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One of the classes of the arthropods, including lobsters and crabs; -- so called from the crustlike shell with which they are covered.

One who holds views resembling those of the Cynics; a snarler; a misanthrope; particularly, a person who believes that human conduct is directed, either consciously or unconsciously, wholly by self- interest or self-indulgence, and that appearances to the contrary are superficial and untrustworthy. He could obtain from…

A ferryman. Calthrop.

through the ordeal of severe criticism or controversy, or ill-treatment at many hands. Winthrop ran the gantlet of daily slights. Palfrey.

Any one of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda. They are known as mandibles, maxillæ, and maxillipeds.

A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man.

Benevolent; philanthropic. [Recent]

An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the chitinous cuticle of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates.

Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion.

One of the classes of Arthropoda, including those that have one pair of antennæ, three pairs of mouth organs, and breathe air by means of tracheæ, opening by spiracles along the sides of the body. In this sense it includes the Hexapoda, or six-legged insects and the Myriapoda, with numerous legs. See Insect, n.…

relations of two or more nations; as, to internationalize a principle of law, or a philanthropic enterprise.

A poisonous serpent of Brazil (Bothrops jararaca), about eighteen inches long, and of a dusky, brownish color, variegated with red and black spots.

A west African anthropoid ape (Troglodytes koolokamba, or T. Aubryi), allied to the chimpanzee and gorilla, and, in some respects, intermediate between them.

Having a broad breastbone, or sternum; -- said of anthropoid apes.

f ciliated disks. By some zoölogists it is thought to be like the ancestral form of the Arthropoda.

A werewolf; a lycanthrope.

A class of air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called also Protracheata, and Onychophora.

One of the lower or outer jaws of arthropods.

y delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language. "Mealy-mouthed philanthropies." Tennyson. She was a fool to be mealy-mouthed where nature speaks so plain. L'Estrange. -- Meal"y-mouth`ness, n.

A class of Arthropoda, allied to the Crustacea. It includes the trilobites, Eurypteroidea, and Limuloidea. All are extinct except the horseshoe crabs of the last group. See Limulus.