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The larval form of a trematode worm having the shape of a tadpole, with its body terminated by a tail-like appendage.

Of, like, or pertaining to, the Cercariæ. -- n.

Same as Cæsarean, Cæsarian.

A Linnæan genus of free-flowering composite plants, mostly from South Africa. Several species are cultivated for ornament.

A comprehensive group equivalent to the true Coelenterata, i.e., exclusive of the sponges. They are so named from presence of stinging cells (cnidae) in the tissues. See Coelenterata.

Of or pertaining to a commissary.

The organized system by which armies and military posts are supplied with food and daily necessaries.

Concubinary. The married and concubinarian, as well as looser clergy. Milman.

Contrary; opposed; antagonistic; inconsistent; contradictory. [R.] The struggles of contrariant factions. Coleridge.

Contrarily. [Obs.]

The lily of the valley.

Corpuscular. [Obs.]

A function involving the coefficients and the variables of a quantic, and such that when the quantic is lineally transformed the same function of the new variables and coefficients shall be equal to the old function multiplied by a factor. An invariant is a like function involving only the coefficients of the quantic.…

A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox.

Formerly, a part of the Roman chancery; now, a separate office from which are sent graces or favors, cognizable in foro externo, such as appointments to benefices. The name is derived from the word datum, given or dated (with the indications of the time and place of granting the gift or favor).

The division of Tunicata which includes the Salpæ. See Salpa.

Pertaining to a diary; daily.

One who lives in accordance with prescribed rules for diet; a dieter.

An order of lamellibranchiate mollusks having an anterior and posterior adductor muscle, as the common clam. See Bivalve.

Like or pertaining to the Dimya. -- n.