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Pseudoneuroptera (medicine)


pseudoneuroptera
<zoology> Reticulated wings, as in the Neuroptera, but having an active pupa state. It includes the dragon flies, May flies, white ants, etc. By some zoologists they are classed with the Orthoptera; by others, with the Neuroptera.

Origin: NL. See Pseudo-, and Neuroptera.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Leg (medicine)


leg


1. A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; especially, that part of the limb between the knee and foot.

2. That which resembles a leg in form or use; especially, any long and slender support on which any object rests; as, the leg of a table; the leg of pair of compasses or dividers.

3. The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg; as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers.

4. A bow, especially. In the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing. "He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks for a favor he never received." (Fuller)

5. A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.

6. The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks.

7. An extension of the boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; called also water leg.

8. The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.

9. A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.

<geometry> A good leg, to have speed. To stand on one's own legs, to support one's self; to be independent.

Origin: Icel. Leggr; akin to Dan. Laeg calf of the leg, Sw. Lagg.

Source: Websters Dictionary