We claim to be of high parage.
Chaucer.
Par`a*gen"e*sis (pr`*jn"*ss), n. [Pref. para- + genesis.] (Min.) The
science which treats of minerals with special reference to their
origin.
Par`a*gen"ic (-k), a. [Pref. para- + the root of ge`nos birth.] (Biol.)
Originating in the character of the germ, or at the first commencement
of an individual; -- said of peculiarities of structure, character,
etc.
Par`a*glob"u*lin (-glb"*ln), n. [Pref. para- + globulin.] (Physiol.
Chem.) An albuminous body in blood serum, belonging to the group of
globulins. See Fibrinoplastin.
||Par`a*glos"sa (-gls"s), n.; pl. ParaglossÊ (- s). [NL., from Gr.
||para` beside + glw^ssa tongue.] (Zoˆl.) One of a pair of small
||appendages of the lingua or labium of certain insects. See Illust.
||under Hymenoptera.
Par"ag*nath (?), n. (Zoˆl.) Same as Paragnathus.
Pa*rag"na*thous (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Having both mandibles of equal length,
the tips meeting, as in certain birds.
||Pa*rag"na*thus (?), n.; pl. Paragnathi (#). [NL. See Para-, and
||Gnathic.] (Zoˆl.) (a) One of the two lobes which form the lower lip,
||or metastome, of Crustacea. (b) One of the small, horny, toothlike
||jaws of certain annelids.
||Par`a*go"ge (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, from &?; to lead beside,
||protract; para` beside + &?; to lead.] 1. (Gram.) The addition of a
||letter or syllable to the end of a word, as withouten for without.