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One of the single eyes forming the compound eyes of crustaceans, insects, and other invertebrates.

The part of the carapace of a crustacean situated behind the cervical groove.

One of the plates which in some Crustacea inclose a cavity wherein the eggs are hatched.

An eyestalk; the organ which bears the compound eyes of decapod Crustacea.

Any species of amphipod crustacean of the genus Orchestia, or family Orchestidæ. See Beach flea, under Beach.

A cellular calc tufa, which in some places forms incrustations on the stems of plants, -- formerly supposed to have the quality of uniting fractured bones.

Of or pertaining to an oyster, or to a shell; shelly. The crustaceous or ostreaceous body. Cudworth.

ds, into which persons condemned to perpetual imprisonment, or to perish secretly, were thrust, or lured to fall. Sudden in the sun An oubliette winks. Where is he Gone. Mrs. Browning.

Excessive confidence; too great reliance or trust.

To be too trustful or confident; to trust too much. [Obs.] Wyclif

Egg-bearing; -- applied particularly to certain receptacles, as in Crustacea, that retain the eggs after they have been excluded from the formative organs, until they are hatched.

Any one of a tribe of anomuran crustaceans, of which Pagurus is a type; the hermit crab. See Hermit crab, under Hermit.

tinguished from kenogenesis. Sometimes, in zoölogy, the abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc.

lly, one of the jointed sense organs attached to the mouth organs of insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and annelids; as, the mandibular palpi, maxillary palpi, and labial palpi. The palpi of male spiders serve as sexual organs. Called also palp. See Illust. of Arthrogastra and Orthoptera.

dding made of baked apples, or of sliced bread and apples baked together, with no bottom crust.

A kind of rustic saddle. Tusser.

One of the two lobes which form the lower lip, or metastome, of Crustacea.

One of the outer divisions of an endosternite of Crustacea. -- Par`a*phrag"mal, a.

A division of copepod Crustacea, having a sucking mouth, as the lerneans. They are mostly parasites on fishes. Called also Siphonostomata.

To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm. Locke. Vice parries wide The undreaded volley with a sword of straw. Cowper.