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Myxospora (medicine) and sheen(1) (iou)


Myxospora (medicine)


Myxospora


A subphylum of the phylum Protozoa, characterised by the presence of spores of multicellular origin, usually with two or three valves, two or more polar filaments, and an ameboid sporoplasm; parasitic in lower vertebrates, especially common in fishes. Important genera include Ceratomyxa, Hanneguya, Leptotheca, Myxidium, and Myxobolus.

Origin: myxo-+ G. Sporos, seed


sheen(1) (iou)



sheen adjective & adverb. Now poet.

A. adjective.
Beautiful, attractive. Formerly also, noble, illustrious; pure. OE.
Spenser Her daintie corse so faire and sheene. J. A. Symonds Narcissus will I twine, and lilies sheen.
Bright, shining, resplendent; (of the day, the sky, etc.) clear. OE.
Sir W. Scott His vest of changeful satin sheen. Longfellow Shadows dark and sunlight sheen.
b. Bright-coloured. ME-E19.
J. Florio A..rich garment..of a sheene and garish colour.
b. adverb. Brightly, resplendently. Long rare. ME.
sheenly adverb (rare) LME.