Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume ABBry`o·zo"an (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Bryozoa. -- n. One of the Bryozoa. Bry`o·zo"um (?), n. [NL. See Bryozoa.] (Zoöl.) An individual zooid of a bryozoan coralline, of which there may be two or more kinds in a single colony. The zoœcia usually have a wreath of tentacles around the mouth, and a well developed stomach and intestinal canal; but these parts are lacking in the other zooids (Avicularia, Oœcia, etc.). Bu`an·su"ah (?), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) The wild dog of northern India (Cuon primævus), supposed by some to be an ancestral species of the domestic dog. Bu"at (?), n. [Scot., of uncertain origin.] A lantern; also, the moon. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott. Bub (?), n. Strong malt liquor. [Cant] Prior. Bub, n. [Cf. 2d Bubby.] A young brother; a little boy; -- a familiar term of address of a small boy. Bub, v. t. [Abbrev. from Bubble.] To throw out in bubbles; to bubble. [Obs.] Sackville. Bu"ba·le (?), n. [Cf. F. bubale. See Buffalo, n.] (Zoöl.) A large antelope (Alcelaphus bubalis) of Egypt and the Desert of Sahara, supposed by some to be the fallow deer of the Bible. Bu"ba·line (?), a. (Zoöl.) Resembling a buffalo. -- Bubaline antelope (Zoöl.), the bubale. Bub"ble (?), n. [Cf. D. bobbel, Dan. boble, Sw. bubbla. Cf. Blob, n.] 1. A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river. |