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Among the primitive Christians, the living on a diet of dry food in Lent and on other fasts.

A genus of marine bivalves which bore holes in wood. They are allied to Pholas.

Any species of Xylophaga.

A tribe or family of dipterous flies whose larvæ live in decayed wood. Some of the tropical species are very large.

Of or pertaining to the genus Xylophaga.

An artificial group comprising various carnivorous and insectivorous animals.

A animal that feeds on animal food.

Feeding on animals.

A plant with a tall flowering stem; esp. the great mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod.

ing unconnected, grammatically, with the rest of the sentence; as, Tarquinio regnante, Pythagoras venit, i. e., Tarquinius reigning, Pythagoras came.

A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface. Simpson.

The twisting of an artery with a needle to arrest hemorrhage.

whose cause is unknown; as, what ails the man I know not what ails him. What aileth thee, Hagar Gen. xxi. 17.

ing vertebrates, and in the adult may retain a tubular connection with the pharynx or esophagus.

A black bird of tropical America, the West Indies and Florida (Crotophaga ani), allied to the cuckoos, and remarkable for communistic nesting.

nimal of tropical America (the Tamanoir), living on ants. It belongs to the genus Myrmecophaga.

Devouring aphides; aphidophagous.

on, having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus. See Globefish, and Bur fish.

o him, being the subject of the jesting; to rally; as, he bantered me about my credulity. Hag-ridden by my own fancy all night, and then bantered on my haggard looks the next day. W. Irving.

A coarse, shaggy, woolen cloth for overcoats.