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ich, in man, connect the portal vein with the epigastric veins in the front wall of the abdomen.

The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See Rumen.

A curassow (Ourax pauxi), which, in South America, is often domesticated.

Combining forms from L. pes, pedis, foot, as pedipalp, pedireme, pedometer.

onduit or pipe for conducting water, as, to a water wheel, or for emptying a pond, or for domestic uses.

f clockwork, and a dial plate upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See Odometer.

The smooth serous membrane which lines the cavity of the abdomen, or the whole body cavity when there is no diaphragm, and, turning back, surrounds the viscera, forming a closed, or nearly closed, sac. [Written also peritonæum.]

Having a stalk or petiole; as, a petioleate leaf; the petiolated abdomen of certain Hymenoptera.

e body below the waist. Petticoat government, government by women, whether in politics or domestic affairs. [Colloq.] -- Petticoat pipe (Locomotives), a short, flaring pipe surrounding the blast nozzle in the smoke box, to equalize the draft.

similar kinds. They have long, slender, many-jointed legs; usually a rounded, segmented abdomen; and chelate jaws. They breathe by tracheæ. Called also Phalangides, Phalangidea, Phalangiida, and Opilionea.

Flying Dutchman, under Flying. -- Phantom tumor (Med.), a swelling, especially of the abdomen, due to muscular spasm, accumulation of flatus, etc., simulating an actual tumor in appearance, but disappearing upon the administration of an anæsthetic.

A place in which stray cattle or domestic animals are confined; a pound; a penfold. Shak. A parish pinfold begirt by its high hedge. Sir W. Scott.

The European minnow; -- so called from the color of its abdomen in summer. [Prov. Eng.] Bunch pink is Dianthus barbatus. -- China, or Indian, pink. See under China. -- Clove pink is Dianthus Caryophyllus, the stock from which carnations are derived. -- Garden pink. See Pheasant's eye. -- Meadow pink is applied to D…

the stomach (Anat.), the depression on the middle line of the epigastric region of the abdomen at the lower end of the sternum; the infrasternal depression. -- Pit saw (Mech.), a saw worked by two men, one of whom stands on the log and the other beneath it. The place of the latter is often in a pit, whence the name.…

Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups, etc., wrought in gold or silver.

The edible drupaceous fruit of the Prunus domestica, and of several other species of Prunus; also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree. The bullace, the damson, and the numerous varieties of plum, of our gardens, although growing into thornless trees, are believed to be varieties of the blackthorn, produced by lo…

To stretch out before. [R.] "Doomed to feel the great Idomeneus' portended steel." Pope.

Domestic fowls reared for the table, or for their eggs or feathers, such as cocks and hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, and geese.

A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for the extent to which it is able to dilate its throat and breast.

Situated immediately in front of the loins;- applied to the dorsal part of the abdomen.