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A commercial weight varying in different countries and for different commodities. In Borneo it is 135tan. [Written also pecul, and pecal.]

Any species of very small woodpeckers of the genus Picumnus and allied genera. Their tail feathers are not stiff and sharp at the tips, as in ordinary woodpeckers.

Situated at, or near, the apex; apical.

Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf.

Rearing of bees for their honey and wax.

A little spike; a spikelet.

Resembling a dart; having sharp points.

Covered with, or having, spicules.

Same as Spicula.

Having the shape of a spicule.

Producing or containing spicules.

A division of sponges including those which have independent siliceous spicules.

Same as Spicule.

The breeding of special stocks or races.

A peculiar small siliceous spicule having a denticulated wheel at each end; -- found in freshwater sponges.

One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta. Anchor ice. See under Ice. -- Anchor ring. (Math.) Same as Annulus, 2 (b). -- Anchor stock (Naut.), the crossbar at the top of the shank at right angles to the arms. -- The an…

An order of marine sponges, containing calcareous spicules. See Porifera.

s covered with sharp hairs, which stick to the fingers, causing intolerable itching. The spiculæ are sometimes used in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge. [Written also couhage, cowage, and cowitch.]

nge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- called also vitreous sponge. See Glass-rope, and Euplectella.

An order of sponges, having simple siliceous spicules and keratose fibers; -- called also Keratosilicoidea.