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One of the Perissodactyla.

A division of ungulate mammals, including those that have an odd number of toes, as the horse, tapir, and rhinoceros; -- opposed to Artiodactyla.

Redundant or excessive in words. [R.]

Superfluity of words. [R.] G. Campbell.

Peristaltic contraction or action.

ve contraction of the muscular fibers of their walls, forcing their contents onwards; as, peristaltic movement. -- Per`i*stal"tic*al*ly, adv.

A genus of orchidaceous plants. See Dove plant.

The herb vervain (Verbena officinalis).

A variety of albite, whitish and slightly iridescent like a pigeon's neck.

Like or pertaining to the pigeons or Columbæ.

Having pigeonlike feet; -- said of those gallinaceous birds that rest on all four toes, as the curassows and megapods.

Peristaltic action, especially of the intestines.

Same as Peristome.

The lip, or edge of the aperture, of a spiral shell.

Of or pertaining to a peristome.

Same as Peristome.

Turning around; rotatory; revolving; as, a peristrephic painting (of a panorama).

in the former sense, it gives name to the larger and inner court of a Roman dwelling, the peristyle. See Colonnade.

The interval between the diastole and systole of the heart. It is perceptible only in the dying.

Skilled. [Obs.]