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t. To press
forward in a winding way; as, to corkscrew one's way
through a crowd.
[Colloq.] Dickens.


Cork"wing` (-w&ibreve;ng`), n.
(Zoöl.) A fish; the goldsinny.


Cork"y (-&ybreve;), a.
1. Consisting of, or like, cork; dry
shriveled up.


Bind fast hiss corky arms.

Shak.


2. Tasting of cork.


Corm (kôrm), n. [See
Cormus.] 1. (Bot.) A solid
bulb-shaped root, as of the crocus. See Bulb.


2. (Biol.) Same as Cormus,
2.


Cor*mog"e*ny (kôr*m&obreve;j"&esl;*n&ybreve;),
n. [Gr. kormo`s trunk of a tree +
root of gi`gnesqai to be born.] (Biol.)
The embryological history of groups or families of
individuals.


Cor`mo*phy*log"e*ny (k?r`m?-f?-l?j"?-n?),
n. [Gr. kormo`s trunk of a tree + E.
phylogeny.] (Biol.) The phylogeny of groups or
families of individuals.
Haeckel.



{ Cor"mo*phytes (kôr"m&osl;*fīts),
||Cor*moph"y*ta
(k&obreve;r*m&obreve;f"&ibreve;*t&adot;), } n.


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