Crustaceous

  • 61manna lichen — noun any of several Old World partially crustaceous or shrubby lecanoras that roll up and are blown about over African and Arabian deserts and used as food by people and animals • Hypernyms: ↑lecanora * * * noun 1. : any of several Old World… …

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  • 62-acea — suffix forming the plural names of orders and classes of animals (Crustacea) ({{}}cf. ACEAN). Etymology: neut. pl. of L adj. suffix aceus of the nature of * * * ˈāsh(ē)ə noun plural suffix Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, neuter plural of aceus… …

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  • 63cynocrambe — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈkram(ˌ)bē noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kynokrambē dog s mercury (Mercurialis perennis), from Greek kyn cyn + krambē cabbage more at crambe : a small genu …

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  • 64graphis — ˈgrafə̇s, rāf noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, drawing, design, from Late Greek, painting, embroidery …

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  • 65opegrapha — ōˈpegrəfə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek opē hole, opening (akin to Greek ōp , ōps) + graphē writing, from graphein to write more at carve : a genus of crustaceous lichens occurring chiefly on bark and forming markings… …

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  • 66-acean — suffix. 1 forming adjectives, = ACEOUS. 2 forming nouns as the sing. of names in acea (crustacean). Etymology: L aceus: see ACEA * * * I. adjective suffix Etymology: New Latin acea, aceae + English an : aceous rosacean I …

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  • 67parella — /pə relˈə/ noun 1. (also parelleˈ) a crustaceous lichen (Lecanora parella) yielding archil 2. Extended to others of similar use ORIGIN: Fr parelle …

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  • 68e|crus|ta|ceous — «EE kruhs TAY shuhs», adjective. Botany. (of lichens) having no thallus. ╂[< e not + crustaceous] …

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  • 69pustulocrustaceous — ˌpustulocruˈstaceous, a. [f. pustulo , combining form of L. pustula pustule + crustaceous.] Covered with a pustulous crust or scab. in Cent. Dict. in Syd. Soc. Lex …

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