See Also: rhombo-(dictionary)
rhombo-(medicine)
miniature(2)(dictionary)
miniature(1)(dictionary)
swine, miniature(medicine)
miniature stomach(medicine)
miniature 2, noun(dictionary)
miniature golf(dictionary)
miniature painting(encyclopedia)
miniature 1, adjective(dictionary)

miniature 2, noun (oh) and rhombo- (iou)


miniature 2, noun (oh)



2 n
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Italian; Origin: miniatura 'Art of drawing small pictures in a book', from Latin miniare 'to color with minium', from minium 'red substance used for coloring pictures in old books'; influenced by minute and minimum]
in miniature
exactly like something or someone but much smaller
::She's her mother in miniature.
[C] a very small painting, usually of a person
[C] a very small bottle containing an alcoholic drink
::a miniature of whiskey

rhombo- (iou)



rhombo- combining form of RHOMB, RHOMBUS: see -O-.
rhombogen noun (Zoology) a sexual adult form in some mesozoans which gives rise to a free-living infusoriform larva (cf. NEMATOGEN) L19.