Chirocentrus 966 chiroplast 
chirography the mammse. The dental formula is 1 incisor, 1 canine, 
and 3 molars in each half jaw ; and 1 premolar in each 
half upper and 2 premolars in each half under jaw. 
ope. Chiromyidae (ki-ro-mi'i-de), . pi. [NL., < Chi- 
romys + -Jdte.] A family of lemuroid quad- 
rupeds or Prosimia', represented by the genus 
Chiromys : in current usage, but a synonym of 
DaubentoHiithe (which see). Also Chironiydee, 
('liiroini/ilid(e, Clteirouiyida: 
i/nij'ia = Pg.'cktrographia, < Gr." as if *%upo- Chiromyini (kr'ro-mi-i'ni), n. pi. [NL., < CM- 
)pa<pia, < x e 'Pufpa<l>of, handwriting, written with romys 4- -int.] A group of lemuroid quadru- 
the hand: see chirograph.] 1. The art of writ- , e(1 s, corresponding to the family Chiromyida;. 
ing; handwriting. 2. A particular or indi- Chiromys (ki'ro-mis), n. [NL. (Cuvier, 1800), 
yidual style of handwriting. 3. The art of tell- < G . r - X fi P, hand, + //i>c = E. mome.~\ The 
ing fortunes by examining the hand. typical and only genus of the family Chiro- 
the skin studded with rows of small tubercles chirogymnast'(ki-ro-jim'nast), n. [=F. chiro- myidte, containing the aye-aye (which see). It 
bearing calcareous wheel-shaped bodies. C. gymnaste, < Gr. x f 'pl hand, + yvfivaaTfa, a gym- i g the current name of the genus, but is a syno- 
violacea is an example. Also Cliiridota. nast.] Any mechanical apparatus for strength- nymof the prior Daubentonia. Also Cheiromys. 
chirogale (ki'ro-gal), . An animal of the genus ening the muscles of the hand for pianoforte- Chironectes (ki-ro-nek'tez), n. [NL., < Gr. x s 'P, 
chirixjaleus. or organ-playing; especially, a set of rings at- hand, + vf/Kr/jc., a swimmer, < vr/x f tv, swim.] 1. 
Chirogaleus (ki-ro-ga'le-us), n. [NL. (Com- taehed by springs to a cross-bar. A genus of marsupial mammals, of the family 
merson), < Gr. ^t/p, hand, + yaUij, ya/,f/, a wea- chiroid (ki'roid), a. and n. [< Cliirus + -old.] 
ring-like fish occurring in the Indian ocean and eastward chirographist (kl-rog'ra-fist), n. [< ehirogran 
to Japanese waters. _^_ ^^ -i Same *is OmTOOT&Dnff? 2 
Chirocephalus (ki-ro-sef'a-lus), n. [NL., < Gr. ^ , ' e MmimplMll ^ j I,," 
xeip, nauu, -I- KtyaMj, head.] Same as Bran- Arbuthnot Po 
m^^' , , chirographosophic (ki-ro-graf-6-sof'ik), n. [< 
Chirocolus (ki-rok'o-lus), [NL. (Wagler), < Gr . %,,*. p(ujl0 * handwriting (see chirograph), 
<*r. x?<P .hand, + v.o f docked, curtal ] Age- -(-o-o^f, wise, + -/<-.] An expert in chirography 
nus of Brazilian lizards having the hind feet a jlu i ge of handwriting, fangsleu- [Rare ] 
5-toed,andtheforefeet4-toedwitharudimen- chirography (ki-rog'?a-fi), . [= Sp. 
tary thumb. C. imbricatut is an example. Itissynony- --" ' - 
mous with 2Jeterodactylux, and belongs to the family 
Teiiiltr, tli'iuyh sometimes made type of a family Chi- 
rocoliil": 
Chirodota (ki-rod'o-tii), . [NL. (Eschscholtz, 
1829).] A genus of apueumonous or apodous 
holothurians, of the family Syiiaptidfe, having 
sel, 
, a kind of shark.] A genus of lemurs, 
I. a. Resembling or related to the genus CM- 
rus; belonging to the family Chirida;. 
Didelphyulte, containing the yapok or water- 
opossum of South America, C. variegatus or C. 
llliger, 1811. 2. A genus of pedicu- 
J-k 
II. n. A member of the genus Cliirus or fam- late fishes: same as Antcnnarim. Cuvier, 1817. 
ily Cliiridee. Also Clieironectes. 
