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The practice of attracting the males of Lepidoptera or other insects by exposing the female confined in a cage.

That dissembles; hypocritical; false. -- Dis*sem"bling*ly, adv.

So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.

An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It burrows in the ground, and feeds entirely on ants, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue.

A carnivorous quadruped (Proteles Lalandii), of South Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. See Proteles.

A substance resembling mannite, found in the needles of the common silver fir of Europe (Abies pectinata). Eng. Cyc.

Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound. Geology gives one the same abysmal extent of time that astronomy does of space. Carlyle.

Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable. Abyssal zone (Phys. Geog.), one of the belts or zones into which Sir E. Forbes divides the bottom of the sea in describing its plants, animals, etc. It is the one furthest from the shore, embracing all beyond one hundred fathoms deep. Hence, abyssal animals, plants,…

Belonging to or resembling the Acalephæ or jellyfishes.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the acanthus is the type.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus.

An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); -- used in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.

Shaped like or resembling a mite.

A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.

Pertaining to, or resembling, the acephalocysts.

Resembling little heaps.

Resembling Achilles, the hero of the Iliad; invincible.

Resembling the Acinetæ.

Of or pertaining to Adam, or resembling him. Adamic earth, a name given to common red clay, from a notion that Adam means red earth.

A genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue.