‖n. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A genus of brachiopods of which many species are found in the fossil state. A few still exist in the deep sea. [ 1913 Webster ]
(n) Austrian diplomat who was Secretary General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981; in 1986 he was elected president of Austria in spite of worldwide allegations that he had direct knowledge of Nazi atrocities during World War II (born in 1918), Syn. Kurt Waldheim