about.] Hebrew Archæology: of the Jewish High Priest. It was in two pieces, 1. A short coat covering the shoulders and breast one covering the breast and the other the upper part of the back, the connection between the two being maintained above by shoulder-pieces with clasps made of two inscribed with the names large onyx stones, each of six of the tribes of Israel. The two were, moreover, united beneath by a "curious girdle" of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work, encircling the waist. The breast-plate of judgment in a day."-Burke: French Revolution. 2. Bot .: Lasting only a day.