See Also: divellent(dictionary)

planigale (iou) and divellent (iou)


planigale (iou)



planigale noun. M20.
[mod. Latin, formed as PLANI- after phascogale.]
Any of several flat-skulled mouselike carnivorous marsupials of the genus Planigale (family Dasyuridae), native to Australia and New Guinea.

divellent (iou)



divellent adjective. Now rare. L18.
[Latin divellent- pres. ppl stem of divellere: see DIVELL, -ENT.]
Tending to cause separation or decomposition.