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cally called that of Ephraim from the promi- 6pi (a-pe'), [ F - epi, an ear (of corn), top, 
neuce of this tribe among the ten tribes which huial, < OF.espi, < L. spieus, rare form of spica, 
a point, spike, or ear of 
corn, top, tuft, etc. : see 
.v/ff'A-e.] A light slender 
flnial of metal or terra- 
cotta, ornamenting the 
extremities or intersec- 
tions of roof-ridges or 
forming the termination 
of a pointed roof or spire. 
under the lead of Jeroboam separated from the 
kingdom of Judah. 
Ephthiamira (ef"thi-a-nu'ra), n. [NL.] A 
genus of Australian warblers. E. albtfrons is the 
white-fronted ephthlanure. Also written Epthianura and 
HtpMhanura. Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1837. 
ephthlanure (ef 'thi-a-nur), n. A bird of the ge- 
nus Ephthianura. 
Ephydra (ef'i-dra), . [NL. (Fallen, 1810), < __ f ^__ 
Gr. itfivSpof, living on the water, < em, upon, + epi-. [NL., etc., < Gr. em- 
Mup (Mp-), water.] A genus of dipterous in- (before a vowel CT-, be- 
sects or Hies, of the family Ephydridai, the larvse f ore the rough breathin 
of which are notable as living in prodigious ! - ' ' :i 
numbers in salt or strongly alkaline waters. 
The waters of Lake Mono in California swarm with millions 
of E. califomica, which drift in immense quantities along 
the shore. The larva) are used for food by the Indians, un- 
der the name of koochahbee; ahuatle is the similar food 
prepared from E. hians, a Mexican species which swarms 
in Lake Tezcuco. The described North American species 
are 11 in number. Also, improperly, Ephidra. 
Ephydridae (e-fid'ri-de), n. pi. [NL. (Loew, 
1863), < Ephydra + -irte.] A family of Diptera, 
typified by the genus Ephydra, having the face 
convex, without membranous antennal f urrows, 
oral cavity rounded, antennse short, and the 
sixth abdominal segment small. The flies live in 
wet places and the larva) in water, some of them only in 
saline water. Also Ephydrinidce. Stenhammer, 1843. 
ephymnium (e-fim'ni-um), n. ; pi. ephymnia (-a). 
[NL., < Gr. ity'vfiviov, the burden or refrain of a 
hymn, < em, upon, to, + v/tvof, hymn : see hymn.'] 
l". In anc. pros., originally, a brief standing 
acclamation to a god following a number of 
lines or a metrical system in a hymn; the 
refrain at the end of a stanza in a hymn ; in 
e<t>-), < em, prep., witl 
verbs of rest, on, upon, 
in, at, near, before, etc. ; 
with verbs of motion, on, 
upon, on to, up to, to, 
toward, etc. ; causally, 
over, on, etc.; in comp. 
cm-, on, upon, to, to- 
besides; of time, upon, 
after, etc. ; = L. ob, to, 
before (see ob-), = Skt. 
api, on to, near to, more- 
over, related to apa = 
Gr. M = L. ab = E. off, 
of. See apo-, ab-, off, of.'] 
A prefix (before a vowel 
ep-, before the rough 
breathing eilh-) Of Greek CatSedraTofChartres 
origin, signifying prima- ggSJJSf " 
fepi of Lead, I3th century 
rtres. (From 
Diet, de 1' Ar- 
epic 
derm or epiderm: distinguished at first from 
hypoblast, then from both hypoblast and meso- 
blast. See cut under blastoccele. 
epiblastema (ep"i-blas-te'ma), n. ; pi. epiblas- 
temata (-ma-ta). [NL., < Gr'.'em, upon, + (tt.d- 
crrnia, a germ". Cf. epiblast.] In bot., a super- 
ficial outgrowth upon any part of a plant, as 
trichomes, the crown of a corolla, etc. 
epiblastic (ep-i-blas'tik), . [< epiblast + -ic.] 
