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Paraphysis
n.
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A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.
Paraplegia
n.
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Alt. of Paraplegy
Paraplegy
n.
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Palsy of the lower half of the body on both sides, caused usually by disease of the spinal cord.
Parapleurae
pl.
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of Parapleura
Parapleura
n.
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A chitinous piece between the metasternum and the pleuron of certain insects.
Parapodia
pl.
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of Parapodium
Parapodium
n.
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One of the lateral appendages of an annelid; -- called also foot tubercle.
Parapophyses
pl.
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of Parapophysis
Parapophysis
n.
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The ventral transverse, or capitular, process of a vertebra. See Vertebra.
Paraptera
pl.
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of Parapterum
Parapterum
n.
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A special plate situated on the sides of the mesothorax and metathorax of certain insects.
Paraquet
n.
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Alt. of Paraquito
Paraquito
n.
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See Parrakeet.
Parasang
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A Persian measure of length, which, according to Herodotus and Xenophon, was thirty stadia, or somewhat more than three and a half miles. The measure varied in different times and places, and, as now used, is estimated at from three and a half to four English miles.
Parascenia
pl.
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of Parascenium
Parascenium
n.
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One of two apartments adjoining the stage, probably used as robing rooms.
Parasceve
n.
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Among the Jews, the evening before the Sabbath.
Parasceve
n.
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A preparation.
Paraschematic
a.
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Of or pertaining to a change from the right form, as in the formation of a word from another by a change of termination, gender, etc.
Paraselenae
pl.
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of Paraselene
Paraselene
n.
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A mock moon; an image of the moon which sometimes appears at the point of intersection of two lunar halos. Cf. Parhelion.
Parasita
n. pl.
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An artificial group formerly made for parasitic insects, as lice, ticks, mites, etc.
Parasita
n. pl.
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A division of copepod Crustacea, having a sucking mouth, as the lerneans. They are mostly parasites on fishes. Called also Siphonostomata.
Parasital
a.
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Of or pertaining to parasites; parasitic.
Parasite
n.
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One who frequents the tables of the rich, or who lives at another's expense, and earns his welcome by flattery; a hanger-on; a toady; a sycophant.
Parasite
n.
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A plant obtaining nourishment immediately from other plants to which it attaches itself, and whose juices it absorbs; -- sometimes, but erroneously, called epiphyte.
Parasite
n.
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A plant living on or within an animal, and supported at its expense, as many species of fungi of the genus Torrubia.
Parasite
n.
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An animal which lives during the whole or part of its existence on or in the body of some other animal, feeding upon its food, blood, or tissues, as lice, tapeworms, etc.
Parasite
n.
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An animal which steals the food of another, as the parasitic jager.
Parasite
n.
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An animal which habitually uses the nest of another, as the cowbird and the European cuckoo.