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- English Word Brachioganoidei Definition An order of ganoid fishes of which the bichir of Africa is a living example. See Crossopterygii.
- English Word Brachiolaria Definition A peculiar early larval stage of certain starfishes, having a bilateral structure, and swimming by means of bands of vibrating cilia.
- English Word Brachiopod Definition One of the Brachiopoda, or its shell.
- English Word Brachiopoda Definition A class of Molluscoidea having a symmetrical bivalve shell, often attached by a fleshy peduncle.
- English Word Brachium Definition The upper arm; the segment of the fore limb between the shoulder and the elbow.
- English Word Brachman Definition See Brahman.
- English Word Brachycatalectic Definition A verse wanting two syllables at its termination.
- English Word Brachycephalic Definition Alt. of Brachycephalous
- English Word Brachycephalism Definition The state or condition of being brachycephalic; shortness of head.
- English Word Brachycephalous Definition Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic.
- English Word Brachycephaly Definition Alt. of Brachycephalism
- English Word Brachyceral Definition Having short antennae, as certain insects.
- English Word Brachydiagonal Definition Pertaining to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism.
- English Word Brachydiagonal Definition The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism.
- English Word Brachydome Definition A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis. See Dome.
- English Word Brachygrapher Definition A writer in short hand; a stenographer.
- English Word Brachygraphy Definition Stenography.
- English Word Brachylogy Definition Conciseness of expression; brevity.
- English Word Brachypinacoid Definition A plane of an orthorhombic crystal which is parallel both to the vertical axis and to the shorter lateral (brachydiagonal) axis.
- English Word Brachyptera Definition A group of Coleoptera having short wings; the rove beetles.
- English Word Brachypteres Definition A group of birds, including auks, divers, and penguins.
- English Word Brachypterous Definition Having short wings.
- English Word Brachystochrone Definition A curve, in which a body, starting from a given point, and descending solely by the force of gravity, will reach another given point in a shorter time than it could by any other path. This curve of quickest descent, as it is sometimes called, is, in a vacuum, the same as the cycloid.
- English Word Brachytypous Definition Of a short form.
- English Word Brachyura Definition A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs, characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up beneath the large cephalo-thorax. [Also spelt Brachyoura.] See Crab, and Illustration in Appendix.
- English Word Brachyural Definition Alt. of Brachyurous
- English Word Brachyuran Definition One of the Brachyura.
- English Word Brachyurous Definition Of or pertaining to the Brachyura.
- English Word Bracing Definition Imparting strength or tone; strengthening; invigorating; as, a bracing north wind.
- English Word Bracing Definition The act of strengthening, supporting, or propping, with a brace or braces; the state of being braced.