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Anthelmintic.

Tree-inhabiting; -- said of certain birds.

A mouse of the genus Arvicola; the meadow mouse. There are many species.

A brassicaceous plant of many varieties, cultivated for its leaves, which are not formed into a compact head like the cabbage, but are loose, and are generally curled or wrinkled; kale.

A kind of traces with hooks and rings, with which men drag and maneuver guns where horses can not be used.

A chair, litter, or other contrivance fitted to the back or pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous districts, or for the transportation of the sick and wounded of an army.

A staircase in a spiral form. En caracole ( Etym: [F.], spiral; -- said of a staircase.

To coat or paint with clearcole.

Marsh-inhabiting; belonging to the Paludicolæ

Any bird of the Old World genus Glareola, or family Glareolidæ, allied to the plovers. They have long, pointed wings and a forked tail.

An early larval form of a trematode worm; a redia. See Redia.

The very thin transparent and apparently homogenous sheath which incloses a striated muscular fiber; the myolemma.

School. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Same as Helminthes.

A zeolitic mineral occuring in delicate radiating groups of white crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia and lime. Called also lime mesotype.

Same as Scolecida.

One of the Scolecida.

To go to school; to study. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Sea cabbage.

One of the Tubicolæ.