| aspic | A savory meat jelly containing portions of fowl, game, fish, hard boiled eggs, etc. Origin: F, prob. Fr. Aspic an asp. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Aspiculuris tetraptera | The mouse pinworm, an abundant oxyurid nematode of the mouse caecum or large intestine, along with another common oxyurid pinworm of mice, Syphacia obvelata; it is also found in other rodents, including Rattus. Origin: Pers. Espic, fr. L. Spica, ear, spike; tetra-+ pteron, feather, wing (05 Mar 2000) |