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mountains of the Caucasus, Persia, etc., the aegialitid (e-ji-a-lit'id), n. 
paseng or pasing of the Persians, and the wild ify JKgiulitidce" 
* stock of most if not all of the breeds of the do- 
mestic goat. It is the Capra hircux of Linnaeus, C. cega- 
ffrun of Gmeiin and Pallas, C. caucagica of 11. Smith, and 
' 
A beetle of the fam- 
c-i<!iit sculptures discovered in 1811 on the island of 
which originally decorated the temple of Athena. They 
date from about 475 B. C. , and, although in general true 
to nature, their faces bear that forced smile which charac- 
terizes the portrayal of the human subject in all early 
Greek art. These sculptures are now the most notable 
ornament of the Glyptothek at Munich. 
II. . An inhabitant of ^Egina. 
^Eginetic (e-ji-net'ik), a. [< Gr. 
pertaining to Alyiva, ^Egina.] 
sembling -33ginetan work. 
The coinage of Locris, Phocis, and Bujotia is entirely on 
the jKginetic standard. Encyc. Brit., XVII. 642. 
Wild Goat (Capr 
Hircus cegagrus of J. E. Gray. J. F. Brandt asserts that 
this is incontestably and exclusively the source of the do- 
mestic goat. In fact, the name tegagrus may have been 
applied sometimes to goats run wild, and the Capra aega- 
ynus of both G. and F. Cuvier, the bezoar-goat, ascribed to 
Persia and the Alps, is said to have been merely the do- 
mestic goat run wild. The celebrated Angora goat may 
have been derived from a different species or variety, 
Capra falconeri^ originating in central Asia. The goat or 
legagrus in all its varieties is closely related to the ibex, 
Capra ibex, which, however, is a distinct species. In the 
stomach and intestines of the goat, as in those of other ar- 
tiodactyls, are found the concretions called bezoar-stones. 
Also written ceffagre. 
Whether the Capra cegayrux or the Capra ibex should be 
regarded as the stock of the domesticated goat of Europe 
has long been a question among naturalists ; the weighty 
arguments which may be drawn from the character of the 
wild species which was contemporary with the Bos primi- 
genius . . . [are] shown ... to be in favor of Capra 
tegagru*. Owen. 
, Egean (e-je'an), a. or n. [< L. Mg<eum 
(se. mare, sea), < Gr. Aiyalov (so. TTiAayo?), or 
A'ryalos (sc. TroVrof), the jEgean sea,< Alyai, lEgcc, 
a town in Eubcea, and also the name of several 
cities.] A name often applied to that part of 
the Mediterranean sea otherwise called the 
Archipelago. 
eger (e'jer), n. [L., sick.] Same as agrotat. 
Algeria (e-je'ri-a), n. [NL., named after JEge- 
ria, or Egeria, a prophetic nymph or Camena 
celebrated in Roman legend, instructress of 
Numa.] In entom.: (a) The typical genus of the 
family ^Egeriidw, order Lepidoptera. It consists 
of brightly colored moths with the wings wholly or in 
part transparent. The larvse are endophytous, boring into 
the stems and trunks of shrubs and trees, and embrace 
some of the most destructive enemies to cultivated fruit- 
trees. See borer and maple-borer. Also sometimes called 
Seaia. (J) A genus of Diptera founded by Robi- 
neau-Desvoidy. Also spelled Egeria. 
aegerian (e-je'ri-an), a. Of or belonging to the 
3igeriidai. Also spelled egerian. 
An &gerian enemy of the native pines. Science, VI. 542. 
segeriid (e-je'ri-id), n. A moth of the family 
MgeriiAa:; a clearwing. 
jEgeriidae (e-je-ri'i-de), n. pi. [NL.,< . JEgeria 
+ -idce.~\ In entom., a family of Lepidoptera, 
section Seterocera, comprising a number of in- 
teresting moths related to the sphinxes, hawk- 
moths, or Sphingidce, and commonly called 
clearwings, from the transparency of their 
wings. The larvse live in the interior of the branches 
and roots of trees. Some attack the apple, and one, the 
jEgeria tipulifomtis, or currant-clearwing, feeds upon 
the pith of currant-bushes. Also written digeridce, ^-Kge- 
riadcf, and with initial E instead of jE. Also sometimes 
called SexiidaE. 
