Defn: . A trap for catching flies.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: A plant (Dionæa muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves.
FNESE
Fnese, v. i. Etym: [AS. fnsan, gefnsan.]
Defn: To breathe heavily; to snort. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FO
Fo, n.
Defn: The Chinese name of Buddha.
FOAL
Foal, n. Etym: [OE. fole, AS. fola; akin to OHG. folo, G. fohlen,
Goth. fula, Icel. foli, Sw Lfle, Gr., L. pullus a young animal. Cf.
Filly, Poultry, Pullet.] (Zoö.)
Defn: The young of any animal of the Horse family (Equidæ); a colt; a filly. Foal teeth (Zoöl.), the first set of teeth of a horse. — In foal, With foal, being with young; pregnant; — said of a mare or she ass.
FOAL
Foal, v.t. [imp.& p.p. Foaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Foaling.]