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Quick; rapid. Pui tosto ( Etym: [It.] (Mus.), faster; more rapid.

A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage.

Having toothlike mandibles; -- applied to certain insects.

us cod. -- Buffalo fish (Zoöl.), one of several large fresh-water fishes of the family Catostomidæ, of the Mississippi valley. The red-mouthed or brown (Ictiobus bubalus), the big-mouthed or black (Bubalichthys urus), and the small-mouthed (B. altus), are among the more important species used as food. -- Buffalo fly,…

Of or pertaining to ectostosis; as, ectosteal ossification.

Bone formation; ossification. See Ectostosis, and Endostosis.

ny one of numerous species of North American fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family Catostomidæ; so called because the lips are protrusile. The flesh is coarse, and they are of little value as food. The most common species of the Eastern United States are the northern sucker (Catostomus Commersoni), the white sucke…