Plegepoda
(||Ple*gep"o*da) n. pl. [NL., from Gr. a stroke + -poda. In allusion to the rapid strokes of the
vibrating cilia.] (Zoöl.) Same as Infusoria.
Pleiad
(Ple"iad) n. One of the Pleiades.
Pleiades
(Ple"ia*des) n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. ]
1. (Myth.) The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made by Jupiter
a constellation in the sky.
2. (Astron.) A group of small stars in the neck of the constellation Taurus. Job xxxviii. 31.
Alcyone, the brightest of these, a star of the third magnitude, was considered by Mädler the central point
around which our universe is revolving, but there is no sufficient evidence of such motion. Only six pleiads
are distinctly visible to the naked eye, whence the ancients supposed that a sister had concealed herself
out of shame for having loved a mortal, Sisyphus.
Plein
(Plein) a. Plan. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Plein
(Plein), v. i. & t. To complain. See Plain. [Obs.]
Plein
(Plein), a. [OF. & F., fr. L. plenus.] Full; complete. [Obs.] "Plein remission." Chaucer. — Plein"ly,
adv.
Pleiocene
(Plei"o*cene) a. (Geol.) See Pliocene.
Pleiophyllous
(Plei*oph"yl*lous) a. [Gr. more + leaf.] (Bot.) Having several leaves; — used especially
when several leaves or leaflets appear where normally there should be only one.
Pleiosaurus
(||Plei`o*sau"rus) n. [NL.] (Paleon.) Same as Pliosaurus.
Pleistocene
(Pleis"to*cene) a. [Gr. most + new.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the epoch, or the deposits,
following the Tertiary, and immediately preceding man. — n. The Pleistocene epoch, or deposits.
Plenal
(Ple"nal) a. [L. plenus full. Cf. Plenary.] Full; complete; as, a plenal view or act. [Obs.]
Plenarily
(Ple"na*ri*ly) adv. In a plenary manner.
Plenariness
(Ple"na*ri*ness), n. Quality or state of being plenary.
Plenarty
(Plen"ar*ty) n. The state of a benefice when occupied. Blackstone.
Plenary
(Ple"na*ry) a. [LL. plenarius, fr. L. plenus full. See Plenty.] Full; entire; complete; absolute; as,
a plenary license; plenary authority.
A treatise on a subject should be plenary or full.
I. Watts. Plenary indulgence (R. C. Ch.), an entire remission of temporal punishment due to, or canonical penance
for, all sins. — Plenary inspiration. (Theol.) See under Inspiration.
Plenary
(Ple"na*ry), n. (Law) Decisive procedure. [Obs.]
Plene
(Plene) æ. [L. plenus full.] Full; complete; plenary. [Obs.]
Plenicorn
(Ple"ni*corn) n. [L. plenus full + cornu horn.] (Zoöl.) A ruminant having solid horns or antlers,
as the deer. Brande & C.
