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Water Fox :: Water fox () The carp; -- so called on account of its cunning.

Canon Bone :: Canon bone () The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most mammals. See Horse..

Pericarpial :: Pericarpial (a.) Alt. of Pericarpi.

Escarp :: Escarp (n.) The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp..

Corticine :: Corticine (n.) A material for carpeting or floor covering, made of ground cork and caoutchouc or India rubber..

Echinated :: Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp..

Adze :: Adze (n.) A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood..

Lunar :: Lunar (n.) The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus; -- called also semilunar, and intermedium..

Basigynium :: Basigynium (n.) The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore..

Quadrivalve :: Quadrivalve (a.) Dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved; as, a quadrivalve pericarp..

Antibrachium :: Antibrachium (n.) That part of the fore limb between the brachium and the carpus; the forearm.

Malacopterygii :: Malacopterygii (n. pl.) An order of fishes in which the fin rays, except the anterior ray of the pectoral and dorsal fins, are closely jointed, and not spiny. It includes the carp, pike, salmon, shad, etc. Called also Malacopteri..

Bicapsular :: Bicapsular (a.) Having two capsules; as, a bicapsular pericarp..

Barrier :: Barrier (n.) A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy..

Epicarp :: Epicarp () The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See Illust. under Endocarp.

Bind :: Bind (v. t.) To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment..

Dornock :: Dornock (n.) A coarse sort of damask, originally made at Tournay (in Flemish, Doornick), Belgium, and used for hangings, carpets, etc. Also, a stout figured linen manufactured in Scotland..

Radio- :: Radio- () A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, a radius or ray; specifically (Anat.), with the radius of the forearm; as, radio-ulnar, radio-muscular, radio-carpal..

Two-ply :: Two-ply (a.) Woven double, as cloth or carpeting, by incorporating two sets of warp thread and two of weft..

Carphology :: Carphology (n.) See Floccillation.

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