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Ocean (ōsh�n), n. [F. océan, L. oceanus, Gr. 'wkeanos ocean, in Homer, the great river supposed to encompass the earth.] 1. The whole body of salt water which covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe; -- called also the sea, or great sea.
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Like the odor of brine from the ocean
Comes the thought of other years. Longfellow.
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2. One of the large bodies of water into which the great ocean is regarded as divided, as the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic oceans.
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3. An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an ocean of affairs. Locke.
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You're gonna need an ocean
Of calamine lotion. Lieber & Stoller (Poison Ivy: song lyrics, 1994)
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Ocean (ōsh�n), a. Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean waves; an ocean stream. Milton.
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oceanfront a. Bordering an ocean; as, oceanfront property.
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oceanfront n. Land bordering an ocean.
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oceangoing adj. capable of crossing an ocean; used on the high seas; -- used mostly of ships; as, oceangoing vessels.
Syn. -- seafaring, seagoing.
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Oceania prop. n. A large group of islands in the south Pacific sometimes including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago.
Syn. -- Oceanica.
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Oceanic (ōsh�ănĭk), a. [Cf. F. océanique. See .] 1. Of or pertaining to the ocean; found or formed in or about, or produced by, the ocean; frequenting the ocean, especially mid-ocean.
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Petrels are the most aërial and oceanic of birds. Darwin.
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2. Of or pertaining to Oceania or its inhabitants.
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Oceanica prop. n. Same as .
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Oceanid prop. n. (Greek mythology) A daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys.
Syn. -- sea nymph.
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oceanographer n. A scientist who studies physical and biological aspects of the seas.
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Oceanography (?), n. [Ocean + -graphy.] A description of the ocean.
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Oceanology (?), n. [Ocean + -logy.] That branch of science which relates to the ocean.
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Oceanus (?), n. [L., from Gr. �.] (Gr.Myth.) The god of the great outer sea, or the river which was believed to flow around the whole earth.
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Ocellary (?), a. Of or pertaining to ocelli.
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Ocellate (?), a. Same as .
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Ocellated (?), a. [L. ocellatus, fr. ocellus a little eye, dim. of oculus an eye.] 1. Resembling an eye.
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2. Marked with eyelike spots of color; as, the ocellated blenny.
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Coloq. Ocellated turkey (Zoöl.), the wild turkey of Central America (Meleagris ocellata).
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Ocellus (?), n.; pl. Ocelli (#). [L., dim. of oculus an eye.] (Zoöl.) (a) A little eye; a minute simple eye found in many invertebrates. (b) An eyelike spot of color, as those on the tail of the peacock.
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Oceloid (?), a. [Ocelot + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Resembling the ocelot.
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Ocelot (?), n. [Mexican ocelotl.] (Zoöl.) An American feline carnivore (Felis pardalis). It ranges from the Southwestern United States to Patagonia. It is covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches, which are variously arranged. The ground color varies from reddish gray to tawny yellow.
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{ Ocher, Ochre } (?), n. [F. ocre, L. ochra, fr. Gr. �, from (�) pale, pale yellow.] 1. (Min.) (a) A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay, usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used as a pigment in making paints, etc. The name is also applied to clays of other colors. (b) A metallic oxide occurring in earthy form; as, tungstic ocher or tungstite.
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2. The color of ocher{1}, varying around orange, from more yellowish to more reddish in tint.
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ocher mutation n. [A humorous variation on the term .] (Microbiology, Molecular biology) A mutation in which the base sequence of one of the codons in the messenger RNA has been converted to UAA. Such a mutation may be conditionally suppressed, as can an , by the presence of a special transfer RNA. -- ocher mutant, n.
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{ Ocherous, Ochreous } (?), a. [Cf. F. ocreux.] Of or pertaining to ocher; containing or resembling ocher; as, ocherous matter; ocherous soil.
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Ochery (?), a. Ocherous. [Written also ochrey, ochry.]
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Ochimy (?), n. [Obs.] See .
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Ochlesis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � disturbance, fr. 'ochlos crowd, mob.] (Med.) A general morbid condition induced by the crowding together of many persons, esp. sick persons, under one roof. G. Gregory.
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Ochlocracy (?), n. [Gr. �; 'ochlos the populace, multitude + kratei^n to be strong, to rule, kratos strength: cf. F. ochlocratie.] A form of government by the multitude; a mobocracy; mob rule. Hare.
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{ Ochlocratic (?), Ochlocratical (?), } a. Of or pertaining to ochlocracy; having the form or character of an ochlocracy; mobocratic.
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-- Ochlocratically, adv.
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Ochotonidae prop. n. A natural family of mammals including pikas and extinct forms.
Syn. -- family Ochotonidae.
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Ochraceous (?), a. Ocherous.
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Ochre (?), n. (Min.) See .
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Ochrea (?), n.; pl. Ochreæe (#). [L.] 1. (Antiq.) A greave or legging.
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2. (Bot.) A kind of sheath formed by two stipules united round a stem.
