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&fist; The cæcum is comparatively small in man,
and ends in a slender portion, the vermiform appendix; but
in herbivorous mammals it is often as large as the rest of the
large intestine. In fishes there are often numerous intestinal
cæca.

Cæ`no*zo"ic (?), a.
(Geol.) See Cenozoic.

Ca"en stone" (?), A cream-colored limestone for
building, found near Caen, France.

Cæ"sar (?), n. [L.] A
Roman emperor, as being the successor of Augustus Cæsar.
Hence, a kaiser, or emperor of Germany, or any emperor or
powerful ruler. See Kaiser, Kesar.

Malborough anticipated the day when he would be
servilely flattered and courted by Cæsar on one side
and by Louis the Great on the other.

Macaulay.

{ Cæ*sa"re*an, Cæ*sa"ri*an (?),
} a. [L. Caesareus, Caesarianus.]
Of or pertaining to Cæsar or the Cæsars;
imperial.

Cæsarean section (Surg.


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