Ringed Plover (jfgialites hiaticitla}. 
-ffigialitida (e"ji-a-lit'i-de), n.pl. [NL., 
lites, 2, + -idce.~\ A family of heteromerous 
coleopterous insects, having the anterior coxal 
cavities closed behind, the tarsal claws simple, 
and six ventral segments, the last two being 
closely united and the first two connate. </. 
L. Le Conte, 1862. 
-Slgiceras (e-jis'e-ras), n. [NL., < Gr. oif (aly-), 
a goat, + nipaf, a horn : see Cerastes.] A ge- 
nus of plants consisting of a single species, 
JE. majus, belonging to the natural order Myrsi- 
nacecB. It is a shrub or small tree, found on the swampy 
shores of the East Indies and Australia. Its seeds germi- 
nate while still on the tree, and send down perpendicular 
roots into the mud, thus forming impenetrable thickets, 
which constitute the only vegetation for miles along some 
coasts, particularly of Sumatra. 
>Bgid (e ' jid), n. An isopod of the family JEgi&ce. 
JEgidx (e'ji-de), n. pi. [NL., < JEga + -wte.] 
A family of isopod crustaceans, typified by the 
genus JEga, having all the segments beyond 
the head distinct, and no operculum closing 
the branchial chamber. 
aegilopic, egilopic (e-ji-lop'ik), a. 1. Pertain- 
ing to or of the nature of segilops. 2. Affected 
with segilops. 
aegilopical, egilopical (e-ji-lop'i-kal), a. Same 
as cegitopie. 
aegilops, egilops (e'ji-lops), n. [NL., < Gr. aiyi- 
XL>-fi (-om-), an ulcer in the eye ; also, a kind of 
wild oats, and a kind of oak with sweet fruit. 
Cf. aiy<Aof, an herb of which goats were said to 
be fond ; appar. < aif (aiy-, *aiy&-), a goat, + 6$>, 
eye; cf. lnj>, face, appearance.] 1. Inpathol., 
goat-eye ; a tumor, abscess, or other affection of 
the inner angle (canthus) of the eye; some- 
times, a fistula lacrymalis or other affection of 
the lacrymal duct. In a mild form, it is simply 
a swelling of the lacrymal papilla, and is very 
common. 2. [cop.] In bot., a genus of grasses 
allied to TriUcum, or wheat-grass, growing 
wild in the south of Europe and parts of Asia. 
It is believed by many botanists to be the 
origin of cultivated wheat. 3. A species of 
oak, Quercus JEgilons ; the valonia-oak of the 
Levant. 4. [cap.] Agenusof lamellibranchs. 
James E. Hall, 1850. 
^Igina (e-ji'na), n. [NL., < L. Mgina, < Gr. 
Aiytva, an island in the Saronie gulf; also, in 
myth., a nymph of Argolis, beloved by Zeus.] 
1. The typical genus of the family JEginidce. 
Eschscholtz, 1829. 2. A genus of crustaceans. 
.Slginetan (e-ji-ne'tan), a. and n. [< L. Mgi- 
neta, < Gr. Aiyivqrqf, an inhabitant of Alyiva : 
see 2Egina,~} I. a. Relating or pertaining to 
the island of ^Egina or its inhabitants JEgine- 
tan sculptures, or jEgina marbles, a collection of an 
^Eginetan; re- 
(e-jin'i-de), n. pi. [NL.,< Mgina, 1,+ 
A family of Trachymeduste, typified by 
the genus JSgina, containing craspedote aca- 
lephs with a hard discoidal umbrella, pouch- 
like enlargements of the digestive cavity, and 
the circular vessel usually reduced to a row of 
cells ; related to Geryoniidw and Trachynemida;. 
The order to which the jBffinida pertain is called Hydro- 
medusae, Haplomorpha, and by other names ; it is that in 
which there is no hydriform trophosome, the medusee de- 
veloping directly from the ovum. 
-SJgiotiuS (e-jl'6-thus), n. [NL., < Gr. aiyi'oflof, 
also alyidof, and later aj} tvBof , a bird, perhaps 
the hedge-sparrow.] The redpolls or redpoll 
linnets, a notable genus of FringUlidai, founded 
by Cabanis in 1851. There are several species, of 
Europe, Asia, and North America ; the common redpoll is 
^4.'. linaria; the mealy redpoll is jE. canescenz. They are 
small finches, chiefly boreal in distribution, streaked with 
dusky and flaxen brown and white, the males with crim- 
son poll and rosy breast. See cut under redpoll. 