Chirolepis (ki-rol'e-pis), . [NL. (Agassiz, Chironectidae (ki-ro-nek'ti-de), n. pi. [NL., < 
1833), < Gr. xt'p, hand, + fame, a scale.] A Chironectes, 2, + -id(K. ] A family of pediculate 
genus of fossil ganoid fishes, of the Devonian fishes, typified by the genus Chironectes : sy- 
or Old lied Sandstone formation, with minute nonymous with Antennariidas. Swainson, 1839. 
scales and greatly developed pectoral and ven- chironomer (ki-ron'o-mer), >i. [< chironomy + 
tral fins, generally referred to the family Pa- **] A teacher of chironomy or gesticula- 
leeoniscidce. Also Cheirolepis. tipn. 
Chirologia (M-ro-16'ji-a), n. [NL.] Same as chironomic (ki-ro-nom'ik), a. [< chironomy + 
chirology. -if. ] Relating to chironomy or the art of ges- 
chirological (ki-ro-loj'i-kal), a. Pertaining to ticulation. 
chirology. Chironomidae (ki-ro-nom'i-de), w. pi. [NL., < 
chirologist (kl-rol'o-jist), n. [< chirology + -ist.'] Chironomus + -idce.~\ A family of nemocerous 
One who communicates thoughts by signs made dipterous insects, typified by the genus Chiro- 
with the hands and fingers. 
chirology " 
Sp. quiro' 
Brown Mouse-lemu 
-ology.] The art or practice of using the manual 
alphabet that is, of communicating thoughts 
by signs made with the hands and fingers, as 
by deaf-mutes. See deaf-mute. Also ehirologia. 
including the small species known as dwarf 
makis or mouse-lemurs. C. milii is the brown 
mouse-lemur of Madagascar. 
Chirogidae (ki-roj'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Chirox 
(Cliirog-) + -ida:] A family of extinct mar- 
supial animals, typified by the genus Chirox. 
They were of small size, and had in the upper jaw on each * - 
side about 3 quadritubercnlate or trituberculate premo- chiromancer (kl'ro-man-ser), i. 
lars and 2 molars with many tubercles in two or three 
imperfect longitudinal rows. Only one species has been 
described, from the latest Cretaceous or Puerco beds of 
New Mexico. 
especially in the males ; there is no transverse thoracic 
suture ; and the costal vein ends near the tip of the wing. 
They greatly resemble mosquitoes, but as a rule do not 
bite. They may be observed in early spring in swarms 
often of immense extent. 
chiromachyt (kl-rom'a-ki), n. [< Gr. x"/>- CMronomus(ki-ron'o-mus),. [NL. (Meigen), 
i m ir '.rt 1 1 ., >, . 1 1 .. l ., ... /i:*- i, ...... ,1 _i_i.; \ s n_ji__n i"_ji_ .. '' 
hand-labor (lit. "hand-fighting), < x ei P- 
fighting with the hand. < x"P, hand, + 
fight.] A hand-to-hand fight. Gauden. 
chirognomic (kl-rog-nom'ik), o. [< cJiiroflnomy 
+ -ic.~\ Pertaining to or derived from chiroc- 
[< chiromancy 
T -er^.j One who attempts to foretell future 
events, or to tell the fortunes and dispositions 
of persons, by inspecting their hands. Also etii- 
romant, chiromantist. 
The practical cheiromancer wields a power the subtlest 
and, be it added, the most dangerous of which the world 
Chiro g nomy(ki-rog'no-mi),. [< Gr. ^>, hand, ,. -, - ^ d Q. eth ser XII. 528. 
+ ZSm, understanding: see gnome.] A so- chiromancy (ki'ro-man-si)^ . [< F. chiroman- 
called art or science which professes to judge T- = P " ?'";'" flwe ' = P - chiromancia = It. 
of mental character from the form and mail- f? H,< Or. xeip, hand, + pavr^a divina- 
tion. Cf. clnromant.] Divination by the hand; 
the art or practice of attempting to foretell 
the future of a person by inspecting the lines 
and lineaments of his hand; palmistry prac- 
tised with reference to the future ; also, pal- 
mistry in general. 
The thumb, in chiromancy, we give Venus. 
