See Also: condylarth(dictionary)

Nottingham (iou) and condylarth (iou)


Nottingham (iou)



Nottingham noun. E18.
[A city in the midlands of England.]
Used attrib. to designate things originating in or associated with Nottingham.
Nottingham catchfly a campion with drooping white flowers, Silene nutans, first found on the walls of Nottingham Castle. Nottingham lace a type of machine-made flat lace. Nottingham reel a type of wooden reel used in fishing. Nottingham stoneware, Nottingham ware a type of stoneware produced at Nottingham until the end of the 18th cent.

condylarth (iou)



condylarth noun. L19.
[from Condylarthra (see below), from Greek kondulus knuckle, CONDYLE + arthron joint.]
A member of the order Condylarthra of extinct mammals of the Palaeocene and Eocene periods, the ancestors of some recent ungulates.