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comb. form of Gr. βραχύ-ς short, as in ˈbrachyblast [Gr. βλαστός sprout, shoot] = spur n.1 7 a. brachycatalectic |ˌbrækɪkætəˈlɛktɪk|, a. Prosody [cf. catalectic, Gr. βραχυκατάληκτος], wanting one foot or two syllables. brachyceral |bræˈkɪsərəl|, brachycerous |bræˈkɪsərəs|, a. Ent. [Gr. κέρας horn], having short ‘horns’ or antennæ. brachyˈcranial a., having a short cranium or head. ˌbrachydiˈagonal a. Cryst., pertaining to the shorter lateral axis of a rectangular prism; also as n. brachydome |-dəʊm|, Cryst. [see dome], a ‘dome’ or prism whose face is parallel to the brachydiagonal axis. brachyelytrous: see brachelytrous. brachymetropy |-ˈmɛtrəpɪ| [Gr. µέτρ-ον measure + ὤψ, ὠπ-ός eye], near- or short-sightedness. brachypinacoid, -koid |-ˈpɪnəkɔɪd|, a. Cryst. [Gr. πίναξ, πίνακ-ος board, tablet], pertaining to either of the two planes which in the Orthorhombic system are parallel to the vertical and brachydiagonal axes respectively. brachypleural |-ˈpl(j)ʊərəl|, a. [Gr. πλευρ-ά rib], having short ribs. brachypterous |bræˈkɪptərəs|, a. [Gr. πτερ-όν wing], short-winged: applied to certain species of diving-birds; also applied to insects; hence braˈchypterism, the state or condition of being brachypterous. brachytypous |bræˈkɪtɪpəs|, a. Min. [Gr. τύπ-ος form, type], of a short form.
1895W. R. Fisher Schlich's Man. Forestry IV. iii. ii. 402 The fungus [sc. larch-blister] can gain admission only through wounds, frequently of brachyblasts eaten by Coleophora laricella. 1821Blackw. Mag. X. 386 The ancients had no such verse as the Iambic trimeter brachycatalectic. 1875W. Houghton Sk. Brit. Ins. 107 Another brachyceral fly. 1875Blake Zool. 283 The brachycerous Dipterans comprise..the Gad-flies. 1902Biometrika I. 462 In both races platycephaly is associated with brachycranial characters. 1868Dana Min. Introd. 25 The short lateral or brachydiagonal [axis]. Ibid. 26 The planes form what is called a brachydome, they being parallel to the shorter lateral axis. 1879Rutley Stud. Rocks x. 119 In the direction of the..brachydiagonal it is hyacinth-red. Ibid. 97 The cleavages, which are parallel to the base and brachypinakoid. 1881Academy 22 Oct. 315 Macropleural and brachypleural types. 1937Discovery Mar. 91/2 This brachypterism, as it is termed, occurs also in the Orthoptera and Rhynchota. 1939Nature 15 Apr. 645/2 Ruwenzori provides numerous examples of species of insects which are either short winged (brachypterous) in the female or in both sexes... Apart from this phenomenon of ‘brachypterism’ no obvious cases of adaptation to mountain conditions among insects were noted. 1842Brande Dict. Sci. 163/1 Brachypterous, in ornithology, when the folded wings of a bird do not reach to the base of the tail.
Add: brachyˈpellic a. Anat. [Gr. πέλλα bowl, taken as = pelvis], having or designating a pelvis whose anteroposterior diameter is much greater than its transverse diameter.
1937H. Thoms in Surg., Gynecol. & Obstetr. LXIV. 701/1 To these four types the following Greek derivatives lend themselves admirably..: (1) Dolichopellic type or anthropoid pelvis; (2) mesatipellic type or round pelvis; (3) brachypellic type or oval pelvis; (4) platypellic type or flat pelvis. Ibid., I have introduced the term brachypellic, which Turner did not employ, in order to reserve the term platypellic for those pelves which show marked anteroposterior flattening, i.e., a transverse diameter greatly in excess of the anteroposterior diameter. 1980Gray's Anat. (ed. 36) iii. 387/1 In one large series, children and males were found to be predominantly dolichopellic, females mostly mesati- and brachy-pellic. |