icterinæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. icter (us); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. inæ.] Ornith.: Hangnests; the typical sub-family of the family Icteridæ (q. v.). ic-ter-i-tious, *Ic-ter-i-to us, a . [ІсTERUS.) Having a color resembling that of the skin when affected with jaundice; yellow. Ic-ter-6id, a . [Gr. ikteros =the jaundice, and eidos=appearance.] Yellow, as if jaundiced. Ic-ter-ŭs, s . [Lat.] [ICTERIA.] 1. Ornith.: American Oriole, the typical genus of the sub-family Icterinæ, and the family Icteride (q. v.). Icterus baltimore is the Baltimore Oriole (q.v.), and I. spurius , the Orchard Oriole of this country. *2. Path .: Jaundice. 3. Botany : A morbid condition of the leaves of plants, as of wheat, the vine, ., making them become yellow. It is different from chlorosis, which is more a constitutional malady. *Ic-thy-ol-o-gist, s. [ICTHYOLOGIST.] Ic-ti-dēş, s . [Gr. iktisa weasel, and eidos = form.] Zool.: The name given by Valenciennes to the Viverrine genus, called by Cuvier, Paradox urus, and by Temminck, Arctitis. It contains the Benturongs of India. Ic-tin-I-a, s. [Gr. iktinos a kite, a hen-harrier.] Ornith.: Blue kite, a genus of Falcon ide, subfamily Milvine. Ictinia subcærule us , or mi i i pens is , is the Mi i ippi kite.