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Formed with a pipe; having pipe or pipes; tubular.

A plumiped bird.

Having a poop; furnished with a poop.

The place, office, or dignity of the pope; papal dignity. Shak.

Same as Proleg.

Having four feet.

Having four feet; of or pertaining to a quadruped.

imp. & p. p. of Rap, to strike.

Having feet or legs that are used as oars; -- said of certain crustaceans and insects.

A stepping or going back. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

A bird having small polygonal scales covering the tarsi.

One who dances, walks, or performs acrobatic feats, on a rope extended through the air at some height. -- Rope"dan`cing, n.

Shaped like a saddle. Specifically:

Tubular, with a speading border. See Hypocraterimorphous.

A variety of auction pitch in which the nine (sancho) and five (pedro) of trumps are added as counting cards at their pip value, and the ten of trumps counts game.

Baked in a scallop; cooked with crumbs. Scalloped oysters (Cookery), opened oysters baked in a deep dish with alternate layers of bread or cracker crumbs, seasoned with pepper, nutmeg, and butter. This was at first done in scallop shells.

Same as Scopuliped.

Any species of bee which has on the hind legs a brush of hairs used for collecting pollen, as the hive bees and bumblebees.

Having the anterior surface of the tarsus covered with scutella, or transverse scales, in the form of incomplete bands terminating at a groove on each side; -- said of certain birds.

A half foot in poetry.