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of an epi- 
blast. 
The derivation of the original structureless layer of the 
cornea is still uncertain. . . . The objections to Kessler's 
view of its epiblastic nature are rather a priori than found- 
ed on definite observation. M . Foster, Embryology, p. 153. 
epiblema (ep-i-ble'ma), .; pi. epiblemata (-ma- 
ta). [NL., < Gr. Mpfcifia, a cover, a patch, lit. 
that which is thrown over, < imfiak'teiv, throw 
over, < im, upon, over, + fid^eiv, throw.] In 
bot., the imperfectly formed epidermis which 
supplies the place of the true epidermis in sub- 
merged plants and on the extremities of grow- 
ing roots. 
epibole (e-pib'o-le), n. [LL., < Gr. bn&t&Q, a 
throwing on, a setting or laying upon, the ad- 
dition or disposition of words or ideas, < em- 
pAMeiv, throw or lay upon, < Jri, upon, + flaUetv, 
throw.] 1. In rhet., a figure by which succes- 
sive clauses begin with the same word or words 
or with a word or phrase of similar meaning ; 
epanaphora. 2. In embryol., same as epiboly. 
The gastrula is formed by a process known as epibole. 
Claus, Zoology (trans.), I. 115. 
epibolic (ep-i-bol'ik), a. [< epibole + -ic.] Of, 
ig to, or of the nature of epiboly. 
[< epibol-ic + 
rily 'upon, on,' and va- 
uu. ui. a ouitii^i. in 1^11111, Jti riously implying position on, motion to or to- - ,. ~, *,, - 
colon subjoined to a metrical ward, addition to (a second or subordinate epibolism (e-pib o-lizm), . 
or antistrophe. See mesym- form). See the etymology. -'?] Same as ep6ofy. 
I. n. A moth of epiboly (e-pib'o-h), n. [< epibt,,^, H . ..., . ... 
bryol., that kind of gastrulation in which the in- 
clusion of the hypoblastic blastomeres within 
general, a short < 
system, strophe 
nion, methymnion, proymnio.2. In the Greek epialid (e-pi-al'id), n. and a. 
and other Oriental churches: (a) A line of sep- the family Epialidee. 
arate construction at the end of a hymn or II. a. Pertaining to the Epialidce. .- 
stanza of a hymn, often sung by other voices Epialidse, Hepialidae (e-, he-pi-al'i-de), n. pi. the epiblastic blastomeres appears to_ re 
stanza 01 a nymn, oiten sung oy oiner voices iipiaiiase, uepiaiiaee 1,0-, ue-pi-ai i-ue;, re. j. - fir *C * Yu i +i +v, * 
than those singing the remainder of the stanza fNL., < Epialus, Hepialus, + -ida;.-] A family of from the growth of the latter over the former, 
or hymn. (6) The repetition (of the antiphon). heterocerous lepidopterous insects of the bom- instead of being the consequence of a proper 
ephyra (ef'i-ra), n. [NL., < Gr. 'Efvpa, a sea- bycine series, having short moniliform anten- emboly, or true process of imagination of the 
nymph eponym of 'B0fcpa, Ephyra, another na,, long, narrow, defTexed wings, and ecarmate 52f2SKliT2S 
name of Corinth.] 1. PL ephyra! (-re). One 
of the so-called Medusa! bifidce; an attached 
or free-swimming lobate discoidal medusoid, 
resulting from transverse fission, by agamo- 
genetic multiplication, in the scyphistoma 
stage, of the aetinula of a discophorous hydro- 
zoan. By the development of the ephyne, and before epialine (f-pi'a-lin), a. Pertaining to the Epi- 
these become detached, the young discophoran passes alidae. 
into the strobila stage. The word was used as a generic EpialiteS (o-pi-a-li'tez), n. pi. [NL., < Epia- 
name before the character of the objects had been ascer- : A'VKiriai^Ti f\f nrwifiTmnl T/*nirtnn 
tained. See sci/phistoma, strobila, and hydra tuba, under lus + . **W .,, , dlvlsl , on ot - noe u ?? ai lieptOop- 
hydra. tera in Latreille's system of classification, rep- 
2. [cop.] pi. S&measEphyromediisai.S. [cap.'] resented by the Fabrieian genera Epialus and 
A genus of geometrid moths. Ephyra pnnctaria, Cossus, corresponding to the modern Epialidee. 
is popularly known as the maiden' s-bhish; M. orbicularia EpiellUS, Hepialus (-, he-pl'a-lus), . [NL., 
is the ! dingy mocha ; E. pendularia, the birch-mocha. Du- O rig. ^epiates (Fabribius,' 1776'), < Gr. " 
' _ '. a/in iv tt\ WIT i A")i nr alert wiriA'/i'nr a. n i nrVi t.m 
thorax ;" the ghost-moths, goat-moths, or swifts. A 's epioote, epibolism. 
The larva; are naked fleshy grubs with 16 feet, which bur- epibranchial (ep-i-brang'kl-al), a. and . 
row in the roots or beneath the bark of trees, whence the 
group is also called Xylotropha. It corresponds in the 
main, or exactly, to the old genera Epialus anA Census, and 
to groups known as JSpialides, Epialites, and Epialina. 
See cut under Cossus. 
ponche, 
4. [cap.] A genus of crustaceans. Jtoux, 1831. 
5. [cap.-] A genus of dipterous insects. Des- 
voidy, 1863. 
Ephyramedusae (ef"i-ra-me-du'se), n. pi. See 
Ephyromedusm. 
Ephyridae (e-fir'i-de), . pi. [NL., < Ephyra + 
-idee.] A family of ephyromedusans with broad 
Gr. cm, upon, + flpdyxta, gills, + -ai.] I. 
Literally, upon the gills: applied in zoology 
(a) to a part of a bird's hyoid bone (see II.) ; (6) 
in brachyurous crustaceans, to an anterior divi- 
sion of the carapace forming part of the roof 
of the branchial chamber. See cut under Bra- 
chyura. 
II. n. In ornith., the posterioror terminal ele- 
ment of the long horn of the hyoid bone, an osse- 
ous element developed in the third postoral (first 
branchial) visceral arch of a bird, forming the 
end-piece of the complex hyoid bone, borne 
upon the ceratobranchial. It is the cerato- 
branchial of some, the ceratohyal of others. 
Parker. 
equiv. to ?/mdAi;f , also r/m6At/f, a nightmare ; cf . 
rimo^of, a moth (a 'ghost-moth'; or perhaps a 
diff. word, akin to L. vappO(tt-), a moth). Cf. 
f/mahot; , a fever attended with violent shivering. 
The form i]ma)n>i<; appears to simulate ityiaATrif, 
a nightmare: see ephialtes.] The typical ge- 
nus of the family EpialidiSj the ghost-moths. 
E. humuli is a common species. 
Same as epaxial. 
are mostly 16 (8 ocular and 8 tentacular) broad radial ftdoif, base : see base*, basal.] In bot., anterior 
pouches, rarely up to 32, alternating with as many short to the basal wall: used by Leitgeb in designat- 
solid tentacles ; mostly 16 (rarely 32 or 64) marginal flaps, __*).,- n f thn Hovel oniTuroosnore of vns 
with or without simple pouches, and never with branched m f portions OI tne Developing oospoi __ 
canals ; and 4 interradial or 8 adradial gonads in the sub- cular cryptogams, the basal wall being the pri- Pacific. 
