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Of or pertaining to a semaphore, or semaphores; telegraphic.

By means a semaphore.

One who manages or operates a semaphore.

That part of the ovary from which the ovules arise; the placenta.

One of the Stomapoda.

An order of Crustacea including the squillas. The maxillipeds are leglike in form, and the large claws are comblike. They have a large and elongated abdomen, which contains a part of the stomach and heart; the abdominal appendages are large, and bear the gills. Called also Gastrula, Stomatopoda, and Squilloidea.…

A map or chart showing the principal meteorological elements at a given hour and over an extended region. Such maps usually show the height of the barometer, the temperature of the air, the relative humidity, the state of the weather, and the direction and velocity of the wind. Isobars and isotherms outline the general…

Pertaining to, or obtained from, the maple; as, aceric acid. Ure.

An hermaphrodite.

s in one, or having the characteristics of both; being in nature both male and female; hermaphroditic. Owen. The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous. Coleridge.

Union of both sexes in one individual; hermaphroditism.

The state of being appointed to somappointment of treasurer.

The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.

A collection of maps in a volume; --

Marked with spots resembling bird's eyes; as, bird's-eye diaper; bird's-eye maple.

Of both sexes; hermaphrodite; as a flower with stamens and pistil, or an animal having ovaries and testes.

as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc. Box elder, the ash-leaved maple (Negundo aceroides), of North America. -- Box holly, the butcher's broom (Russus aculeatus). -- Box thorn, a shrub (Lycium barbarum). -- Box tree, the tree variety of the common box.

decussated, all nearly horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the maple and lilac.

feathered. There are two breeds, the dark or penciled, and the light; -- called also Brahmapootra.

Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a penny brick (of bread).