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One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams.

A female who arbitrates or judges.

A female arbiter; an arbitratrix. Milton.

The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.

A female archer. Markham.

A female architect.

nteus) is remarkable for the great length and beauty of the wing and tail feathers of the male. The species A. Grayi inhabits Borneo.

Producing males from unfertilized eggs, as certain wasps and bees.

The principal female divinity of the Phoenicians, as Baal was the principal male divinity. W. Smith.

A female hearer. Milton.

A female author. Glover.

A female sovereign who is independent and absolute; -- a title given to the empresses of Russia.

A female avenger. [Obs.] Spenser.

The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations.

A female bacchanal.

et; intriguing; as if finding access by the back stairs. A backstairs influence. Burke. Female caprice and backstairs influence. Trevelyan.

A female baker. [Obs.]

A female banker. Thackeray.

bark louse (Ceroplastes cirripediformis) of the orange and quince trees in Florida. The female scale curiously resembles a sessile barnacle in form.

A hog, esp. a male hog castrated. Holland.