bembidium

[A diminutive formed from Gr. βέμβιξ (bembiz) = a buzzing insect.] [BEMBEX.] Entom.: A genus of foreign beetles, the typical one of the family Bembidiidæ. They have large eyes and an ovate body. [BEMBIDIIDE.] Běm'-bridge ( d silent), s . & a. [Eng. proper name of place- Bem ; bridge .] A. As subst. ( Geog.): A village and watering place in the parish of Brading in the Isle of Wight. B. As adj.: Pertaining in any way or relating to the village described under A. Bembridge series. Geology: A series of beds of Upper Eocene age, about 120 ft. thick, consisting of (a) Upper marls, containing abundance of Melania turriti ima . (6) Lower marls, containing Cerithium mut a bile , Cyrena pulchra , and remains of Trionyx . (c) Green marls, full of oysters. (d) Bembridge limestone, a compact, cream coloured limestone, alternating with shells and marls, containing land shells, Bulimus elliptic us , Helix occlusa , and fresh-water shells, as Lymnea long is cat a and Plan orb is discus ; it also contains Chara tubercula . Several mammal i a have been found, as Palæotherium and Anoplotherium. * be me, * bem (2) ( pl . bemes, bumes, *be-men, O. Eng .; be-mys, O. Scotch ), s. [A.S. be me , by me = a trumpet.) A trumpet. "Than sal be herd the blast of bem ." Cursor Mundi, MS. Edin., 1. 7, b. "Trompors gunne heire bemes blowe." Kyng of Tars, 499. "Anon he doth his bemen blowe." A lisa under, 1,850.