caducibrancbiate 
as the newts, as distinguished from perenni- 
brani'liiatf amphibians. 
II. n. One of the Cadueibraitrliiata. 
Also cfttlueibriinch. 
caducicorn (ka-du'si-korn), a. [< L. caducus, 
deciduous, + coniu = E. horn.'] Having decid- 
uous horns or antlers, as deer. 
caducity (ka-du'si-ti), n. [= F. caducite, < 
ML. caducita(t-)*, lapse, forfeiture, lit. a falling, 
< L. caducus, falling: see caducous.] 1. A 
tendency to fall or decay; hence, the period of 
declining life ; senility; feebleness; weakness. 
A heterogeneous jumble of youth and caducity. 
Chesterfield, Letters, p. 390. 
In a miracle-play, the whole life of a saint, from the cra- 
dle to martyrdom, was displayed in the same piece : the 
youth, the middle age, and the caducity of the eminent 
personage required to be enacted by three different actors. 
/. D' Israeli, Amen, of Lit., I. 393. 
2. In Louisiana laic, lapse; failure to take ef- 
fect: as, the caducity of a will from the birth 
of a legitimate child to the testator after its 
date; the caducity of a legacy from the death 
of the legatee before that of the testator. 
caducous (ka-du'kus), a. [< L. caducus, fall- 
ing, fallen, fleeting, < eadere, fall: see cadciit."] 
Having a tendency to fall or decay. Specifically 
(n) Inzooi., falling off ; dropping away or shedding ; decid- 
uous, as the gills of most amphibians, themilk-teeth of most 
mammals, the antlers of deer, etc.: synonymous with de- 
ciduous, but implying an earlier or speedier falling otf. 
(b) In bot., dropping off very early, and so distinguished 
from deciduous, as the sepals of the poppy, which fall at 
once on the opening of the flower. 
caduket (ka-duk'), a. [ME., < L. caducus: see 
caducous."] Caducous; perishing; perishable. 
The fruit caduke is goodly thus to cure. 
Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 212. 
cadiis (ka ' dus), n. ; pi. cadi (-di). [L. : see 
cnrfe 2 .] In classical anttq., a large vessel for 
the drawing and transportation of liquids, as 
wine, oil, etc. It was of conical form at the bottom, 
with a wide mouth and an arched handle, admitting of its 
use as a bucket. It was usually an ordinary utensil made 
of coarse red pottery, but was sometimes made of bronze, 
silver, etc. 
cady (kad'i), n. See caddie. 
caeca, n. Plural of ctecum. 
caecal, cecal (se'kal), a. [< ctecum + -(.] 1. 
Of or pertaining to the csecum ; of the nature 
of or resembling a ceecum : as, a caxal appen- 
dage. 2. Blind, as a cul-de-sac or csecum; 
ending blindly, like a csecum : as, the ca;cal end 
of a duct. 
caecally, cecally (se'kal-i), adv. In a csecal 
manner ; blindly ; as a csecum, diverticulum, 
or cul-de-sac. 
In the former [the Articulata] . . . the intestine ends 
ccecally. It. A. Nicholson. 
caecid (se'sid), n. A gastropod of the family 
Ca:cidw. 
Caecidae(se'si-de), n.pl. [NL.,< Ccecum + -id(e.~\ 
A family of tsenioglossate gastropods, repre- 
sented by the genus C&cum. The animal has a 
long flat rostrum, short tentacles with their bases in front 
of the eyes, and a short narrow foot ; the shell is tubiform 
and curved, and the operculuin multispiral. The family 
is remarkable for the combination of the sausage-like shell 
with the soft parts ; it is generally placed near the Tur- 
ritellidcK. The species are widely distributed in the sea, 
but are not often collected, on account of their small size. 
Caecidotea (se"si-do-te'a), n. [NL., < L. cascus, 
blind, + Ido- 
tea, q. v.] A 
genus of blind 
isopod crusta- 
ceans, without 
optic ganglion 
or nerve, c. 
stijgia is a species 
abundant in the 
Mammoth and 
other caves in 
Kentucky. It re- 
sembles a depau- 
perate specimen 
of Axellu*, with 
longer and slen- 
derer body and 
limbs, and is re- 
ferred to the fam- 
ily Asellidw. 