.ffigipan (e'ji-pan), n. [L., < Gr. Aiyinav, < oZf 
(<"/-)> g at i + ndv, Pan.] 1. An epithet of 
the god Pan, having reference to his goat-like 
lower limbs, short horns, and upright pointed 
ears, the other portions of his body being like 
those of a man. See Diopan, and also satyr and 
faun. 2. In entom., a genus of orthopterous 
insects, of the family Locustidte. Scudder, 1877. 
aegirine (e'ji-rin), n. Same as <egirite. 
aegirite (e'ji-rit), n. [< JEgir, the Icel. god of 
the sea (or JEgirus^), + -lie 2 .] A mineral oc- 
curring in greenish-black prismatic crystals, 
isomorphous with pyroxene. It is a bisilicate of 
iron sesquioxid, iron protoxid, lime, and soda, found in 
Norway, and also at Hot Springs, Arkansas. Also writ- 
ten osgyrite and tegirine. 
jUgirus (e-ji'rus), n. [NL., < (?) Gr. Aiyeipof, a 
city of Lesbos. Cf. alyetpof, the black poplar.] 
e"ji-a-li'tez), n. [NL., < Gr. 
the sea-shore, beach (that over which the sea 
rushes? < aiaaeiv, rush, + SXf, the sea), + -Ites.'] 
1. In ornitlt., a genus of Limicolte, of the family 
Charadriidw, or plovers, chiefly distinguished 
from Charadrius by color, having the upper 
parts not speckled, the lower never extensively 
black, and bars or rings upon the head, neck, 
or breast. The tarsus is comparatively short, with 
large scutella arranged in two or three special rows. 
The sexes are usually distinguishable, though similar. 
The genus contains the numerous species of small plovers 
known as ring-plovers, inhabiting all parts of the world. 
The killdee (.fi. vociferus), the ring-neck (jK. semipal- 
matus), and the piping plover (JR. melodua) are character- 
istic spuciesof the I'nited States. Also written j 
. . 
2. In entom., the typical genus of the family 
jEgiaUtidce. Eschscholtz, 1833. 
n Sculpture. 
Ilerakles, from the eastern pediment of the temple of Athena. 
inis punctilucens, dorsal view. 
A genus of nudibranchiate or notobranchiate 
gastropods, of the family Poli/cerida;, having 
large tubercles on the convex back. Three spe- 
cies are known from the European seas. Also written 
.frrires. Loven, 1844. 
aegis (e'jis), n. [L. cegis, < Gr. niy/f, the wgis, 
also a rushing storm, hurricane, appar. < atoaeiv, 
shoot, dart, glance ; popularly identified with 
alyif, a goat-skin, < mf (aiy-), a goat : see Aix.~\ 
1. In Gr. myth., originally 
the storm-cloud envelop- 
ing the thunderbolt, the 
especial weapon of Zeus; 
afterward considered as 
the skin of the goat Amal- 
thea, the foster-mother of 
Zeus, which the latter took 
for defensive armor in his 
war with the Titans. Ac- 
cording to another conception, 
it was a terrible and immortal 
arm wrought by Hephaestus after 
the fashion of a thunder-cloud 
fringed with lightning. It was 
intrusted by Zeus to Apollo and 
to Athena, and became a charac- 
teristic attribute of the latter. 
2. In art, a representation 
of the aegis as a sort of 
mantle fringed with ser- 
pents, much more ample 
in archaic examples than later, generally worn 
covering the breast, but sometimes held ex- 
tended over the left arm, or thrown over the 
arm to serve as a shield. The aigis of Athena, ex- 
cept in the most primitive representations, bears in the 
midst the head of the Gorgon Medusa, and is usually 
covered with scales like those of a serpent. 
Hence, figuratively 3. Anyinfluenceorpower 
which protects: as, under the imperial a>gis. 
Also spelled egis. 
^Egithalinae (Hith-a-li'ne), n. pi. [NL., < 
Jy/ithaliut + -<e.] A subfamily of titmice, 
. Varvakeion Statu- 
ette of Athena. 
