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Pertaining to, or like, the genus Etheostoma. -- n.

A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them grow to an immense height, one or two species exceeding the height even of the California Sequoia.

A genus of South American amaryllidaceous plants with large and beautiful white blossoms.

A genus of mytraceous plants, mostly of tropical countries, and including several aromatic trees and shrubs, among which are the trees which produce allspice and cloves of commerce.

A genus of small beetles, one species of which (E. viti) is very injurious to the vines in the wine countries of Europe.

A genus of small European and American trees; the spindle tree. The bark is used as a cathartic.

A genus of perennial, composite herbs including hemp agrimony, boneset, throughwort, etc.

Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products.

A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; -- called also Venus's flower-basket.

A genus of water lilies, growing in India and China. The only species (E. ferox) is very prickly on the peduncles and calyx. The rootstocks and seeds are used as food.

Like, or pertaining to, the genus Euryperus.

An extinct order of Merostomata, of which the genus Eurypterus is the type. They are found only in Paleozoic rocks. [Written also Eurypterida.]

A genus of extinct Merostomata, found in Silurian rocks. Some of the species are more than three feet long.

A genus of palms, some species of which are elegant trees.

Pertaining to Evernia, a genus of lichens; as, evernic acid.

A genus of fishes, including the common flying fishes. See Flying fish.

A genus of Cretaceous fossil shells allied to oysters.

Any species of the genus Falco, distinguished by having a toothlike lobe on the upper mandible; especially, one of this genus trained to the pursuit of other birds, or game. In the language of falconry, the female peregrine (Falco peregrinus) is exclusively called the falcon. Yarrell.

One of several very small Asiatic falcons of the genus Microhierax.

her symbol, used for fraudulent purposes. -- False scorpion (Zoöl.), any arachnid of the genus Chelifer. See Book scorpion. -- False tack (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling away again on the same tack. -- False vampire (Zoöl.), the Vampyrus spectrum of South America, formerly erroneously supposed to have…