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‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + kardi`a heart. ] (Anat.) That part of the pericardium which forms the outer surface of the heart; the cardiac pericardium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. epi- + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a shrimp. ] (Zoöl.) An isopod crustacean, parasitic on shrimps. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Pref. epi- + Gr. &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See Illust. under Endocarp. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Adamites in the fifteenth century; -- so called from one Picard of Flanders. See Adamite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., fr. Sp. picaro rogue. ] Applied to that class of literature in which the principal personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a rogue, an adventurer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. picus a woodpecker. ] (Zool.) An extensive division of birds which includes the woodpeckers, toucans, trogons, hornbills, kingfishers, motmots, rollers, and goatsuckers. By some writers it is made to include also the cuckoos, swifts, and humming birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to Picariæ. -- n. One of the Picariæ. [ 1913 Webster ]