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A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a.

Related to, or of the nature of, aërobies; as, aërobiotic plants, which live only when supplied with free oxygen.

Related by marriage; from the same source.

to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appelate court for review.

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.

licate 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.

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

gnizance of, appeals. "Appellate jurisdiction." Blackstone. "Appellate judges." Burke. Appelate court, a court having cognizance of appeals.

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.