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Treebeard :: Treebeard (n.) A pendulous branching lichen (Usnea barbata); -- so called from its resemblance to hair.

Example :: Example (n.) An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples..

Prune :: Prune (v. t.) To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune trees; to prune an essay..

Ramal :: Ramal (a.) Of or pertaining to a ramus, or branch; rameal..

Crustaceology :: Crustaceology (n.) That branch of Zoology which treats of the Crustacea; malacostracology; carcinology.

Siphon :: Siphon (n.) One of the tubes or folds of the mantle border of a bivalve or gastropod mollusk by which water is conducted into the gill cavity. See Illust. under Mya, and Lamellibranchiata..

Palm :: Palm (n.) A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing..

Ramulus :: Ramulus (n.) A small branch, or branchlet, of corals, hydroids, and similar organisms..

Syphon :: Syphilology (n.) That branch of medicine which treats of syphilis.

Neuropodium :: Neuropodium (n.) The ventral lobe or branch of a parapodium.

Asterophyllite :: Asterophyllite (n.) A fossil plant from the coal formations of Europe and America, now regarded as the branchlets and foliage of calamites..

Decacerata :: Decacerata (n. pl.) The division of Cephalopoda which includes the squids, cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; -- called also Decapoda. [Written also Decacera.] See Dibranchiata..

Observantine :: Observantine (n.) One of a branch of the Order of Franciscans, who profess to adhere more strictly than the Conventuals to the intention of the founder, especially as to poverty; -- called also Observants..

Statistology :: Statistics (n.) The branch of mathematics which studies methods for the calculation of probabilities.

Hyperotreta :: Hyperotreta (n. pl.) An order of marsipobranchs, including the Myxine or hagfish and the genus Bdellostoma. They have barbels around the mouth, one tooth on the plate, and a communication between the nasal aperture and the throat. See Hagfish..

Chandelier :: Chandelier (n.) A candlestick, lamp, stand, gas fixture, or the like, having several branches; esp., one hanging from the ceiling..

Tethys :: Tethys (n.) A genus of a large naked mollusks having a very large, broad, fringed cephalic disk, and branched dorsal gills. Some of the species become a foot long and are brilliantly colored..

Study :: Study (v. i.) Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.

Ramigerous :: Ramigerous (a.) Bearing branches; branched.

Branchiferous :: Branchiferous (a.) Having gills; branchiate; as, branchiferous gastropods..

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