a. [ L. aurichalcum, for orichalcum brass. ] (Zool.) Brass-colored. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Aurichalceous. ] (Min.) A hydrous carbonate of copper and zinc, found in pale green or blue crystalline aggregations. It yields a kind of brass on reduction. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl., [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; belly + &unr_;, &unr_;, hair. ] (Zool.) A group of small wormlike animals, having cilia on the ventral side. The group is regarded as an ancestral or synthetic one, related to rotifers and annelids. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; other + &unr_;, gen. &unr_;, a hair. ] (Zool.) A division of ciliated Infusoria, having fine cilia all over the body, and a circle of larger ones around the anterior end.
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a. Of or pertaining to the Leiotrichi. --
a. Pertaining to, or resembling, orichalch; having a color or luster like that of brass. Maunder. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. orichalcum, Gr. &unr_;;
n. [ See Perichaetium. ] (Bot.) The leafy involucre surrounding the fruit stalk of mosses; perichaetium; perichete. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the perichæth. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. [ See Perichætium. ] (Zool.) Surrounded by setæ; -- said of certain earthworms (genus
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. (Law) A fictious name for a party, real or fictious, to an act or proceeding. Other names were formerly similarly used, as
a. (Anthropol.) Of or pertaining to the Ulotrichi. --