Ol`i*gan"drous (?), a. [Oligo- + Gr. &?;, &?;, man, male.] (Bot.)
Having few stamens.
Ol`i*gan"thous (?), a. [Oligo- + Gr. &?; flower.] (Bot.) Having few
flowers.
Ol`i*garch (?), n. A member of an oligarchy; one of the rulers in an
oligarchical government.
Ol`i*gar"chal (?), a. Oligarchic. Glover.
{ Ol`i*gar"chic (?), Ol`i*gar"chic*al, } a. [Gr. &?;: cf. F.
oligarchique. See Oligarchy.] Of or pertaining to oligarchy, or
government by a few. "Oligarchical exiles." Jowett (Thucyd. ).
Ol"i*gar`chist (?), n. An advocate or supporter of oligarchy.
Ol"i*gar"chy (?), n.; pl. Oligarchies (#). [Gr. &?;; &?; few, little +
&?; to rule, govern: cf.F. oligarchie.] A form of government in which
the supreme power is placed in the hands of a few persons; also, those
who form the ruling few.
All oligarchies, wherein a few men domineer, do what they list.
Burton.
Ol"i*gist (?), n. [See Oligist, a.] (Min.) Hematite or specular iron
ore; -- prob. so called in allusion to its feeble magnetism, as
compared with magnetite.
{ Ol"i*gist (?), Ol`i*gis"tic (?), } a. [Gr. &?;, superl. of &?; few,
little: cf. F. oligiste.] (Min.) Of or pertaining to hematite.
Ol"i*go- (?). A combining form from Gr. &?;, few, little, small.
Ol"i*go*cene (?), a. [Oligo- + Gr. &?; new, recent.] (Geol.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, certain strata which occupy an
intermediate position between the Eocene and Miocene periods. -- n. The
Oligocene period. See the Chart of Geology.
||Ol`i*go*chæ"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; little, pl., few + &?;
||hair.] (Zoöl.) An order of Annelida which includes the earthworms and
||related species.
Ol"i*go*chete (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Oligochæta.
Ol"i*go*clase (?), n. [Oligo- + Gr. &?; fracture, fr. &?; to break.]
(Min.) A triclinic soda-lime feldspar. See Feldspar.
Ol`i*gom"er*ous (?), a. [Oligo- + Gr. &?; part.] (Bot.) Having few
members in each set of organs; as, an oligomerous flower.
Ol`i*go"my*old (?), a. [Oligo- + Gr. &?;, &?;, a muscle + -oid.]
(Anat.) Having few or imperfect syringeal muscles; -- said of some
passerine birds (Oligomyodi).
Ol`i*go*pet"al*ous (?), a. [Oligo- + petal.] (Bot.) Having few petals.
Ol`i*go*sep"al*ous (?), a. [Oligo- + sepal.] (Bot.) Having few sepals.
Ol`i*go*sid"er*ite (?), n. [Oligo- + siderite.] (Min.) A meteorite
characterized by the presence of but a small amount of metallic iron.
Ol`i*go*sper"mous (?), a. [Oligo- + Gr. &?; a seed.] (Bot.) Having few
seeds.
Ol`i*got"o*kous (?), a. [Oligo- + Gr. &?; offspring.] (Zoöl.) Producing
few young.
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O"li*o (?), n. [Sp. olla a round earthen pot, a dish of boiled or
stewed meat, fr. L. olla a pot, dish. Cf. Olla, Olla-podrida.] 1. A
dish of stewed meat of different kinds. [Obs.]
Besides a good olio, the dishes were trifling.
Evelyn.