Quadricornous
Quad′ri‐cor″nous (?), a. [Quadri- + L. cornu horn: cf. F. quadricorne.] (Zoöl.) Having four horns, or hornlike organs; as, a quadricornous beetle.
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Quad′ri‐cor″nous (?), a. [Quadri- + L. cornu horn: cf. F. quadricorne.] (Zoöl.) Having four horns, or hornlike organs; as, a quadricornous beetle.
Quad′ri‐cos″tate (?), a. [Quadri- + costate.] Having four ribs.
Quad′ri‐den″tate (?), a. [Quadri- + dentate.] Having four teeth; as, a quadridentate leaf.
Quad′ri‐en″ni‐al (?), a. Same as Quadrennial.
Quad′ri‐fa″ri‐ous (?), a. [L. quadrifarius fourfold, fr. quattuor four: cf. F. quadrifarié. Cf. Multifarious.] Arranged in four rows or ranks; as, quadrifarious leaves. Loudon.
Quad″ri‐fid (?), a. [L. quadrifidus; quattuor four + findere to cleave: cf. F. quadrifide.] Divided, or deeply cleft, into four parts; as, a quadrifid perianth; a quadrifid leaf.
{ Quad″ri‐foil (?), Quad′ri‐fo″li‐ate (?), } a. [Quadri- + L. folium leaf.] (Bot.) Four-leaved; having the leaves in whorls of four.
Quad′ri‐fur″ca‐ted (?), a. [Quadri- + furcated.] Having four forks, or branches.
‖Quad‐ri″ga (?), n.; pl.Quadrigæ (#). [L. See Quadrijugous.] (Rom. Antiq.) A car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast.
{ Quad′ri‐gem″i‐nal (?), Quad′ri‐gem″i‐nous (?), } a. [Quadri- + L. gemini twins.] Fourfold; having four similar parts, or two pairs of similar parts.Quadrigeminal bodies(Anat.)...
Quad′ri‐ge‐na″ri‐ous (?), a. [L. quadrigeni, quadringeni, four hundred each.] Consisting of four hundred.
Quad‐rij″u‐gate (?), a. Same as Quadrijugous.
Quad‐rij″u‐gous (?), a. [L. quadrijugus of a team of four; quattuor four + jugum yoke.] (Bot.) Pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets; as, a quadrijugous leaf.
Quad′ri‐lat″er‐al (?), a. [L. quadrilaterus: cf. F. quadrilatère, quadrilatéral. See Quadri- and Lateral.] Having four sides, and consequently four angles; quadrangular.
Quad′ri‐lat″er‐al, n. 1. (Geom.) A plane figure having four sides, and consequently four angles; a quadrangular figure; any figure formed by four lines.2. An area defended by fo...
Quad′ri‐lat″er‐al‐ness, n. The property of being quadrilateral.
Quad′ri‐lit″er‐al (?), a. [Quadri- + literal.] Consisting of four letters.
Qua‐drille″ (?), n. [F. quadrille, n. fem., fr. Sp. cuadrilla meeting of four or more persons or It. quadriglia a band of soldiers, a sort of dance; dim. fr. L. quadra a square,...
Qua′dril′lé″ (?), a.(Art) Marked with squares, generally by thin lines crossing at right angles and at equal intervals; as, quadrillé paper, or plotting paper.
Qua‐drille″, n. [F. quadrille, n. masc., cf. It. quadriglio; or perhaps from the Spanish. See Quadrille a dance.] A game played by four persons with forty cards, being the remai...
Quad‐ril″lion (?), n. [F., fr. L. quater four times, akin to quattuor four, E. four; — formed like million. See Four, Million.] According to the French notation, which is follow...
{ Quad′ri‐lo″bate (?), Quad′ri‐lobed (?), } a. [Quadri- + lobe: cf. F. quadrilobé.] Having four lobes; as, a quadrilobate leaf.
Quad′ri‐loc″u‐lar (?), a. [Quadri- + locular: cf. F. quadriloculaire.] Having four cells, or cavities; as, a quadrilocular heart.
Quad″rin (?), n. [OF., fr. L. quadrini four each, fr. quattuor four.] A small piece of money, in value about a farthing, or a half cent.
Quad′ri‐nod″al (?), a. [Quadri- + nodal.] (Math.) Possessing four nodes; as, quadrinodal curves.
Quad′ri‐no″mi‐al (?), n. [Quadri- + nomial, as in binomial: cf. F. quadrinôme.] (Alg.) A polynomial of four terms connected by the signs plus or minus.
Quad′ri‐nom″ic‐al (?), a. Quadrinomial.