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Pleochroism :: Pleochroism (n.) The property possessed by some crystals, of showing different colors when viewed in the direction of different axes..

Oleograph :: Oleograph (n.) A picture produced in oils by a process analogous to that of lithographic printing.

Bonapartean :: Bonapartean (a.) Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte or his family.

Coleopteral :: Coleopteral (a.) Alt. of Coleopterou.

Stylus :: Stylops (n.) A genus of minute insects parasitic, in their larval state, on bees and wasps. It is the typical genus of the group Strepsiptera, formerly considered a distinct order, but now generally referred to the Coleoptera. See Strepsiptera..

Leon :: Leon (n.) A lion.

Nucleobranchiata :: Nucleobranchiata (n. pl.) See Heteropoda.

Pronotum :: Pronotum (n.) The dorsal plate of the prothorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera.

Piassava :: Piassava (n.) A fibrous product of two Brazilian palm trees (Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia Piassaba), -- used in making brooms, and for other purposes. Called also piacaba and piasaba..

Archaeolithic :: Archaeolithic (a.) Of or pertaining to the earliest Stone age; -- applied to a prehistoric period preceding the Paleolithic age.

Paleous :: Paleous (a.) Chaffy; like chaff; paleaceous.

Paleogaean :: Paleogaean (a.) Of or pertaining to the Eastern hemisphere.

Galilean :: Galilean (a.) Of or pertaining to Galileo; as, the Galilean telescope. See Telescope..

Heteromera :: Heteromera (n. pl.) A division of Coleoptera, having heteromerous tarsi..

Oleomargarine :: Oleomargarine (n.) A liquid oil made from animal fats (esp. beef fat) by separating the greater portion of the solid fat or stearin, by crystallization. It is mainly a mixture of olein and palmitin with some little stearin..

Paleozoology :: Paleozoology (n.) The Paleozoic time or strata.

Blastoidea :: Blastoidea (n. pl.) One of the divisions of Crinoidea found fossil in paleozoic rocks; pentremites. They are so named on account of their budlike form.

Turpentine :: Turpentine (n.) A semifluid or fluid oleoresin, primarily the exudation of the terebinth, or turpentine, tree (Pistacia Terebinthus), a native of the Mediterranean region. It is also obtained from many coniferous trees, especially species of pine, larch, and fir..

Dermestes :: Dermestes (n.) A genus of coleopterous insects, the larvae of which feed animal substances. They are very destructive to dries meats, skins, woolens, and furs. The most common species is D. lardarius, known as the bacon beetle..

Trichroic :: Trichroic (a.) Exhibiting trichroism; pleochroic; pleochroism.

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