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- English Word Epimera Definition See Epimeron.
- English Word Epimera Definition of Epimeron
- English Word Epimeral Definition Pertaining to the epimera.
- English Word Epimere Definition One of the segments of the transverse axis, or the so called homonymous parts; as, for example, one of the several segments of the extremities in vertebrates, or one of the similar segments in plants, such as the segments of a segmented leaf.
- English Word Epimeron Definition In crustaceans: The part of the side of a somite external to the basal joint of each appendage.
- English Word Epimeron Definition In insects: The lateral piece behind the episternum.
- English Word Epinastic Definition A term applied to that phase of vegetable growth in which an organ grows more rapidly on its upper than on its under surface. See Hyponastic.
- English Word Epineural Definition Arising from the neurapophysis of a vertebra.
- English Word Epineurium Definition The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium.
- English Word Epinglette Definition An iron needle for piercing the cartridge of a cannon before priming.
- English Word Epinicial Definition Relating to victory.
- English Word Epinicion Definition A song of triumph.
- English Word Epinikian Definition Epinicial.
- English Word Epiornis Definition One of the gigantic ostrichlike birds of the genus Aepiornis, only recently extinct. Its remains have been found in Madagascar.
- English Word Epiotic Definition The upper and outer element of periotic bone, -- in man forming a part of the temporal bone.
- English Word Epipedometry Definition The mensuration of figures standing on the same base.
- English Word Epiperipheral Definition Connected with, or having its origin upon, the external surface of the body; -- especially applied to the feelings which originate at the extremities of nerves distributed on the outer surface, as the sensation produced by touching an object with the finger; -- opposed to entoperipheral.
- English Word Epipetalous Definition Borne on the petals or corolla.
- English Word Epiphany Definition An appearance, or a becoming manifest.
- English Word Epiphany Definition A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide.
- English Word Epipharyngeal Definition Pertaining to the segments above the epibranchial in the branchial arches of fishes.
- English Word Epipharyngeal Definition An epipharyngeal bone or cartilage.
- English Word Epipharynx Definition A structure which overlaps the mouth of certain insects.
- English Word Epiphonema Definition An exclamatory sentence, or striking reflection, which sums up or concludes a discourse.
- English Word Epiphoneme Definition Epiphonema.
- English Word Epiphora Definition The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek.
- English Word Epiphora Definition The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas.
- English Word Epiphragm Definition A membranaceous or calcareous septum with which some mollusks close the aperture of the shell during the time of hibernation, or aestivation.
- English Word Epiphyllous Definition Growing upon, or inserted into, the leaf.
- English Word Epiphyllum Definition A genus of cactaceous plants having flattened, jointed stems, and petals united in a tube. The flowers are very showy, and several species are in cultivation.