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One of the Nematoidea. see Illustration in Appendix.

ustrative observation. The best writers have been perplexed with notes, and obscured with illustrations. Felton.

higher than the elbow, or the arm above, or higher than, the shoulder. Overhand knot. See Illustration of Knot.

An illustration, as by a parable or fable.

illarlike, with a flattened summit which is covered with minute spinules or granules. See Illustration in Appendix.

lly nearly, or quite, sessile; those of echini usually have three jaws and a pedicel. See Illustration in Appendix.

iate in any way; adapted to the end proposed; apposite; material; relevant; as, pertinent illustrations or arguments; pertinent evidence.

arbellate grain into the wool and flesh of sheep. It is found from Illinois westward. See Illustration in Appendix. -- Porcupine wood (Bot.), the hard outer wood of the cocoa palm; -- so called because, when cut horizontally, the markings of the wood resemble the quills of a porcupine.

ger than the common species, and with broad stripes of white and yellow on the sides. See Illustration in Appendix.

r affirmed as the subject of the discourse; anything stated or affirmed for discussion or illustration.

One who makes dissections for anatomical illustration; usually, the assistant of a professional anatomist.

A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference. Thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by word, among all nations. Deut. xxviii. 37.

An extinct flying reptile; one of the Pterosauria. See Illustration in Appendix.

a troublesome weed. Also called couch grass, quick grass, quick grass, twitch grass. See Illustration in Appendix.

s quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration. Locke.

o name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer.

ion of rediæ, or else cercariæ within its own body. Called also proscolex, and nurse. See Illustration in Appendix.

nd hay for cattle; -- called also English grass, and in some localities herd's grass. See Illustration in Appendix. The tall redtop is Triodia seslerioides.

ece passes between the right elbow and the body at an angle of 45°, and is held as in the illustration. -- To reverse an engine or a machine, to cause it to perform its revolutions or action in the opposite direction.

ergent, hooklike, lingual teeth in each transverse row. It includes the scutibranchs. See Illustration in Appendix.