Ditrichotomous :: Ditrichotomous (a.) Divided into twos or threes.

Ditrichotomous :: Ditrichotomous (a.) Dividing into double or treble ramifications; -- said of a leaf or stem.

Estrich :: Estrich (n.) Ostrich.

Estrich :: Estrich (n.) The down of the ostrich.

Gastrotricha :: Gastrotricha (n. pl.) 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..

Halotrichite :: Halotrichite (n.) An iron alum occurring in silky fibrous aggregates of a yellowish white color.

Heterotricha :: Heterotricha (n. pl.) A division of ciliated Infusoria, having fine cilia all over the body, and a circle of larger ones around the anterior end..

Holotricha :: Holotricha (n. pl.) A group of ciliated Infusoria, having cilia all over the body..

Hypotricha :: Hypotricha (n. pl.) A division of ciliated Infusoria in which the cilia cover only the under side of the body.

Leiotrichan :: Leiotrichan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Leiotrichi.

Leiotrichan :: Leiotrichan (n.) One of the Leiotrichi.

Leiotrichi :: Leiotrichi (n. pl.) The division of mankind which embraces the smooth-haired races.

Leiotrichous :: Leiotrichous (a.) Having smooth, or nearly smooth, hair..

Maestricht Monitor :: Maestricht monitor () The Mosasaurus Hofmanni. See Mosasaurus.

Ostrich :: Ostrich (n.) A large bird of the genus Struthio, of which Struthio camelus of Africa is the best known species. It has long and very strong legs, adapted for rapid running; only two toes; a long neck, nearly bare of feathers; and short wings incapable of flight. The adult male is about eight feet high..

Peritricha :: Peritricha (n. pl.) A division of ciliated Infusoria having a circle of cilia around the oral disk and sometimes another around the body. It includes the vorticellas. See Vorticella.

Strich :: Striature (n.) A stria.

Trichiasis :: Trichiasis (n.) A disease of the eye, in which the eyelashes, being turned in upon the eyeball, produce constant irritation by the motion of the lids..

Trichina :: Trichina (n.) A small, slender nematoid worm (Trichina spiralis) which, in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in the voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. When insufficiently cooked meat containing the larvae is swallowed by man, they are liberated and rapidly become adult, pair, and the ovoviviparous females produce in a short time large numbers of young which find their way into the muscles, either directly, or indirectly by means of the blood. Their

Trichinae :: Trichinae (pl. ) of Trichin.

Trichiniasis :: Trichiniasis (n.) Trichinosis.

Trichinize :: Trichinize (v. t.) To render trichinous; to affect with trichinae; -- chiefly used in the past participle; as, trichinized pork..

Trichinoscope :: Trichinoscope (n.) An apparatus for the detection of trichinae in the flesh of animals, as of swine..

Trichinosis :: Trichinosis (n.) The disease produced by the presence of trichinae in the muscles and intestinal track. It is marked by fever, muscular pains, and symptoms resembling those of typhoid fever, and is frequently fatal..

Trichinous :: Trichinous (a.) Of or pertaining to trichinae or trichinosis; affected with, or containing, trichinae; as, trichinous meat..

Trichite :: Trichite (n.) A kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs, common in obsidian. See Illust. of Crystallite..

Trichite :: Trichite (n.) A delicate, hairlike siliceous spicule, found in certain sponges..

Trichiuriform :: Trichiuriform (a.) Like or pertaining to the genus Trichiurus or family Trichiuridae, comprising the scabbard fishes and hairtails..

Trichiuroid :: Trichiuroid (a.) Of, like, or pertaining to, Trichiurus..

Trichiurus :: Trichiurus (n.) A genus of fishes comprising the hairtails. See Hairtail.

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