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gale-opithecus (medicine)


gale-opithecus
<zoology> A genus of flying Insectivora, formerly called flying lemurs. See Colugo.

Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A weasel + an ape.

Source: Websters Dictionary


devotee (iou)



devotee noun. M17.
[from DEVOTE verb + -EE1.]
gen. A person who is zealously devoted to a cause, pursuit, etc.; a votary (of), an enthusiast (of). M17.
R. F. Burton As fanatical a devotee of vegetarianism.
spec. A person characterized by religious devotion esp. of an extreme or superstitious kind. L17.
Sherwood Anderson The devotee going swiftly through decade after decade of his rosary.