| wyandots | <ethnology> Same as Hurons. Alternative forms: Wyandottes, and Yendots. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Wyburn-Mason syndrome | <syndrome> Arteriovenous malformation on the cerebral cortex, retinal arteriovenous angioma and facial nevus, usually occurring in mentally retarded individuals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wyburn-Mason, Roger | <person> British physician. See: Wyburn-Mason syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wych-elm | <botany> A species of elm (Ulmus montana) found in Northern and Western Europe; Scotch elm. By confusion this word is often written witch-elm. Origin: OE. Wiche a kind of elm, AS. Wice a kind of tree. Cf. Wicker. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wych-hazel | <botany> The wych-elm; so called because its leaves are like those of the hazel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wyla | <zoology> A helmeted Australian cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus). Synonym: funeral cockatoo. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Wyman, Jeffries | <person> U.S. Biochemist, *1901. See: Monod-Wyman-Changeux model. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wynkernel | <zoology> The European moor hen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |