enchelinæ, enchelina

pl. [Mod. Lat. enchel(ys) (q. v.), and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -ince, or neut. -ina.] Zool.: A sub-family of Infusorial Animalcules, family Trichodidae. No carapace; cilia round the mouth; rest of the body naked. ěn-che-lys, en-che-lis, s. [Gr. engchelys an eel.] Zool.: The typical genus of the sub-family Enchelinse (q. v.). Four species are known. According to Meyen some of the red and green snow plants described as Conferve, and placed in the genus Pro to coccus are the Infusorial Animalcules, Enchelis sanguine a and E. pulvisculus . Others are genuine Pro to cocci. [PRO TO COCCUS.] *ěn-chěq-uer (qas k), v . t . [Pref. en , and Eng. chequer (q. v.).] To arrange in checkered pattern. ěn-çhěst', v . t . [Pref. en , and Eng. chest (q. v.).] To shut up or inclose as in a chest.