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- English Word Periostraca Definition of Periostracum
- English Word Periostracum Definition A chitinous membrane covering the exterior of many shells; -- called also epidermis.
- English Word Periotic Definition Surrounding, or pertaining to the region surrounding, the internal ear; as, the periotic capsule.
- English Word Periotic Definition A periotic bone.
- English Word Peripatecian Definition A peripatetic.
- English Word Peripatetic Definition Walking about; itinerant.
- English Word Peripatetic Definition Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle (who gave his instructions while walking in the Lyceum at Athens), or to his followers.
- English Word Peripatetic Definition One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.
- English Word Peripatetic Definition A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.
- English Word Peripatetical Definition Peripatetic.
- English Word Peripateticism Definition The doctrines or philosophical system of the peripatetics. See Peripatetic, n., 2.
- English Word Peripatus Definition A genus of lowly organized arthropods, found in South Africa, Australia, and tropical America. It constitutes the order Malacopoda.
- English Word Peripetalous Definition Surrounding, or situated about, the petals.
- English Word Peripheral Definition Of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery; peripheric.
- English Word Peripheral Definition External; away from the center; as, the peripheral portion of the nervous system.
- English Word Peripheric Definition Alt. of Peripherical
- English Word Peripherical Definition See Peripheral.
- English Word Peripheries Definition of Periphery
- English Word Periphery Definition The outside or superficial portions of a body; the surface.
- English Word Periphery Definition The circumference of a circle, ellipse, or other figure.