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e front part of the head and lined with epithelium innervated by the olfactory (or first cranial) nerves, and sensitive to odoriferous particles conveyed to it in the air or in water.

Of or pertaining to the eye; ocular; as, the optic nerves (the first pair of cranial nerves) which are distributed to the retina. See Illust. of Brain, and Eye.

Any one of several species of beautiful South American moths of the genus Urania.

nsidered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium. Chaucer.

to, or in the region of, the parietal bones, which form the upper and middle part of the cranium, between the frontals and occipitals.

The walls of a cavity or an organ; as, the abdominal parietes; the parietes of the cranium.

The Iranian dialect of much of the religious literature of the Parsees.

(Anat.), the superior oblique muscle of the eye. -- Pathetic nerve (Anat.), the fourth cranial, or trochlear, nerve, which supplies the superior oblique, or pathetic, muscle of the eye. -- The pathetic, a style or manner adapted to arouse the tender emotions.

Graphic granite. See under Granite.

or resembling, pegmatite; as, the pegmatic structure of certain rocks resembling graphic granite.

o, or designating, an organic acid (called also nonoic acid) found in the leaves of the geranium (Pelargonium) and allied plants.

A large genus of plants of the order Geraniaceæ, differing from Geranium in having a spurred calyx and an irregular corolla.

Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidæ, Serranidæ, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches. Black perch. (a) The black bass. (b) The flasher. (c) The sea bass. -- Blue perch, the cunner. -- Gray perch, the fresh-water drum. -- Red perch, the rosefish.…

shes (Centrarchidæ); the sciænoids (Sciænidæ); the sparoids (Sparidæ); the serranoids (Serranidæ), and some other related families.

A yellow crystalline substance, having a geraniumlike odor, regarded as a complex derivative of acetone, and obtained from certain camphor compounds.

One versed in phrenology; a craniologist.

ental faculties, and traits of character, are shown on the surface of the head or skull; craniology.

The dove's-foot geranium (Geranium molle).

A pitch-black mineral consisting chiefly of the oxide of uranium; uraninite. See Uraninite.

To splash or sprinkle with coloring matter; as, to plash a wall in imitation of granite.