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<h1>Fissiparous</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fis*sip"a*rous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fissus</ets> (p.p. of <ets>findere</ets> to split) + <ets>parere</ets> to bring forth: cf. F. <ets>fissipare</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Reproducing by spontaneous fission. See <er>Fission</er>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Fis*sip"a*rous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Fissipation</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fis`si*pa"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Reproduction by fission; fissiparism.</def>

<h1>Fissiped, Fissipedal</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw><hw>Fis"si*ped</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Fis*sip"e*dal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fissip\'8ade</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having the toes separated to the base. [See <er>Aves</er>.]</def>

<h1>Fissiped</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fis"si*ped</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Fissipedia.</def>

<h1>Fissipedia</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fis`si*pe"di*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>fissus</ets> (p.p. of <ets>findere</ets> to cleave) + <ets>pes</ets>, <ets>pedis</ets>, a foot.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A division of the Carnivora, including the dogs, cats, and bears, in which the feet are not webbed; -- opposed to <i>Pinnipedia</i>.</def>

<h1>Fissirostral</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fis`si*ros"tral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fissirostre</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and goatsuckers.</def>

<h1>Fissirostres</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fis`si*ros"tres</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>fissus</ets> (p.p. of <ets>findere</ets> to cleave) + <ets>rostrum</ets> beak.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of birds having the bill deeply cleft.</def>

<h1>Fissural</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fis"sur*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to a fissure or fissures; <as>as, the <ex>fissural</ex> pattern of a brain</as>.</def>

<h1>Fissuration</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fis`su*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The act of dividing or opening; the state of being fissured.</def>

<h1>Fissure</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fis"sure</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fissura</ets>, fr. <ets>findere</ets>, <ets>fissum</ets>, to cleave, split; akin to E. <ets>bite</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fissure</ets>.]</ety> <def>A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; <as>as, the <ex>fissure</ex> of a rock</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Cerebral fissures</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>the furrows or clefts by which the surface of the cerebrum is divided; esp., the furrows first formed by the infolding of the whole wall of the cerebrum.</cd> -- <col>Fissure needle</col> <fld>(Surg.)</fld>, <cd>a spiral needle for catching together the gaping lips of wounds.</cd> <i>Knight.</i> -- <col>Fissure of rolando</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>the furrow separating the frontal from the parietal lobe in the cerebrum.</cd> -- <col>Fissure of Sylvius</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>a deep cerebral fissure separating the frontal from the temporal lobe. See <i>Illust<i>. under <er>Brain</er>.</cd> -- <col>Fissure vein</col> <fld>(Mining)</fld>, <cd>a crack in the earth's surface filled with mineral matter.</cd> <i>Raymond.</i></cs>

<h1>Fissure</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fis"sure</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cleave; to divide; to crack or fracture.</def>

<h1>Fissurella</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fis`su*rel"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., dim. of L. <ets>fissura</ets> a fissure.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of marine gastropod mollusks, having a conical or limpetlike shell, with an opening at the apex; -- called also <altname>keyhole limpet</altname>.</def>

<h1>Fist</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>fist</ets>, <ets>fust</ets>, AS. <ets>f<?/st</ets>; akin to D. <ets>vuist</ets>, OHG. <ets>f<?/st</ets>, G. <ets>faust</ets>, and prob. to L. <ets>pugnus</ets>, Gr. <?/ fist, <?/ with the fist. Cf. <er>Pugnacious</er>, <er>Pigmy</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; the closed hand, especially as clinched tightly for the purpose of striking a blow.</def>

<blockquote>Who grasp the earth and heaven with my <b>fist</b>. <i>Herbert.</i></blockquote>