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{ Ochreate (?), Ochreated (?), } a. 1. Wearing or furnished with an ochrea or legging; wearing boots; booted.
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A scholar undertook . . . to address himself ochreated unto the vice chancellor. Fuller.
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2. (Bot.) Provided with ochrea, or sheathformed stipules, as the rhubarb, yellow dock, and knotgrass.
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Ochreous (?), a. See .
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Ochrey (?), a. See .
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Ochroleucous (?), a. [Gr. � ocher + � white.] Yellowish white; having a faint tint of dingy yellow. Gray.
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Ochry (?), a. See .
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Ochymy (?), n. [Obs.] See .
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-ock (?). [AS. -uc.] A suffix used to form diminutives; as, bullock, hillock.
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Ocra (?), n. (Bot.) See .
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Ocrea (?), n. [L.] See .
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{ Ocreate (?), Ocreated (?), } a. [See .] Same as , .
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Octa- (?). A prefix meaning eight. See .
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Octachord (?), n. [Gr. � with eight strings; 'okta- (for 'oktw eight) + � string, chord: cf. F. octacorde.] (Mus.) An instrument of eight strings; a system of eight tones. [Also written octochord.]
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Octad (?), n. [Gr. �, �, the number eight.] 1. (Chem.) An atom or radical which has a valence of eight, or is octavalent.
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2. A group of eight things.
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Octaedral (?), a. See .
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Octaemeron (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �, neut. of � of the eighth day.] (Eccl.) A fast of eight days before a great festival. Shipley.
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Octagon (?), n. [Gr. � eight-cornered; 'okta- (for 'oktw eight) + � an angle: cf. F. cctogone.] 1. (Geom.) A plane figure of eight sides and eight angles.
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2. Any structure (as a fortification) or place with eight sides or angles.
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Coloq. Regular octagon , one in which the sides are all equal, and the angles also are all equal.
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octagonal (?), a. Having eight sides and eight angles.
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Octagynous (?), a. [Octa- + Gr. � wife.] (Bot.) Having eight pistils or styles; octogynous.
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Octahedral (?), a. [See .] Having eight faces or sides; of, pertaining to, or formed in, octahedrons; as, octahedral cleavage; an octahedral crystal.
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Coloq. Octahedral borax (Chem.), borax obtained from a saturated solution in octahedral crystals, which contain five molecules of water of crystallization; distinguished from common or prismatic borax. -- Coloq. Octahedral iron ore (Min.), magnetite.
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Octahedrite (?), n. (Min.) Titanium dioxide occurring in acute octahedral crystals.
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Octahedron (?), n. [Gr.�, fr. � eight-side; 'okta- (for 'oktw eight) + � seat, base, from � to sit.] (Geom.) A solid bounded by eight faces. The regular octahedron is contained by eight equal equilateral triangles.
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Octamerous (?), a. [Octa- + Gr. � part.] (Biol.) Having the parts in eights; as, an octamerous flower; octamerous mesenteries in polyps.
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2. (Chem.) A molecule composed of eight monomer units bound to each other, usually in a linear array; as, an octomer formed of nucleotides is called an octonucleotide.
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octander (?), n. One of the Octandria.
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Octandria (?), prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'okta- (for 'oktw eight) + �, �, male, man.] (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants, in which the flowers have eight stamens not united to one another or to the pistil.
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{ octandrian (?), octandrous (?), } a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Octandria; having eight distinct stamens.
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octane (ŏktān), n. [See ] (Chem.) Any one of a group of metametric hydrocarbons (C8H18) of the methane (paraffin) series. The most important is a colorless, volatile, inflammable liquid, found in petroleum, and a constituent of gasoline or ligroin.
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Octangular (?), a. [L. octangulus eight-cornered; octo eight + angulus angle.] Having eight angles; eight-angled. -- Octangularness, n.
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Octant (?), n. [L. octans, -antis. fr. octo eight. See .] 1. (Geom.) The eighth part of a circle; an arc of 45 degrees.
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2. (Astron. & Astrol.) The position or aspect of a heavenly body, as the moon or a planet, when half way between conjunction, or opposition, and quadrature, or distant from another body 45 degrees.
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3. An instrument for measuring angles (generally called a quadrant), having an arc which measures up to 9O°, but being itself the eighth part of a circle. Cf. .
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4. (Math. & Crystallog.) One of the eight parts into which a space is divided by three coördinate planes.
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Octapla (?), n.; etymol. pl., but syntactically sing. [NL., fr. Gr. 'okta- (for 'oktw eight) + -pla, as in E. hexapla; cf. Gr. � eightfold.] A portion of the Old Testament prepared by Origen in the 3d century, containing the Hebrew text and seven Greek versions of it, arranged in eight parallel columns.
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Octaroon (?), n. See .
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Octastyle (?), a. See .
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Octateuch (?), n. [L. octateuchus, Gr. �.] A collection of eight books; especially, the first eight books of the Old Testament. [R.]
