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  • 11Morbid Chid — are an experimental musical band from Iceland.HistoryThe band was formed by Einar Darri (former member of the rock groups The Followers) and Ingo (Singer for the band Severed Crotch) in April 2005. While they were drunk, they recorded a song… …

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  • 12E|chid|na — «ih KIHD nuh», noun, plural nas, nae « nee». a small, egg laying, ant eating mammal of Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea, with a long, slender snout, no teeth, and a covering of spines; spiny anteater; porcupine anteater. ╂[< Latin echidna… …

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  • 13e|chid|na — «ih KIHD nuh», noun, plural nas, nae « nee». a small, egg laying, ant eating mammal of Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea, with a long, slender snout, no teeth, and a covering of spines; spiny anteater; porcupine anteater. ╂[< Latin echidna… …

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  • 14bru|chid — «BROO kuhd», adjective, noun. –adj. of or belonging to a group of weevils that feed on seeds of plants of the pea family. –n. a weevil of this group, such as the vetch bruchid. ╂[< New Latin Bruchidae the family name < Latin brūchus a… …

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  • 15cryp|tor|chid|ism — «krihp TR kih DIHZ uhm», noun. failure of one or two testicles to descend into the scrotum …

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  • 16cryp|tor|chid — «krihp TR kihd», noun. a male animal having one or two testicles that have not descended into the scrotum. ╂[< Greek kryptós hidden + New Latin orchid , false stem of Greek órchis testicle] …

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  • 17glo|chid|i|ate — «gloh KIHD ee ayt», adjective. Botany, Zoology. barbed at the tip, as a hair or bristle. ╂[< New Latin glochidium barbed hair of a plant (diminutive) < Greek glōchís point of an arrow + English ate1] …

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  • 18glo|chid|i|um — «gloh KIHD ee uhm», noun, plural i|a « ee uh». a tiny, bivalve larva of certain freshwater mussels that lives as a parasite on fish in its early stages. ╂[< New Latin glochidium; see etym. under glochidiate (because it is barbed at the tip)… …

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  • 19or|chid|ol|o|gy — «AWR kuh DOL uh jee», noun. the branch of botany, or of horticulture, that deals with orchids …

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  • 20or|chid — «AWR kihd», noun, adjective. –n. 1. the flower of the orchid plant. An orchid has three petallike sepals and three petals, one petal being of special color and shape, often longer than the other two. 2. a plant bearing these flowers, which are… …

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