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Cyphonism
- - A punishment sometimes used by the ancients, consisting in the besmearing of the criminal with honey, and exposing him to insects. It is still in use among some Oriental nations.
Cypresses
- noun - any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones
- wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus
Cyprinids
- noun - soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales
Cyprinoid
- adjective - of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae
Cyrtomium
- noun - small genus of tropical Asiatic greenhouse ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae
Cysteines
- noun - an amino acid containing sulfur that is found in most proteins; oxidizes on exposure to air to form cystine
Cysticule
- - An appendage of the vestibular ear sac of fishes.
Cystocarp
- - A minute vesicle in a red seaweed, which contains the reproductive spores.
Cystocele
- noun - hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes through the wall of the vagina; sometimes occurs after childbirth