Cascigenae (fee- 
sij'e-ne), n.iil. 
[NL., < L. C<K- 
cigenus, born 
blind, < cwcus, 
blind, + -ge- 
nus, -born, < 
f/ignere, bear.] 
A subdivision 
of hemipterous a the 
insects. AISO natural size ; b, inner short antenna, highly 
1'ivr'iii, '',:! magnified; c, pedicellate organisms attached 
( < tfft ttttl . to antenna. 
754 
Caecilia (se-sil'i-a), . [L., a kind of lizard 
(called by 'Pliny "cwctts serpens), < catcus, blind. 
Cf. Ca-cilius, the name of a Roman gens, fern. 
Ccecilia.'] 1. The typical genus of the family 
Cfcciliidce. C. lumbricoides of South America is 
a typical example. Often spelled Coecilia. 2. 
[1. c.] A member of the genus Cwcilia ; a cee- 
cilian. 3. [NL.] In entom., same as Cteciliim. 
Caeciliadae (se-si-li'a-de), n. pi. Same as Cee- 
cililda'. 
Cseciliae (se-sil'i-e), n. pi. [NL., pi. of Ccecilia.] 
A group constituted by the family Cceciliida!. 
caecilian (se-sil'i-an), a. and n. I. a. Of or 
pertaining to the "Cwciliidce. 
II. n. A worm-like amphibian of the family 
CmciKidai. 
caeciliid (se-sil'i-id), n. Same as cacilian. 
Caeciliidae (se-si-li'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Catcilia 
+ -idee. ] A family of serpentif orm amphibians 
having no limbs, nor even pelvic or pectoral 
girdles. They are covered with small scales embedded 
in ring-like folds of the skin, or are naked ; their eyes are 
generally rudimentary or concealed, their anus is termi- 
nal, and they have gills in early stages of development. 
The vertebra) are amphicnelons, and the notochord is per- 
sistent. There is no sternum ; the ribs are short and very 
numerous ; the tongue is short and fleshy ; and the teeth are 
sharp and recurved. The family alone constitutes an order 
variously named Ophionwrpha, Gymnaphiona, Paeitdophi- 
dia, Apoda, etc. It contains 14 genera. Ccecilia is the prin- 
cipal one, occurring in .South America ; 5 others are South 
American, 3 Asiatic, and 5 African. More than 30 species 
are known. Some of the Cceciliidoe attain a length of 
several feet ; they burrow in the ground, and sometimes 
take to the water. According to some, they live on vege- 
table matter ; according to others, upon worms and insect- 
larvie. Often, but erroneously, spelled Coe-cUiidtz; also 
CceciliadoK, Ctvcilidix. 
caecilioid (se-sil'i-oid), a. and n. I. a. Resem- 
bling or having the characters of the ( 'ceciliida;. 
it. n. Aewcilian; a csaciliid. 
Caecilius (se-sil'i-us), n._ [NL. (cf. L. Cascilius. 
a Roman gens), < L. ctecus, blind.] A genus 
of neuropterous insects, of the division Corro- 
dent ia and family Psocidce. The species are 
small pale yellowish-green insects, found in 
gardens. Also Ccecilia. 
eaecitis (se-si'tis), n. [NL., < ctecum + -itis.~] 
In pathol., inflammation of the ctecum ; typhli- 
tis. 
caecity (se'si-ti), . [< L. caicita(t-)s, blindness, 
< ctecus, blind.] See cecity. 
caecum, cecum (se'kum), . ; pi. cceca, ceca (-ka). 
[L. (sc. intestiniim), lit. the blind (gut), neut. of 
C<FCUS, also written cecus, blind.] 1. In human 
an at., the blind pouch or cul-de-sac which is 
the beginning of the colon, into which the ileum 
opens, and to which the vermiform appendage 
is attached. It is scarcely more than a rudiment or 
vestige of the corresponding large formation of some 
animals. See cut under intcxtine. 
