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The part of the carapace of a crustacean situated behind the cervical groove.

A division of gastropod Mollusca, in which the breathing organs are usually situated behind the heart. It includes the tectibranchs and nudibranchs.

Concave behind; -- applied especially to vertebræ in which the anterior end of the centrum is convex and the posterior concave.

s of American Eocene mammals allied to the horse, but having four toes in front and three behind.

To surpass in marching; to march faster than, or so as to leave behind.

To outgo; to move faster than; to leave behind. [R.] Lamb.

To exceed, or leave behind, in running; to run faster than; to outstrip; to go beyond. Your zeal outruns my wishes. Sir W. Scott. The other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulcher. Jhon xx. 4.

To excel, or to leave behind, in sailing; to sail faster than. Beau. & Fl.

To excel in walking; to leave behind in walking. B. Jonson.

A certain number of balls (usually four) delivered successively from behind ine wicket, after which the ball is bowled from behing the other wicket as many times, the fielders changing places.

To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome. If a man be overtaken in a fault. Gal. vi. 1 I shall see The winged vengeance overtake such children. Shak.

A condition in which the prepuce, after being retracted behind the glans penis, is constricted there, and can not be brought forward into place again.

es also by canons. -- Pectorial fins, or Pectorials (Zoöl.), fins situated on the sides, behind the gills. See Illust. under Fin. -- Pectorial rail. (Zoöl.) See Land rail (b) under Land. -- Pectorial sandpiper (Zoöl.), the jacksnipe (b).

A woman's cape; especially, a fur cape that is longer in front than behind.

Peter's fish (Zoöl.), a haddock; -- so called because the black spots, one on each side, behind the gills, are traditionally said to have been caused by the fingers of St. Peter, when he caught the fish to pay the tribute. The name is applied, also, to other fishes having similar spots.

ects of color to a photograph. The unmounted print, made translucent, is illuminated from behind with colored light.

anel or cushion saddle; the under pad or cushion of saddle; esp., a pad or cushion put on behind a man's saddle, on which a woman may ride. His [a soldier's] shank pillion without stirrups. Spenser.

erly, that part of a theater, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theater.

Of or pertaining to the ham; in the region of the ham, or behind the knee joint; as, the popliteal space.

A prefix signifying behind, back, after; as, postcommissure, postdot, postscript.