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Any species of Paradoxurus, a genus of Asiatic viverrine mammals allied to the civet, as the musang, and the luwack or palm cat (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus). See Musang.

A paradoxical statement; a paradox.

d, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus coal gas and kerosene consist largely of paraffins.

Kindred; family; birth. [Obs.] Ld. Berners. We claim to be of high parage. Chaucer.

The science which treats of minerals with special reference to their origin.

Originating in the character of the germ, or at the first commencement of an individual; -- said of peculiarities of structure, character, etc.

An albuminous body in blood serum, belonging to the group of globulins. See Fibrinoplastin.

One of a pair of small appendages of the lingua or labium of certain insects. See Illust. under Hymenoptera.

Same as Paragnathus.

Having both mandibles of equal length, the tips meeting, as in certain birds.

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

The addition of a letter or syllable to the end of a word, as withouten for without.

Of, pertaining to, or constituting, a paragoge; added to the end of, or serving to lengthen, a word. Paragogic letters, in the Semitic languages, letters which are added to the ordinary forms of words, to express additional emphasis, or some change in the sense.

A companion; a match; an equal. [Obs.] Spenser. Philoclea, who indeed had no paragon but her sister. Sir P. Sidney.

related to muscovite, but containing soda instead of potash. It is characteristic of the paragonite schist of the Alps.

A pun. Puns, which he calls paragrams. Addison.

A punster.

An instrument to avert the occurrence of hailstorms. See Paragr. Knight.

A brief composition complete in one typographical section or paragraph; an item, remark, or quotation comprised in a few lines forming one paragraph; as, a column of news paragraphs; an editorial paragraph.

A writer of paragraphs; a paragraphist.