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A genus of extinct mammals from the eocene tertiary of Europe and America. Its species varied in size between the tapir and rhinoceros, and were allied to those animals, but had short, plantigrade, five-toed feet, like the elephant.

Pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Coryphodon.

One of the patches of villi found in some forms of placenta.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cotyledon.

Having a cotyledon; tufted; as, the cotyledonary placenta of the cow.

Of or pertaining to a cotyledon or cotyledons; having a seed lobe.

A kind of carriage like a gig, orig. of wicker-work.

A peculiar mucilaginous substance extracted from the seeds of the quince (Cydonia vulgaris), and regarded as a variety of amylose.

One of the Cyprinodontidae, a family of fishes including the killifishes or minnows. See Minnow.

An ancient Greek musical instrument of ten strings, resembling the harp.

A member of a group of South American blood-sucking bats, of the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire.

A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or cotyledons, in germinating.

Having two cotyledons or seed lobes; as, a dicotyledonous plant.

t reptiles having the jaws armed with a horny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus Dicynodon, supporting also a pair of powerful tusks. Their remains are found in triassic strata of South Africa and India.

The curve which on a given surface and with a given perimeter contains the greatest area. Tait.

The sound of, or as of, repeated strokes on a metallic body, as a bell; a repeated and monotonous sound.

The theory which maintains that the primitive elements of language are reflex expressions induced by sensory impressions; that is, as stated by Max Müller, the creative faculty gave to each general conception as it thrilled for the first time through the brain a phonetic expression; -- jocosely so called from the analo…

A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or water, and, hence, are called globefishes, swellfishes, etc. fishes, and sea hedgehogs.

Like or pertaining to the genus Diodon. -- n.