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A genus of small fishes, having large pectoral fins, and the body covered with hard, bony plates. Several species are known from the East Indies and China.

The covering, or coat, of a mammal, whether of wool, fur, or hair.

east with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell. Sir T. Browne. Raw pelts clapped about them for their clothes. Fuller.

Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are covered with short, thick feathers, almost scalelike on the wings, which are without true quills. They are unable to fly, but use their wings to aid in diving, in which they are very expert. See King penguin, under Jackass.

Feathery covering; plumage. [Obs.] Holland.

A dry fruit composed of five carpels, which are covered by an epigynous calyx and separate at maturity.

atively: To shower shot or other missiles, or blows, upon; to pelt; to fill with shot, or cover with bruises or wounds. "I have peppered two of them." "I am peppered, I warrant, for this world." Shak.

The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests cartilage, except where covering articular surfaces.

The periosteum which covers the cranium externally; the region around the cranium.

The hard outer covering of hydroids and other marine animals; the perisarc.

A chitinous membrane covering the exterior of many shells; -- called also epidermis.

The outer, hardened integument which covers most hydroids.

The entire covering of an invertebrate animal, as echinoderm or coelenterate; the integument.

The outer covering of a spore.

A headdress of false hair, usually covering the whole head, and representing the natural hair; a wig. Shak.

A term applied to the stipes or stalks of certain fungi which are covered with a woolly substance which at length becomes powdery. Henslow.

lendar that can be used perpetually or over a wide range of years. That of Capt. Herschel covers, as given below, dates from 1750 to 1961 only, but is capable of indefinite extension.

A loose under-garment worn by women, and covering the body below the waist. Petticoat government, government by women, whether in politics or domestic affairs. [Colloq.] -- Petticoat pipe (Locomotives), a short, flaring pipe surrounding the blast nozzle in the smoke box, to equalize the draft.

of audible sounds, as articulate speech, etc. It consists of a rotating cylinder or disk covered with some material easily indented, as tinfoil, wax, paraffin, etc., above which is a thin plate carrying a stylus. As the plate vibrates under the influence of a sound, the stylus makes minute indentations or undulations…

oa in which the tentacles are arranged on a horseshoe-shaped lophophore, and the mouth is covered by an epistome. Called also Lophopoda, and hippocrepians.