| harebell | <botany> A small, slender, branching plant (Campanula rotundifolia), having blue bell-shaped flowers; also, Scilla nutans, which has similar flowers. Synonym: bluebell. Alternative forms: hairbell. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| harefoot | 1. <zoology> A long, narrow foot, carried (that is, produced or extending) forward; said of dogs. 2. <botany> A tree (Ochroma Laqopus) of the West Indies, having the stamens united somewhat in the form of a hare's foot. 3. <botany> Harefoot clover, a species of clover (Trifolium arvense) with soft and silky heads. (06 Mar 1998) |
| hareld | <zoology> The long-tailed duck. See Old Squaw. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| harelip | <clinical sign, dermatology> A lip, commonly the upper one, having a fissure of perpendicular division like that of a hare. (06 Mar 1998) |
| harem | 1. The apartments or portion of the house allotted to females in Mohammedan families. 2. The family of wives and concubines belonging to one man, in Mohammedan countries; a seraglio. Origin: Ar.haram, orig, anything forbidden of sacred, fr. Harama to forbid, prohibit Alternative forms: haram and hareem. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| harfang | <zoology> The snowy owl. See: Hare, and Fang. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hariali grass | <botany> The East Indian name of the Cynodon Dactylon; dog's-grass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| haricot | 1. A ragout or stew of meat with beans and other vegetables. 2. The ripe seeds, or the unripe pod, of the common string bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), used as a vegetable. Other species of the same genus furnish different kinds of haricots. Origin: F. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| harier | 1. <zoology> One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares. 2. <ornithology> One of several species of hawks or buzzards of the genus Circus which fly low and harry small animals or birds, as the European marsh harrier (Circus aerunginosus), and the hen harrier (Circus cyaneus). Harrier hawk, one of several species of American hawks of the genus Micrastur. Alternative forms: harier. Origin: From Hare. (06 Mar 1998) |
| harle | <zoology> The red-breasted merganser. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| harlech group | <geology> A minor subdivision at the base of the Cambrian system in Wales. Origin: So called from Harlech in Wales. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| harlequin chromosome | <cell biology> A chromosome which, when stained, produces a banded pattern of alternating light and dark segments (also called a harlequin pattern). It is made by treating a cell with 5'-bromodeoxyuridine, the chemical incorporates into the cells DNA and when stained is lighter than the DNA around it. (09 Oct 1997) |
| harlequin eye | <radiology> Neurofibromatosis, dysplastic greater wing of sphenoid, plagiocephaly, focal calvarial expansion, subdural bleed, brain tumour (12 Dec 1998) |
| harlequin foetus | A severe autosomal recessive form of collodian baby in a newborn, usually premature, infant; i.e., a form of ichthyosiform erythroderma characterised by encasement of the body in grayish brown, often fissured plaques resembling plates of armor, and by grotesque deformity of the face, hands, and feet; usually fatal within a few days, although treatment with 13-cis-retinoic acid has been successful in some cases. Synonym: ichthyosis foetalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| harlequin ichthyosis | Foetal form of ichthyosis distinct from lamellar ichthyosis in its patchy character and the poor prospect of the patient surviving the neonatal period. (05 Mar 2000) |