2. In zodl., any cfecal diverticulum or intesti- 
nal appendage ending in a cul-de-sac. See cuts 
under Astemidea and ink-bag. In mammals there is but 
one csecum, sometimes of enormous extent, as in the rumi- 
nants and herbivorous species generally. It is given off 
from the colon at the point where the small intestine en- 
ters it. In birds there are usually two crcca ; sometimes 
one csecum, attaining great size in some cases, as of the 
herbivorous geese ; sometimes none. There being no ob- 
vious distinction between the ileum and the colon in birds, 
the site of the creca or caecum is taken as the beginning of 
the colon. In fishes cseca are often numerous and large. 
A cardiac csecum forms a prolongation of the cardiac end 
of the stomach in the blood-sucking bats of the genus 
shol 
. 
3. leap.'] [NL.] The typical genus of the 
family Catcidw __ Cardiac csecum. See cardiac. 
caelometer (se-lom' e-ter), i. [< L. ctelitm, 
ccelum, the sky, heaven, + metrum, a measure.] 
An instrument used to illustrate the elemen- 
tary principles of astronomy. Also spelled cce- 
lometer. 
casnation. n. See cenation. 
Caenogaea (se-no-je'a), . [NL.,< Gr. natvof, 
recent, + yala, land.] In zoogeog., a great di- 
vision of the earth's land-surface and fresh wa- 
ters, consisting of the Nearctic, Palearctic, and 
Indian realms, thus collectively contrasted with 
Eogaia : so called from the modern aspect of the 
faunas. Also spelled Cenogttn. 
Caenogaean (se-no-je'an), a. [< Camogaia + 
-.] Of or pertaining to Catnogtea. Also spell- 
ed Cenoaa'ait. 
Caenozoic, Cenozoic (se-no-zo'ik), a. [Also 
written kaino-, after the Greek; < Gr. K<uv6c, 
new, recent, + fw#, life.] In geol., containing 
recent forms of life: applied to the latest of 
the three divisions into which strata have been 
urranged with reference to the age of the fos- 
sils they include. The Ccenozoic system embraces the 
TtTtiary and Post-tertiary systems of British geologists, 
exhibiting recent forms of life, in contradistinction to the 
J/cwcou-, exhibiting intermediate, and the Paleozoic, an- 
Caesarism 
cient and extinct, forms. It corresponds nearly with what 
has been called the age of mammals. Also written Caino- 
zoic, Kainazoic. 
The local continental era which began with the Old Red 
Sandstone and closed with the New Red Marl is ... later 
than the New Red Marl and all the Cainozoic or Tertiary 
formations. J. Croll, Climate and Time, n. 343. 
Caen stone. See stone. 
caer-, car-. [W. caer, wall, fort, castle, city.] 
A prefix, signifying fortified wall or castle, oc- 
curring in place-names in Wales and parts of 
western and northern England: as, Caerleon, 
Cardiff, Carnarvon, Carlisle. 
Caereba, . See Cozreba. 
Caerebinae, n. pi. See Carebince. 
caerimoniarius (ser-i-mo-ni-a'ri-us),w.; pi. 
cterimoniarii (-1). [NL., < L. cwrimonia, cere- 
mony: see ceremony.] A master of ceremonies; 
in the Bom. Cath. Ch., an ecclesiastic whose 
duty it is to be present at solemn episcopal 
functions in order to see that no confusion oc- 
curs and that no errors are committed in ritual 
or ceremonies. 
caerulet, caerulean, etc. See cerute, etc. 
caeruleus morbns (se-ro'le-us mor'bus). [NL.] 
The blue-disease. See cyanosis. 
