The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . f (ifiavT-),a thong, -1- TToic = E. foot.] A genus of wadingbirds related to the avosets, having extremelylong slender legs, three-toed feet, and exceed-ingly slender bill; the stilts. //. melanoptervs isthe black-winged stdt of Europe. H. niyricoltis is theblack-necked stilt of America. Himatega (him-a-tegii), )(. pi. [NL., < ;, loaded with apparel (taken as tunicated), < /«(-) for (1/10(7-), dress, agarment, clothing, apparel (see hima
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . f (ifiavT-),a thong, -1- TToic = E. foot.] A genus of wadingbirds related to the avosets, having extremelylong slender legs, three-toed feet, and exceed-ingly slender bill; the stilts. //. melanoptervs isthe black-winged stdt of Europe. H. niyricoltis is theblack-necked stilt of America. Himatega (him-a-tegii), )(. pi. [NL., < ;, loaded with apparel (taken as tunicated), < /«(-) for (1/10(7-), dress, agarment, clothing, apparel (see himation), +iiydcBai, < ayeiv, lead.] A theoretical group ofanimals, representing a supposititious stage ofevolution,intermediate between fri-tchrdla auiInvertebrata. The nearest actual representa-tives of such a stage arc the ascidians. himation (hi-mat i-on), «.; pi. hiniatia (-a).[Gr. i/idriov, in form a dim. of i/ja(T-) for u/ia{T-),a diess, garment, clothing, < eviivai, dress,clothe: see vest and jccorl.] In aiic. Gr. cos-tume, a rectangular piece of woolen stuif, usu-ally five or six feet wide and twice as long, worn.
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