See Also: trochili(medicine)

fundament (iou) and trochili (medicine)


fundament (iou)



fundament noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French fondement from Latin fundamentum, from fundare FOUND verb1: see -MENT.]
The foundation or base of a wall, building, etc. Also, the action of founding a building, institution, etc.; the building itself. ME-L17.
The ground, basis, or principle on which anything is founded. ME-L17.
The buttocks, the anus. ME.
Geography. The landscape as it appeared before humans began to modify it by their activities. E20.

trochili (medicine)


trochili
<ornithology> A division of birds comprising the humming birds.

Origin: NL. See Trochilus.

Source: Websters Dictionary