Band books

||Chei*rop`te*ryg"i*um (?), n.;
pl. Cheiropterygia (#). [NL., fr. Gr.
&?; hand + &?;; &?; wing, fin.] (Anat.) The typical
pentadactyloid limb of the higher vertebrates.

Chei*ros"o*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?;
hand + &?; knowledge.] The art of reading character as it is
delineated in the hand.

-- Chei*ros"o*phist (&?;), n.

||Chei`ro*the"ri*um (?), n. [NL.,
fr. Gr. &?; hand + &?; beast.] (Poleon.) A genus of
extinct animals, so named from fossil footprints rudely
resembling impressions of the human hand, and believed to have
been made by labyrinthodont reptiles. See Illustration in
Appendix.

Chek`e*la*toun" (?), n. See
Ciclatoun. [Obs.] Chaucer.

||Chek"mak (?), n. A turkish
fabric of silk and cotton, with gold thread interwoven.

||Che"la (?), n.; pl.
Chelæ (#). [NL., fr. Gr.
chhlh` claw.] (Zoöl.) The pincherlike
claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.


Pages:
754 755 756 757 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 770 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 778