See Also: Miquelet(dictionary)

endomorph (iou) and Miquelet (iou)


endomorph (iou)



endomorph noun. L19.
[from ENDO- + -MORPH.]
A mineral or crystal surrounded by a different mineral. L19.
A person whose build is soft and round (with noticeable development of tissue derived from embryonic endoderm, as viscera). M20.
endo'morphic adjective of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an endomorph; of the Nature of an endomorph: L19.
endomorphy noun the state or property of being an endomorph M20.

Miquelet (iou)



Miquelet noun. L17.
[French from Spanish miquelete, migue-, from Catalan Miquel, Spanish Miguel Michael.]
Hist. Orig., a member of a body of Catalonian bandits active in the Pyrenees in the 17th cent.; a Spanish guerrilla soldier during the Peninsular war. Later also, a soldier of any of various local regiments of Spanish infantry, chiefly performing escort duties.
Comb.: Miquelet lock a type of flintlock developed in Spain.