umbreiiar wall of the gastral cavity. mary wall dividing the oospore into two halves. Epibulini (e-pib-u-li'ni), n. pi. [NL., < Epibu- 
Ephyromedusae(ef"i-ro-me-du'se),M.pZ. [NL., epibatus (e-pib'a-tus), a. and. [< LL. epiba- lus + -ini.] Same as Epibulinai. C. L. Bona- 
\ Ephyra + Medusa:.] Hydrozoans which pro- tus (Martianus Capella), < Gr. im^ar6f , trodden 
duce ephyras or scyphistomes, generating by to, marked by special beating of time, also that 
- J ~ can be walked to, accessible, < ba^Ovtiv, walk 
on, tread on, go to, < em, upon, to, + fiaiveiv, 
go: see base^.] I. a. In anc. pros., marked by 
The cerato- and epibratichials together are badly called 
the thyro-hyals, and, in still more popular language, the 
greater cornua or horns of the hyoid ; . . . the cerato- 
branchials are long, and the epibranchials so extraordi- 
narily elongated as to curl up over the back of the skull. 
Couee, Key to N. A. Birds, p. 167. 
Epibulinae (e-pib-u-ll'ne), n. pi. [NL., < Epi- 
bulus + -ince.] A subfamily of labroid fishes, 
represented by the genus Epibulus, and charac- 
terized by the very extensile jaws and a con- 
comitant mode of articulation for the lower 
jaw. The species are confined to the tropical 
strobilation: synonymous with Scyphomcdusa: 
(which see). Also Ephyramedusai, Ephyrce. 
ephyromedusan (ef"i-ro-me-du'san), a. and n. 
I. a. Of or pertaining to the Ephyromedusai ; 
scyphomedusan. 
II. n. A member of the Ephyromedusae. 
parte. 
Hpibulus (e-pib'u-lus), n. [NL., < Gr. emflovl.of, 
plotting against, treacherous, < cm/3ov%r/, a plot, 
< em, upon, against, + /3ov^, a plan, scheme : 
see ftowfe 2 .] A genus of fishes, of the family 
special beating of time (as with the foot) : a dis- Labridce, and typical of the subfamily Epibitli- 
tinctive epithet of a pseonic foot of doubled or nee. Cuvier, 1817. 
decasemic magnitude, in contradistinction to epic (ep'ik), a. and n. [Formerly epick ; = F. 
Ephyropsidae (ef-i-rop'si-de), n. pi. [NL., < the peeon diagyios (see diagyios), or ordinary epique = Sp. Pg. It. epico (cf. D. G. episch = 
Ephyropsis + -4d<e.~\ A family of Ephyrome- paaonic foot of pentasemic magnitude, com- Dan. Sw. episk), < L. 
duste having a small disk, simple gastric sacs 
without oral arms, only 8 marginal tentacles, 
monly called the cretic. 
II. n. The decasemie psson (pceon epibatus). 
epicm, < Gr. cmndf, epic, 
, a word, a speech, tale, pi. epic poetry : 
see epos.] I. a. 1. Pertaining to or constitut- 
ing an epos or heroic poem ; narrating at length 
and 4 pairs of genital organs, which do not lie Seel. __ o f r 
in umbreiiar cavities, dans, Zoology (trans.), epiblast (ep'i-blast), n. f< Gr. em, upon, + and in metrical form as a poetic whole with sub- 
I. 261. p^acrTOf, a bud, germ; cf. emfi^aoTavtiv, grow or ordination of parts a series of heroic achieve- 
Ephyropsis (ef-i-rop'sis), . [NL. (Gegenbaur, sprout on.] 1. In bot., a name applied by mentsorofeventsundersupernaturalguidance. 
1850), < ephyra + Gr. J^tf, appearance.] The Richard to a second small cotyledon which is ~~ ' 
typical genus of the family Ephyropsid(t. E. 
pelagica of the Mediterranean and Adriatic is 
an example. 
found in wheat and some other grasses. 2. 
In embryol., the outer or external blastodermic 
membrane or layer of cells, forming the ecto- 
The epic or heroic poem in its typical form (the national 
or popular epic) is exemplified in the great mythological 
epics, in Greek the Homeric epics (the Iliad and Odyssey), 
in Sanskrit the Mahabharata and Ramayana, in Persian 
the Shah-nameh, in Middle German the Xibelungenlied, 
