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Exactly spherical; globular.

A word which has the circumflex accent on the last syllable. Goodwin.

The outer covering of a spore.

Odd; not even; -- said of elementary substances and of radicals whose valence is not divisible by two without a remainder. Contrasted with artiad.

To perish. [Obs.] Chaucer.

One of the Perissodactyla.

A division of ungulate mammals, including those that have an odd number of toes, as the horse, tapir, and rhinoceros; -- opposed to Artiodactyla.

Redundant or excessive in words. [R.]

Superfluity of words. [R.] G. Campbell.

Peristaltic contraction or action.

ve contraction of the muscular fibers of their walls, forcing their contents onwards; as, peristaltic movement. -- Per`i*stal"tic*al*ly, adv.

A genus of orchidaceous plants. See Dove plant.

The herb vervain (Verbena officinalis).

A variety of albite, whitish and slightly iridescent like a pigeon's neck.

Like or pertaining to the pigeons or Columbæ.

Having pigeonlike feet; -- said of those gallinaceous birds that rest on all four toes, as the curassows and megapods.

Peristaltic action, especially of the intestines.

Same as Peristome.

The fringe of teeth around the orifice of the capsule of mosses. It consists of 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64 teeth, and may be either single or double.

Of or pertaining to a peristome.