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Of or pertaining to the Brachyura.

One of the Brachyura.

; sing Cayuga. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inbabiting western New-York, forming part of the confederacy called the Five Nations.

An Indian pony. [Northw. U. S.]

A carnivorous marsupial quadruped of Australia, belonging to the genus Dasyurus. There are several species.

Pertaining to, or like, the dasyures.

A rare metallic element found in platinum ore. It is a white malleable substance. Symbol Da. Atomic weight 154.

A species of ichneumon (Herpestes nyula). Its fur is beautifully variegated by closely set zigzag markings.

A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. See Fippenny bit. [Local, U.S.]

Petty; paltry; mean; as, a picayunish business. [Colloq. U.S.]

A persistently excessive flow of watery urine, with low specific gravity and without the presence of either albumin or sugar. It is generally accompanied with more or less thirst.

A morbid condition in which pus is discharged in the urine.

Vars of Wikiup.

, the mullein (Verbascum thapsus). -- Adam's needle (Bot.), the popular name of a genus (Yucca) of liliaceous plants.

ine and allied species found in domestic animals; also commonly applied to the pinworm (Oxyuris), often troublesome to children and aged persons.

A South American short-tailed monkey (Pithecia (or Brachyurus) melanocephala). [Written also cacajo.]

One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body.

The qualiyu of being creative.

An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge. For all yuor brags, hooks, and crooks. Cranmer.

acaulay. -- Tasmanian devil (Zoöl.), a very savage carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania (Dasyurus, or Diabolus, ursinus). -- To play devil with, to molest extremely; to ruin. [Low]