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brachelytrous
brachelytrous, a. (bræˈkɛlɪtrəs) [f. mod.L. brachelytr-a (f. Gr. βραχ-ύς short + ἔλυτρον case, sheath) + -ous: cf. F. brachélytre. (A more correct form would be brachyelytrous.)] Pertaining to the Brachelytra, a division of the beetles distinguished by the shortness of their wing-sheaths.1847 Proc. ...
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brachy-
brachy- comb. form of Gr. βραχύ-ς short, as in ˈbrachyblast [Gr. βλαστός sprout, shoot] = spur n.1 7 a. brachycatalectic (ˌbrækɪkætəˈlɛktɪk), a. Prosody [cf. catalectic, Gr. βραχυκατάληκτος], wanting one foot or two syllables. brachyceral (bræˈkɪsərəl), brachycerous (bræˈkɪsərəs), a. Ent. [Gr. κέρας...
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cocktail
▪ I. cocktail, n. and a. (ˈkɒkteɪl) Also cock-tail. [lit. ‘a tail like that of a cock’, or ‘a tail that cocks up’; the latter is the prevailing notion.] A. n. 1. a. A cocktailed horse (cf. cock-tailed 1). The fact that hunters and stage-coach horses, the tails of which were generally shortened in th...
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and blue
▪ I. red, a. and n. (rɛd) Forms: 1 réad, 2–6 read(e, 3 ræd(en, 3–6 rede, reed(e, 4–6 redd(e, (compar. 4 raddore, 5 -ur), 4–8 Sc. reid, (6 rid), 2– red. [Comm. Teut.: OE. réad = OFris. râd, OS. (M.Du., MLG.) rôd (Du., LG. rood), OHG., MHG. rōt (mod.G. roth, rot), ON. rauðr (Sw., Da. röd), Goth. rauþs...
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