B. Jonton, Alchemist, i. 1. 
Chiromancy traces in the markings of the palm a line 
of fortune and a line of life, finds proof of melancholy in 
the intersections on the saturnine mount, presages sorrow 
nomv 
ings or lines of the hand ; palmistry. = syn. CAi- 
rognomy, Chiromancy. These are technically two depart- 
ments of palmistry : the former is the pretended art or 
science of determining an individual's character from the 
band, the latter the attempt to foretell from the appear- 
ance of the hand what is likely to befall one. 
_ ~' e 
chiro- 
. , ., - - , 
, m., also xeipoypatpov, neut., a handwrit- 
ing, a deed or bond, prop, adj., written with 
the hand, < x ei P, hand, + ypafyeiv, write.] A 
deed which, requiring a counterpart, was en- 
grossed twice on the same piece of parchment 
with a space between, in which was written a 
word or words, or the capital letters of the al- 
, 
and death from black spots in the finger-nails, and at last, 
having exhausted the powers of this childish symbolism, 
it completes its system by details of which the absurdity 
is no longer relieved by even an ideal sense. 
E. B. Tylor, Prim. Culture, I. 113. 
= Syn. Chiromancy, Chiroynomy. See chirognmny. 
phabet, through which the parchment was cut chiromant (ki'ro-mant), n. [< Gr. xeip6uavrif, 
and one part given to each party, so that the < ,T f 'P, hand, +' /idvrtf, divination.] Same as 
chiromancer. 
correspondence of the two 'might be easily 
shown. This practice was retained in England for the chiromantic, chiromantical (ki-ro-man' tik, 
forms of agreement called fines of land until such agree- -ti-kal), a. [As cliiromant + -ic -ical 1 Per- 
b***v* yjvi-n/g A<*-A^iy, n. L\ vnvrvyrvnHvy 
art or Uin^ XSSSl ^TlS .=USAaS.tAm 
)er - Sir T. Brotime, Garden of Cyrus. 
Thus passeth it from this office to the chirographer'i, to chiromantist (ki ' ro - man - tist), n. [As chiro- 
Bacon, Office of Alienation. ma,it + -ist.] Same as chiromancer. 
2. One who tells fortunes by examining the Chiromeles (ki-ro-me'lez), n. [NL., < Gr. xe'P, 
hand. Also chirographist Chlrographer of fines nan(J > + L . metes, a badger.] A remarkable 
in old Eng. law, an officer in the Common Pleas who en- genus of molossoid bats, containing one Indo- 
grossed fines of land. See chirograph. "-' - " - - 
chirographic, chirographical 
-i-kal), a. [< chirography + 
ing to chirography. singular~cutaneous nursing-pouches c'cntaimng 
so called in allusion to the symmetrical manner 
in which 
these insects 
spread out 
their feet 
when they 
are at rest; 
< Gr. x f 'P- 
v6uof, one 
who moves 
the hands 
in gesticula- 
tion: seecAt- 
ronomy.J An 
extensive 
genus of dip- 
terous in- 
sects, for- 
merly refer- 
red to the 
family Tipu- 
lid<B, or 
crane - flies, 
but now 
forming the 
type of the 
family Cmronomida;. The species frequent marshy 
places and resemble gnats. The blood-worm, used for 
bait, is the larva of C. plumosus. C. oceanus is a common 
New England species. Also Cheironomu*. 
chironomy (ki-ron'o-mi), . [= F. chironomie 
= Sp. quironomia = Pg. chironomia, < L. chiro- 
nomia, < Gr. x c 'P ovo /'' la , gesticulation, panto- 
mime, < ;t(powi/zof, one who moves his hands 
in gesticulation, < x e 'P, hand, + vifieiv, man- 
age, use: see nome.'] 1. The science which 
treats of the rules of pantomimic gesticulation 
or of significant gesture. Specifically 2. The 
art of indicating a melody to a choir by mo- 
tions of the hands, instead of by printed or 
written notes. This method of conducting was 
common in the early Western Church, 
chironym (ki'ro-nim), n. [< Gr. x c 'Pi hand, + 
bvofia, owiuo, name : see onym."] A manuscript- 
name of an animal or of a plant ; an unpub- 
lished name. Coues, The Auk, I. 321. [Rare.] 
Same as chiroplast. 
[< Gr. x e 'P, hand, 
form. Cf. 
formed by hand.] An apparatus 
Midge (Ckironomus flumasus}. (Vertical 
line shows natural size. ) 
