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A conspicuous wild flower (Centaurea Cyanus), growing in grainfields.

Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text of the manuscript is corrupt.

ecies is that of the Nile (C. vulgaris, or C. Niloticus). The Florida crocodile (C. Americanus) is much less common than the alligator and has longer jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other related genera, as the gavial and the alligator.

A manuscript, especially of the New Testament, written in small, connected characters or in a running hand; -- opposed to uncial. Shipley.

Split pulse, esp. of Cajanus Indicus. [East Indies]

A kind of tree (Osmanthus Americanus), allied to the European olive.

The American dipper or ouzel (Cinclus Mexicanus). The Dipper (Astron.), the seven principal stars in the constellation of the Great Bear; popularly so called from their arrangement in the form of a dipper; -- called also Charles's Wain. See Ursa Major, under Ursa.

Ruin; death. This is the day of doom for Bassianus. Shak.

An order of Bryozoa in which the anus lies outside the circle of tentacles.

A kite of the genus Elanus.

A species of deer (Elaphurus Davidianus) found in china. It about four feet high at the shoulder and has peculiar antlers.

A term sometimes applied to the effects (tetanus) produced in the muscles of the limbs, when a current of electricity is passed along the spinal cord or nerves.

mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are known. They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Eleph…

illuminating or ornamenting with colored and decorated letters and figures, as a book or manuscript. [R.] Palsgrave.

spasm; -- applied generically to denote any disease characterized by tonic spasms, as tetanus, trismus, etc.

A group of Bryozoa in which the anus is within the circle of tentacles. See Pedicellina.

The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).

-- Fairy shrimp (Zoöl.), a European fresh-water phyllopod crustacean (Chirocephalus diaphanus); -- so called from its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions. The name is sometimes applied to similar American species. -- Fairy stone (Paleon.), an echinite.

, and are used for umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for books and manuscripts.

Any fish of the family Pleuronectidæ; esp., the winter flounder (Pleuronectes Americanus). The flatfishes have the body flattened, swim on the side, and have eyes on one side, as the flounder, turbot, and halibut. See Flounder.