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Related by marriage; from the same source.

Related or akin by the father's side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor.

Of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin.

It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is locally applied to other related species.

ilicate containing a large amount of cerium. It is usually black in color, opaque, and is related to epidote in form and composition.

United; joined; leagued; akin; related. See Ally.

Related to, or derived, ammonia; -- used chiefly as a suffix; as, amic acid; phosphamic acid. Amic acid (Chem.), one of a class of nitrogenized acids somewhat resembling amides.

A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical forms having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedingly numerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal.…

Related to, or of the nature of, anaërobies.

A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such species are often called representative species, and such genera, representative genera. Dana.

One who relates or collects anecdotes.

A mineral closely related to dolomite, but containing iron.

A feldspar closely related to orthoclase, but triclinic. It is chiefly a silicate of sodium, potassium, and aluminium. Sp. gr., 2.57 -- 2.60.

Like or related to man; human. [R.] Owen.

nsects of the order Hymenoptera, including the common honeybee (Apis mellifica) and other related species. See Honeybee.

To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5.

m of the northern United States is Leucania unipuncta. The name is often applied to other related species, as the cotton worm.

importance; assuming; haughty; -- applied to persons. Arrogant Winchester, that haughty prelate. Shak.

idow attendant to the heir. Cowell. Attendant keys (Mus.), the keys or scales most nearly related to, or having most in common with, the principal key; those, namely, of its fifth above, or dominant, its fifth below (fourth above), or subdominant, and its relative minor or major.

r of the English alphabet. (See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 196,220.) It is etymologically related to p , v , f , w and m , letters representing sounds having a close organic affinity to its own sound; as in Eng. bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. pear; Eng. silver and Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It. gomito; Eng. s…