‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; monstrous. ] (Bot.) Abnormal regularity; the state of certain flowers, which, being naturally irregular, have become regular through a symmetrical repetition of the special irregularity. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl.; sing. Peoria (Ethnol.) An Algonquin tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited a part of Illinois. [ 1913 Webster ]