Will the real glochinate please stand up?
Mark-Jason Dominus
mjd at plover.com
Sat May 6 17:26:55 EDT 2000
CORRECT DEFINITION
glochinate. adj. Having a double hook on the end.
Votes for the correct definition:
Jed +2
David Randall +2
Judith +1
Here's an excerpt of what the OED has to say:
Glochinate, a. = GLOCHIDIATE.
Glochidiate, a. Bot. Also 'glochidate'. Barbed at the tip.
(See quots.)
1829 Loudon, Encycl. Plants 1100. _Glochidate_. Having
hairs, the ends of which are split and hooked back, so that
the hook is double. 1861 Bentley, Man Bot. 46. If presenting
two or more hooks at their apex, they are glochidiate or barbed.
THE VOTING
Judith said:
glochinate. adj. Bell shaped.
Aussie +1
Elliott +2
David Randall +1
Correct +1
Elliott said:
glochinate. adj. Containing or rich in brown algae of the genus
_chromista_.
Judith +2
Hutch +1
Jeff Hutchinson said:
glochinate. v. To collect in masses, as a cloud or a chemical
precipitate; to thicken or congeal.
Jed +1
Pierre +2
Ranjit said:
glochinate. adj. Of an insect, producing sound through a percussive
mechanism.
Aussie +2
Aussie said:
glochinate. v. To receive auditory stimuli through small
vibrating hairs; (n.) An organism which
does so.
Hutch +2
David Randall said:
glochinate. v. To etch argyle patterns on a menhir.
Elliott +1
Correct +2
Jean-Joseph said:
glochinate. v. To sing in clear, pure tones.
Pierre +1
Jed said:
glochinate. adj. Dulcet; sweet.
Correct +2
Pierre said:
glochinate. adj. Of insects, bearing young that develop partway
inside the mother, as the tsetse fly.
TOTAL SCORES
Judith 5
(OED) 5
Elliott 3
Hutch 3
David 3
Ranjit 2
Aussie 2
Jed 2
Jean-Joseph 1
Judith is the winner. Congratulations, Judith.
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