n. [ Gr. steno`s narrow, little + -derm. ] (Zool.) Any species of bat belonging to the genus Stenoderma, native of the West Indies and South America. These bats have a short or rudimentary tail and a peculiarly shaped nose membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the genus Stenoderma, which includes several West Indian and South American nose-leaf bats. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stenographed p. pr. & vb. n. Stenographing ] To write or report in stenographic characters. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A production of stenography; anything written in shorthand. [ 1913 Webster ]

I saw the reporters' room, in which they redact their hasty stenographs. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is skilled in stenography; a writer of shorthand. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. sténographique. ] Of or pertaining to stenography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A stenographer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. steno`s narrow, close + graphy: cf. F. sténographie, G. stenographie. ] The art of writing in shorthand, by using abbreviations or characters for whole words; shorthand. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. steno`s narrow + fy`llon leaf. ] (Bot.) Having narrow leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. steno`s narrow. ] (Med.) A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, or orifice; as, stenosis of the pylorus. It differs from stricture in being applied especially to diffused rather than localized contractions, and in always indicating an origin organic and not spasmodic. [ 1913 Webster ]