See Also: Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
Jordan 1,(dictionary)
Jordan 2,(dictionary)
Jordan map(tourism)
Jordan(tourism)
Jordan(encyclopedia)
Jordan(dictionary)
jordan almond(dictionary)
Jordan River(encyclopedia)

Jordan's rule (medicine) and gig(3) (iou)


Jordan's rule (medicine)


Jordan's rule
<genetics> An evolutionary rule that states that the closest genetic relatives of a given species are found very near it, but the two groups are isolated by some kind of natural barrier (such as a river) that neither species can cross easily.


gig(3) (iou)



gig noun3. L18.
[App. transf. sense of GIG noun1 II.]
Chiefly Hist. A light two-wheeled one-horse carriage. L18.
A light narrow clinker-built ship's boat for rowing or sailing; a rowing boat chiefly used for racing. L18.
= KIBBLE noun1. Also, a two-storied lift used by miners in ascending or descending a pit-shaft. L19.
Comb.: gig-lamps arch. slang spectacles.