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Epistome
- - The region between the antenn (b) A liplike organ that covers the mouth, in most Bryozoa. See Illust., under Entoprocta.
Epistyle
- - A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; -- now called architrave.
Epitaphs
- noun - a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person
- an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there
Epitasis
- - That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; -- opposed to protasis.
Epitheca
- - A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals.
Epithema
- - A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds.
Epithets
- noun - a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
- descriptive word or phrase
Epithite
- - A lazy, worthless fellow; a vagrant.
Epitomes
- noun - a brief abstract (as of an article or book)
- a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"
Epitopes
- noun - the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself