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A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. M. vulgaris) and allied genera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle.

An orthopterus insect of the genus Blatta, and allied genera.

The liver of the common cod and allied species. Cod-liver oil, an oil obtained fron the liver of the codfish, and used extensively in medicine as a means of supplying the body with fat in cases of malnutrition.

low the coronet, in which is the coffin bone. Coffin bone, the foot bone of the horse and allied animals, inclosed within the hoof, and corresponding to the third phalanx of the middle finger, or toe, of most mammals. -- Coffin joint, the joint next above the coffin bone.

Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side.

The division of Thysanura which includes Podura, and allied forms.

f the fruit of the bitter cucumber (Citrullus, or Cucumis, colocynthis), an Asiatic plant allied to the watermelon; coloquintida. It comes in white balls, is intensely bitter, and a powerful cathartic. Called also bitter apple, bitter cucumber, bitter gourd.

Any bird of the genus Colius and allied genera. They inhabit Africa.

Any crinoid of the genus Antedon or allied genera.

United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied. All the swords In Italy, and her confederate arms, Could not have made this peace. Shak.

A thing of the same genus, species, or kind; a thing allied in nature, character, or action.

Belonging to the same genus; allied in origin, nature, or action. R. Owen.

Allied in origin or cause; congeneric; as, congenerous diseases. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Partaking of the same nature; allied by natural characteristics; kindred; sympathetic.

To be allied, confederated, or associated; to coalescence. [R.] Bentley.

A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red viper.

The small pastern bone of the horse and allied animals.

like band of vascular tissue at the upper border of the wall of the hoof of the horse and allied animals. It takes an important part in the secretion of the horny walls.

A dark brown substance of vegetable origin, allied to curare, and used by the natives of New Granada as an arrow poison.

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.