Defn: An isopod crustacean, parasitic on shrimps.
EPICARP
Ep"i*carp, Etym: [Pref. epi- + Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See Illust. under Endocarp.
EPICEDE
Ep"i*cede, n. Etym: [L. epicedion, Gr. épicède.]
Defn: A funeral song or discourse; an elegy. [R.] Donne.
EPICEDIAL
Ep`i*ce"di*al, a.
Defn: Elegiac; funereal.
EPICEDIAN
Ep`i*ce"di*an, a.
Defn: Epicedial.
— n.
Defn: An epicede.