Search the Dictionary

An isopod crustacean, parasitic on shrimps.

In crustaceans: The part of the side of a somite external to the basal joint of each appendage. See Illust. under Crustacea.

The outer branch of the legs in certain Crustacea. See Maxilliped.

The region between the antennæ and the mouth, in Crustacea.

tozoön. Among them are the lice, ticks, many acari, the lerneans, or fish lice, and other crustaceans.

violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust. (b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another. Milton. (c) A violent commotion. All Paris was quiet . . . to gather fresh strength for the next day's eruption. W. Irving.…

A dry slough, crust, or scab, which separates from the healthy part of the body, as that produced by a burn, or the application of caustics.

A genus of Bryozoa which produce delicate corals, often incrusting like lichens, but sometimes branched.

The external branch of the appendages of Crustacea.

casting off of some part, more particularly, the outer cuticular layer, as the shells of crustaceans, skins of snakes, etc.; molting; ecdysis.

One of the movable peduncles which, in the decapod Crustacea, bear the eyes at the tip.

One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.

ries in their midnight dances. -- Fairy shrimp (Zoöl.), a European fresh-water phyllopod crustacean (Chirocephalus diaphanus); -- so called from its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions. The name is sometimes applied to similar American species. -- Fairy stone (Paleon.), an echinite.

A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, esp. the terminal ortion of the antennæ and the epipodite of the maxilipeds. See Maxilliped.

hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to floor an opponent. Floored or crushed by him. Coleridge.

A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool.

The stem which supports which supports the eye in decapod Crustacea; eyestalk.

t production of wrought iron, differing from the old Catalan forge mainly in using finely crushed ore and working continuously. Raymond. -- Catalan forge. (Metal.) See under Catalan. -- Forge cinder, the dross or slag form a forge or bloomary. -- Forge rolls, Forge train, the train of rolls by which a bloom is conve…

To incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in the process of firing.

Yielding free gold or silver; -- said of certain ores which can be reduced by crushing and amalgamation, without roasting or other chemical treatment. Raymond.