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- English Word Ephors Definition of Ephor
- English Word Ephraim Definition A hunter's name for the grizzly bear.
- English Word Ephyra Definition A stage in the development of discophorous medusae, when they first begin to swim about after being detached from the strobila. See Strobila.
- English Word Epi- Definition A prefix, meaning upon, beside, among, on the outside, above, over. It becomes ep-before a vowel, as in epoch, and eph-before a Greek aspirate, as in ephemeral.
- English Word Epiblast Definition The outer layer of the blastoderm; the ectoderm. See Blastoderm, Delamination.
- English Word Epiblastic Definition Of or relating to, or consisting of, the epiblast.
- English Word Epiblema Definition The epidermal cells of rootlets, specially adapted to absorb liquids.
- English Word Epibolic Definition Growing or covering over; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.
- English Word Epiboly Definition Epibolic invagination. See under Invagination.
- English Word Epibranchial Definition Pertaining to the segment between the ceratobranchial and pharyngobranchial in a branchial arch.
- English Word Epibranchial Definition An epibranchial cartilage or bone.
- English Word Epic Definition Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of some hero, are narrated in an elevated style.
- English Word Epic Definition An epic or heroic poem. See Epic, a.
- English Word Epical Definition Epic.
- English Word Epicardiac Definition Of or relating to the epicardium.
- English Word Epicardium Definition That of the pericardium which forms the outer surface of the heart; the cardiac pericardium.
- English Word Epicarican Definition An isopod crustacean, parasitic on shrimps.
- English Word Epicarp Definition The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See Illust. under Endocarp.
- English Word Epicede Definition A funeral song or discourse; an elegy.
- English Word Epicedial Definition Elegiac; funereal.