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-- Carp"ing*ly, adv.

||Car`pin*te"ro (kär`p&esl;n*t&asl;"r&osl;),
n. [Sp., a carpenter, a woodpecker.] A
california woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus), noted for
its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees.
The acorns become infested by insect larvæ, which, when
grown, are extracted for food by the bird.

Car`po*gen"ic (kär`p&osl;*j&ebreve;n"&ibreve;k),
a. [Gr. karpo`s fruit + -
gen.] (Bot.) Productive of fruit, or causing
fruit to be developed.

Car"po*lite (kär"p&osl;*līt),
n. [Gr. karpo`s fruit + -
lite, cf. F. carpolithe.] A general term for a
fossil fruit, nut, or seed.

Car`po*log"i*cal (?), a. Of or
pertaining to carpology.

Car*pol"o*gist (?), n. One who
describes fruits; one versed in carpology.

Car*pol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr.
karpo`s fruit + -logy.] That branch of
botany which relates to the structure of seeds and
fruit.

Car*poph"a*gous (?), a.


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