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Resembling, or having the form of, bark or rind.

Abounding in bark; resembling bark; barky.

Relating to, or resembling, bark; corticose.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Corybantes or their rites; frantic; frenzied; as, a corybantic dance.

Consisting of corymbs, or resembling them in form. [Written also corymbous.]

Pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Coryphodon.

A large, white, South American duck, of the genus Cascoroba, resembling a swan.

An instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies; -- called also pantacosm.

A fish belonging to, or resembling, the genus Cottus. See Sculpin.

A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half.

Resembling cotton. [R.] Evelyn.

Of or pertaining to cotton; resembling cotton in appearance or character; soft, like cotton.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cotyledon.

An American feline quadruped (Felis concolor), resembling the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny, without spots; hence writers often called it the American lion. Called also puma, panther, mountain lion, and catamount. See Puma.

Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold a court. The princesses held their court within the fortres. Macualay.

osimum Galactodendron) of South America, which yields, on incision, a nourishing fluid, resembling milk.

Resembling a cow. With cowlike udders and with oxlike eyes. Pope.

Resembling crape.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a crater. [R.] R. Browning.

Any crustacean of the family Astacidæ, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very delicate food both in Europe and America. The North American species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus Cambarus. The blind crawfish of the Mamoth Cave is Cambarus pellucidus. The…