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The epipteric bone.

An epipterygoid bone or cartilage; the columella in the skulls of many lizards.

Relating to the epipubis.

A cartilage or bone in front of the pubis in some amphibians and other animals.

A pipe, esp. an organ pipe, whose tone is produced by the impinging of a current of air upon an edge, or lip, causing a wave motion in the air within; a mouth pipe; -- distinguished from reed pipe. Flue pipes are either open or closed (stopped at the distant end). The flute and flageolet are open pipes; a bottle acts a…

Of or pertaining to the stomach and omentum.

The upper terminal pipe of a mining pump. Raymond.

An instrument of music formerly popular in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. It was so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn.

A species (Polygonum Hydropiper) of knotweed with acrid foliage; water pepper; smartweed.

See Liripoop.

Sumptuous. [Obs.] -- O*pip"a*rous*ly, adv. [Obs.] E. Waterhouse.

A solid, the faces of which are six parallelograms, the opposite pairs being parallel, and equal to each other; a prism whose base is a parallelogram.

A parallelopiped. Hutton.

Producing polyps.

A division of Diptera in which the young are born in a stage like the pupa. It includes the sheep tick, horse tick, and other parasites. Called also Homaloptera.

Of or pertaining to the Pupipara.

One of the Rhipiptera, a group of insects having wings which fold like a fan; a strepsipter.

Same as Rhipipter.

A small lamprey eel; the pride. Curlew sandpiper. See under Curlew. -- Stilt sandpiper. See under Stilt.

Same as Scopuliped.