See Also: janiceps asymmetrus(medicine)
janiceps(medicine)
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pit 1, noun (oh) and janiceps asymmetrus (medicine)


pit 1, noun (oh)



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1 ?hole?
2 ?mine?
3 ?mark?
4 ?untidy place?
5 be the pits
6 in/at the pit of your stomach
7 ?car racing?
8 ?in a theatre?
9 ?in a garage?
10 a/the pit of something
11 ?in fruit?
12 ?body part?
13 ?business?
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[Sense: 1-5,7-13; Origin: Old English pytt]
[Sense: 6; Date: 1800-1900; Language: Dutch]
?HOLE?
a) a hole in the ground, especially one made by digging
::The female digs a pit in which to lay the eggs.
::a five-foot deep pit
-see also sandpit
b) a large hole in the ground from which stones or minerals are obtained by digging
gravel/sand/chalk pit
?MINE?
especially BrE a coal mine
::Dad first went down the pit (=worked in a coal mine) when he was 15 years old.
::a national strike against pit closures (=when a coal mine is closed permanently)
?MARK?
a small hollow mark in the surface of something, especially on your skin as the result of a disease
::the deep pits left by smallpox
?UNTIDY PLACE?
[usually singular] spoken a house or room that is dirty, untidy, or in bad condition
be the pits
spoken informal to be extremely bad
::The company refused to pay - I think it's the pits.
in/at the pit of your stomach
if you have a feeling in the pit of your stomach, you have a sick or tight feeling in your stomach, usually because you are nervous or afraid
::I had a feeling in the pit of my stomach that something terrible was going to happen.
?CAR RACING?
the pits
the place beside the track in a car race where cars can come in for petrol, new tyres etc
-see also pit stop
?IN A THEATRE?
an orchestra pit
?IN A GARAGE?
a hole in the floor of a garage that lets you get under a car to repair it
::an inspection pit
a/the pit of sth
literary a situation which makes you feel very bad
::Just thinking about the future plunged her into a pit of despair .
?IN FRUIT?
especially AmE the single large hard seed in some fruits
British Equivalent: stone
::a peach pit
?BODY PART?
informal an armpit
?BUSINESS?
AmE the area of a stock exchange where people buy and sell shares
British Equivalent: floor

janiceps asymmetrus (medicine)


janiceps asymmetrus


A janiceps with one very small and imperfectly developed face.

Synonym: iniops, syncephalus asymmetros.