See Also: excipulum(medicine)
excipulum(dictionary)

gobioid (iou) and excipulum (medicine)


gobioid (iou)



gobioid noun & adjective. M19.
[from mod. Latin Gobioides (former family name), formed as GOBY + -OID.]
Zoology.
A. noun. Any spiny-finned teleost fish of the perciform suborder Gobioidea, including the gobies and sleepers. M19.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to the suborder Gobioidea. E20.

excipulum (medicine)


excipulum
<botany> The outer part of the fructification of most lichens.

Origin: NL. Excipulum, fr. L. Excipere. See Except.

Source: Websters Dictionary