See Also: Proteroglypha(medicine)

skittery (iou) and Proteroglypha (medicine)


skittery (iou)



skittery adjective. E20.
[from SKITTER verb2 & noun2 + -Y1.]
Trifling. rare. E20.
Skittish, restless. M20.
A. Tyler Then he changed the subject. (He had a rather skittery mind.)
Producing or developing speckles in dyeing. M20.
skitteriness noun M20.

Proteroglypha (medicine)


proteroglypha
<zoology> A suborder of serpents including those that have permanently erect grooved poison fangs, with ordinary teeth behind them in the jaws. It includes the cobras, the asps, and the sea snakes.

Synonym: Proteroglyphia.

Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Before + to carve.

Source: Websters Dictionary