Part 3852

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A saddle-shaped cavity to contain the winter eggs, situated on the back of Cladocera.</def>

<h1>Ephod</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Eph"od</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Heb. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/, fr. '<ets>\'bephad</ets> to put on.]</ety> <fld>(Jew. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering for the back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or brooches of onyx stones set in gold, and fastened by a girdle of the same stuff as the ephod. The ephod for the priests was of plain linen; that for the high priest was richly embroidered in colors. The breastplate of the high priest was worn upon the ephod in front.</def>

<i>Exodus xxviii. 6-12.</i>

<h1>Ephor</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Eph"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ephors</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Ephori</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>ephorus</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to oversee; <?/ + <?/ to see: cf. F. <ets>\'82phore</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A magistrate; one of a body of five magistrates chosen by the people of ancient Sparta. They exercised control even over the king.</def>

<h1>Ephoral</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Eph"or*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to an ephor.</def>

<h1>Ephoralty</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Eph"or*al*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office of an ephor, or the body of ephors.</def>

<h1>Ephraim</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>E"phra*im</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[The proper name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A hunter's name for the grizzly bear.</def>

<h1>Ephyra</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Eph"y*ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, an old name of Corinth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A stage in the development of discophorous medus\'91, when they first begin to swim about after being detached from the strobila. See <er>Strobila</er>.</def>

<h1>Epi-</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep"i-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[Gr. <?/ on, upon, to; akin to Skr. <ets>api</ets> besides, and prob. to L. <ets>ob</ets> to, before, on account of, and perh. to E. <ets>of</ets>, <ets>off</ets>.]</ety> <def>A prefix, meaning <i>upon</i>, <i>beside</i>, <i>among</i>, <i>on the outside</i>, <i>above</i>, <i>over</i>. It becomes <i>ep</i>- before a vowel, as in <i>epoch</i>, and <i>eph</i>- before a Greek aspirate, as in <i>ephemeral</i>.</def>

<h1>Epiblast</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep"i*blast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>epi-</ets> + <ets>-blast</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The outer layer of the blastoderm; the ectoderm. See <er>Blastoderm</er>, <er>Delamination</er>.</def>

<h1>Epiblastic</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep`i*blas"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Of or relating to, or consisting of, the epiblast.</def>

<h1>Epiblema</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep`i*ble"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a cover; <?/ over + <?/ to throw.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The epidermal cells of rootlets, specially adapted to absorb liquids.</def>

<i>Goodale.</i>

<h1>Epibolic</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>Ep`i*bol"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ to throw upon, add to; <?/ upon + <?/ to throw.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Growing or covering over; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under <er>Invagination</er>.</def>

<h1>Epiboly</h1> <Xpage=500>

<hw>E*pib"o*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Gr. <?/ a throwing upon.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Epibolic invagination. See under <er>Invagination</er>.</def>

<h1>Epibranchial</h1> <Xpage=500>