अंग्रेजी अंग्रेजी शब्दकोश

The lowest group of vertebrates; -- so called from the cirri around the mouth; the Leptocardia. See Amphioxus.

Tufted; -- said of certain feathers of birds.

Cirrose.

The external male organ of trematodes and some other worms, and of certain Mollusca.

The jointed, leglike organs of Cirripedia. See Annelida, and Polychaeta.

A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many Mollusca, and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near the head of annelids are Tentacular cirri; those of the last segment are caudal cirri.

A tendril or clasper.

See under Cloud.

The varicose dilatation of the spermatic vein.

Varicose.

Any operation for the removal of varices by incision.

A Latin preposition, sometimes used as a prefix in English words, and signifying on this side.

On the hither side of the Alps with reference to Rome, that is, on the south side of the Alps; -- opposed to transalpine.

On this side of the Atlantic Ocean; -- used of the eastern or the western side, according to the standpoint of the writer.

The Lake herring (Coregonus Artedi), valuable food fish of the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to C. Hoyi, a related species of Lake Michigan.

The process of chasing on metals; also, the work thus chased.

On the Austrian side of the river Leitha; Austrian.

On this side of the mountains. See under Ultramontane.

On the hither side of the river Po with reference to Rome; that is, on the south side.

A curve invented by Diocles, for the purpose of solving two celebrated problems of the higher geometry; viz., to trisect a plane angle, and to construct two geometrical means between two given straight lines.