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tes of Great Britain, which lie at the base of the Cambrian system; -- so called, because typically developed in the Longmynd Hills, Shropshire.

One of a group which includes the higher orders of mammals, having a large size as a typical characteristic.

Having a typically large size; belonging to the megasthenes.

A fabled marine creature, typically represented as having the upper part like that of a woman, and the lower like a fish; a sea nymph, sea woman, or woman fish.

The fourth joint of a typical appendage of Crustacea.

One of a group of mammals having a small size as a typical characteristic. It includes the lower orders, as the Insectivora, Cheiroptera, Rodentia, and Edentata.

Having a typically small size; of or pertaining to the microsthenes.

tance, C5H13NO2, found in the toadstool (Agaricus muscarius), and in putrid fish. It is a typical ptomaine, and a violent poison.

A typical, structural unit; a type. Agassiz.

Standard; original; exact; typical. Specifically:

The typical genus of ophidioid fishes. [Written also Ophidium.] See Illust. under Ophidioid.

The typical butterflies.

The radical PO, regarded as the typical nucleus of certain compounds.

The sixth joint of a typical leg of a crustacean; usually, the penultimate joint.

Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family.

Of or pertaining to an order of trees and shrubs (Sapindaceæ), including the (Typical) genus Sapindus, the maples, the margosa, and about seventy other genera.

A typical figure, consisting of seven equal segments of a circle, used to denote the gifts of the Holy Chost, the seven sacraments as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, etc. [R.]

To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically. Augustus is shadowed in the person of Dryden.

Faintly representative; hence, typical. From sshadowy types to truth, from flesh to spirit. Milton.

To represent by a sign; to make known in a typical or emblematic manner, in distinction from speech; to signify. I signed to Browne to make his retreat. Sir W. Scott.