| euroxenous parasite | A parasite with a broad or non-specific host range. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| eury- | Broad, wide; opposite of steno-. Origin: G. Eurys, wide (05 Mar 2000) |
| euryale | 1. <botany> A genus of water lilies, growing in India and China. The only species (E. Ferox) is very prickly on the peduncles and calyx. The rootstocks and seeds are used as food. 2. <zoology> A genus of ophiurans with much-branched arms. Origin: NL, fr. Euryale, one of the Gorgons. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| euryalida | <zoology> A tribe of Ophiuroidea, including the genera Euryale, Astrophyton, etc. They generally have the arms branched. See Astrophyton. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| euryarchaeota | A kingdom of archaea comprising the methanogens, extreme halophiles (halobacteriales), sulfate-reducing species (archaeoglobales), and the thermophiles thermococcales and thermoplasmales. (12 Dec 1998) |
| eurycephalic | Eurycephalous Having an abnormally broad head; sometimes used in reference to a brachycephalic head. Origin: eury-+ G. Kephale, head (05 Mar 2000) |
| eurycerous | <zoology> Having broad horns. Origin: Gr. Broad + horn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| eurygnathic | Having a wide jaw. Synonym: eurygnathous. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eurygnathism | The condition of having a wide jaw. Origin: eury-+ G. Gnathos, jaw (05 Mar 2000) |
| eurygnathous | Having a wide jaw. Synonym: eurygnathous. (05 Mar 2000) |
| euryon | The extremity, on either side, of the greatest transverse diameter of the head; a point used in craniometry. Origin: G. Eurys, broad (05 Mar 2000) |
| euryopic | Wide-eyed. See: blepharodiastasis. Origin: eury-+ G. Ops, eye (05 Mar 2000) |
| eurypteroid | <paleontology> Like, or pertaining to, the genus Euryperus. Origin: Eurypterus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| eurypteroidea | <paleontology> An extinct order of Merostomata, of which the genus Eurypterus is the type. They are found only in Paleozoic rocks. Alternative forms: Eurypterida. Origin: NL. See Eurypteroid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| eurypterus | <paleontology> A genus of extinct Merostomata, found in Silurian rocks. Some of the species are more than three feet long. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Broad + a wing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |