procreator (prokreator)

[ He is vnkynd and unnaturall that wil not cherishe hys natural parentes and procreators . Hall , Edw. IV., an. 8. pro creatrix (prō krē-ā-triks), n. [ F.procréa trice , pro creatrix , fem. of procreator , procreator: see procreator .] A mother. Cotgrave. Procris (prok'ris), n . [NL. (Fabric i us, 1808), Procris , Πρόκρις , a daughter of Erechtheus.] In entom .: (a) A genus of zygænid moths, having the fore wings blue, the hind brown, antennæ sublinear, in the male bipectinate, palpi slender, wings maculate, and larvæ ovate, contracted, delicately pilose. It is wide spread, of 20 or 30 species, represented in Europe, Africa, Australia, and both Americas. P. american a is very de structive to the grape in the United States, its larvæ feed- ing gregariously on the under side of the leaves, and often ention defalingue ibernate blogen; erations, the pupæ in tough oval cocoons spun in some sheltered spot or crevice. The best remedy is under spraying with Paris green. P. statice is known as the forester -moth. (b) A genus of butter- flies. Herrich- Schäffer , 1864. Words worth, Vernal Ode. Procrustean (prō-krus'tē-an), a. [ Pro- crustes , Προκρούστης , Procrustes (see def.).] Procreant cause. See conservant . see atresia.] The condition of having an imperforate anus.