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iguratively; specifically (Zoöl.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion.

em by which certain of the lower animals or their eggs are attached. See Illust. of Aphis lion.

Surrounding a cell; as, the pericellular lymph spaces surrounding ganglion cells.

he early part of the 16th; -- probably so called from the vertical style of its window mullions.

jaws. They breathe by tracheæ. Called also Phalangides, Phalangidea, Phalangiida, and Opilionea.

A name locally applied to various wild plants, as dandelion, bluet, oxeye daisy, etc.

A suborder of Neuroptera, including those that have broad, flat wings, as the ant-lion, lacewing, etc. Called also Planipennes.

f sculpture and the kindred arts, in distinction from painting and the graphic arts. Medallions . . . fraught with the plastic beauty and grace of the palmy days of Italian art. J. S. Harford. Plastic clay (Geol.), one of the beds of the Eocene period; -- so called because used in making pottery. Lyell. -- Plastic ele…

A Mexican shrub (Euphorbia pulcherrima) with very large and conspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers.

A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.

people, or inhabitants, in a country, or portion of a country; as, a population of ten millions.

A scallion; a leek or small onion. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

One who cleans pots; a scullion. [Slang, U. S.]

t on or hastened; rashly hurried; hasty; sudden; reckless. Jer. Taylor. "Precipitant rebellion." Eikon Basilike.

seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim. The old lion perisheth for lack of prey. Job iv. ii. Already sees herself the monster's prey. Dryden.

expect good; rarely, to give reason to expect evil. Will not the ladies be afeard of the lion I fear it, I promise you. Shak.

The prow or fore part of a ship. [Poetic] "Galleys with vermilion prores." Pope.

ny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also catamount, cougar, American lion, mountain lion, and panther or painter.

by a point; a slight wound, bite, or sting; as, the puncture of a nail, needle, or pin. A lion may perish by the puncture of an asp. Rambler.