Caesalpinia (ses-al-pin'i-a), . [NL., after 
Andreas Caisalpimis (1519-1603), a celebrated 
Italian botanist and physician.] A genus of 
plants, natural order Leguminosce. The species 
are trees or shrubs found in the warmer regions of both 
hemispheres, with showy yellow or red flowers, bipinnate 
leaves, and usually more or less prickly stems. They 
yield various dyewoods and astringent products useful in 
tanning, as the brazil-wood of tropical America (from C. 
echinata, etc.), the sappan-wood of India (from C. Sa^a), 
and the divi-divi pods and algarovilla of South America 
(from C. tinctoria and C. brevifolia). C. pidcttenrima is 
planted for ornament and for hedges, and the seeds of C. 
Bonducella are well known as nicker-nuts. The genus is 
now made to include several old genera, as Gmlandina, 
etc. 
Caesar (se'zjir), n. [L. Caesar, later written 
Caisar, orig. a proper name, afterward equiv. 
to 'emperor'; whence Gr. Kaiaai> = Goth, kai- 
sar = OHG. Tceisar, MHG. Tceiser, G. kaiser = AS. 
casere, ME. eaiser, kaiser, keiser = OS. kesar, ke- 
sur = OFries. kaiser, keiser, NFries. keser = D. 
keizer = Icel. keisari = Sw. kejsare = Dan. kejser 
= Turk. J;ayser = OPol. czar, now car (pron. tsar) 
= Russ. tsarl (> E. tsar, tzar, czar, q. v.), etc., 
all in the sense of ' emperor' or ' king.' The ori- 
gin of L. Ca'sar is uncertain; cf. caisius, bluish- 
gray (of the eyes), also used as a proper name : 
see caisious.] 1. A title, originally a surname 
of the Julian family at Rome, which, after being 
dignified in the person of the dictator C. Julius 
Csesar, was assumed by successive Roman em- 
perors, and finally came to be applied to the 
heir presumptive to the throne, in the same 
manner as Augiistus was added as a title to the 
name of the reigning emperor. The title was per- 
petuated in the Kaixer of the Holy Roman Empire, a dig- 
nity first assumed by Charlemagne. 
Hence 2. A dictator; a conqueror; an em- 
peror; an absolute monarch. 
And she shall be sole victress, Caesar's Ccenar. 
Shah., Rich. III., iv. 4. 
Caesar (se'zar), r. [< Ccesar, .] I. intrans. To 
imitate Caesar; assume dictatorial or imperial 
power. [Rare.] 
II. trans. To make like Csesar; raise to im- 
perial power. [Rare.] 
Crowned, he villifies his own kingdom for narrow bounds, 
whiles he hath greater neighbours ; he must be Ccemred to 
a universal monarch. Rev. T. Adatm, Works, I. 491. 
Caesarean, Caesarian (se-za're-an, -ri-an), a. 
[< L. Ccesarianus, relating to Ca'sar; tut the 
obstetric use is prob. to be referred to L. ccesus, 
pp. of cwdere, cut. Cf. eesura."] Pertaining to 
or characteristic of Csesar. Also spelled Cesa- 
rean, Cesarian, 
Hooker, like many another strong man, seems to have 
had a Ca&arean faith in himself and his fortunes. 
M. C. Tyler, Hist. Amer. Lit., I. 190. 
Caesarean section or operation, in midvrifery, the ope- 
ration by which the fetus is taken out of the uterus by an 
incision through the parietes of the alKlomen and uterus, 
when the obstacles to delivery are so great as to leave no 
alternative : said (doubtfully) to be so named because Ju- 
lius Ciesar was brought into the world in this way. 
Caesarism (sp'ziir-izm), n. [< Ca-sar + -ism.] 
Government resembling that of a Ceesar or em- 
peror ; despotic sway exercised by one who has 
been placed in power by the popular will ; im- 
perialism in general. 
His [Bismarck's] power has become a sort of ministerial 
Ccesarism. Lorn, Bismarck, II. 556. 
Their charter had . . . introduced the true Na 
idea of Casarwin into the conduct of municipal affaire ; 
. . . the essential condition In 1'iexnrixin "a* Ilic success 
of Uie CVsar. S. A. Itn:. CXX. 174. 