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Octavalent (?), a. [Octa- + L. valens, p. pr. See .] (Chem.) Having a valence of eight; capable of being combined with, exchanged for, or compared with, eight atoms of hydrogen; -- said of certain atoms or radicals.
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Octave (?), n. [F., fr. L. octava an eighth, fr. octavus eighth, fr. octo eight. See , and cf. , .] 1. The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival. “The octaves of Easter.” Jer. Taylor.
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2. (Mus.) (a) The eighth tone in the scale; the interval between one and eight of the scale, or any interval of equal length; an interval of five tones and two semitones. (b) The whole diatonic scale itself.
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☞ The ratio of a musical tone to its octave above is 1:2 as regards the number of vibrations producing the tones.
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3. (Poet.) The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of four verses each; a stanza of eight lines.
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With mournful melody it continued this octave. Sir P. Sidney.
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Coloq. Double octave . (Mus.) See under . -- Coloq. Octave flute (Mus.), a small flute, the tones of which range an octave higher than those of the German or ordinary flute; -- called also piccolo. See .
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4. A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe.
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Octave (?), a. Consisting of eight; eight. Dryden.
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Octavo (?), n.;pl. Octavos (#). [L. in octavo; in in + octavo, abl. of octavus. See .] A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into eight leaves; hence, indicating more or less definitely a size of book so made; -- usually written 8vo or 8°.
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Octavo, a. Having eight leaves to a sheet; as, an octavo form, book, leaf, size, etc.
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Octene (?), n. [See .] (Chem.) Same as .
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Octennial (?), a. [L. octennium a period of eight years; octo eight + annus year.] Happening every eighth year; also, lasting a period of eight years. Johnson. -- Octennially, adv.
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octet (?), n. [From L. octo eight, like E. duet, fr.L. duo. See .] 1. (Mus.) A composition for eight parts, usually for eight solo instruments or voices.
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2. A group of eight singers or eight musicians.
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Octic (?), a. [Octo- + -ic.] (Math.) Of the eighth degree or order. -- n. (Alg.) A quantic of the eighth degree.
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Octile (?), n. [Cf. F. octil, a. See .] Same as , 2. [R.]
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Octillion (?), n. [L. octo eight + -illion, as in E. million: cf. F. octillion.] According to the French method of numeration (which method is followed also in the United States) the number expressed by a unit with twenty-seven ciphers annexed. According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-eight ciphers annexed. See .
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{ Octo- (?), Octa- (?) }. [L. octo eight, Gr. 'oktw, with a combining form 'okta-. Cf. .] A combining form meaning eight; as in octodecimal, octolocular.
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Octoate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of an octoic acid; a caprylate.
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October (?), n. [L., the eighth month of the primitive Roman year, which began in March, fr. octo eight: cf. F. Octobre. See .] 1. The tenth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
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2. Ale or cider made in that month.
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The country gentlemen had a posset or drink they called October. Emerson.
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Octocera (?), n. pl. [NL.] Octocerata.
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Octocerata (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'oktw eight + �, a horn.] (Zoöl.) A suborder of Cephalopoda including Octopus, Argonauta, and allied genera, having eight arms around the head; -- called also Octopoda.
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Octochord (?), n. (Mus.) See .
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Octodecimo (?), a. [L. octodecim eighteen. See , , and .] Having eighteen leaves to a sheet; as, an octodecimo form, book, leaf, size, etc.
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Octodecimo, n.; pl. Octodecimos (�). A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into eighteen leaves; hence; indicating more or less definitely a size of book, whose sheets are so folded; -- usually written 18mo or 18°, and called eighteenmo.
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Octodentate (?), a. [Octo- + dentate.] Having eight teeth.
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Octodont (?), a. [Octo- + Gr. �, �.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Octodontidæ, a family of rodents which includes the coypu, and many other South American species.
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Octoedrical (?), a. See . [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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Octofid (?), a. [Octo- + root of L. findere to split: cf. F. octofide.] (Bot.) Cleft or separated into eight segments, as a calyx.
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Octogamy (?), n. [Octo- + Gr. � marriage.] A marrying eight times. [R.] Chaucer.
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Octogenarian (?), n. A person eighty years, or more, of age.
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Octogenary (?), a. [L. octogenarius, from octogeni eighty each, octoginta eighty, fr. octo eight. See , .] Of eighty years of age. “Being then octogenary.” Aubrey.
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Octogild (?), n. [Octo- + AS. gild payment.] (Anglo-Saxon Law) A pecuniary compensation for an injury, of eight times the value of the thing.
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Octogonal (?), a. See . [Obs.]
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Octogynia (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. 'oktw eight + gynh a woman, female.] (Bot.) A Linnaean order of plants having eight pistils.
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{ Octogynian (?), Octogynous (?), } a. (Bot.) Having eight pistils; octagynous.
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Octoic (?), a. [See .] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, octane; -- used specifically, to designate any one of a group of acids, the most important of which is called caprylic acid.
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