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n.
Any one of several species of arboreal edentates constituting the family Bradypodidae, and the suborder Tardigrada. They have long exserted limbs and long prehensile claws. Both jaws are furnished with teeth (see Illust. of Edentata), and the ears and tail are rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and Mexico.
n. pl.
A class of Vertebrata, lower than fishes, characterized by their purselike gill cavities, cartilaginous skeletons, absence of limbs, and a suckerlike mouth destitute of jaws. It includes the lampreys and hagfishes. See Cyclostoma, and Lamprey. Called also Marsipobranchiata, and Marsipobranchii.
a.
Having limbs; -- chiefly used in composition.
n.
One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming.
a.
Having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, as the bats and pterodactyls.
n.
Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination.
a.
Of or pertaining to the mesopodialia or to the parts of the limbs to which they belong.
v. t.
To press or knead the whole surface of the body of (a person), and at the same time to stretch the limbs and joints, in connection with the hot bath.
v. i.
To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out ungracefully.
v. i.
To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches.
n.
The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.
v. i.
To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping.
n.
An ancient mode of punishing criminals among the Persians, by confining the victim in a trough, with his head and limbs smeared with honey or the like, and exposed to the sun and to insects until he died.
n. pl.
A disease which affects children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short stature, together with clear and often premature mental faculties. The essential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition of earthy salts in the osteoid tissues. Children afflicted with this malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis.
v. t.
To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain.
n.
The body of an animal, apart from the head and limbs.
a.
Of or pertaining to the metapodialia, or to the parts of the limbs to which they belong.
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Having extraordinary strength or size; as, Herculean limbs.
n.
The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.
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Specifically, of a horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are gathered in the air under the body.
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