Ar`chi*pe*lag"ic (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to an archipelago.
Ar`chi*pel"a*go, n.; pl. - goes or -gos (&?;). [It. arcipelago, properly, chief sea; Gr. pref &?; + &?; sea, perh. akin to &?; blow, and expressing the beating of the waves. See Plague.]
1. The Grecian Archipelago, or Ægean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands.
2. Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands.
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||Ar*chip`te*ryg"i*um (är*kp`t*rj"*m), n. [NL., fr. Gr. pref. 'archi- (E. arch- ) + ptery`gion wing, fin.] (Anat.) The primitive form of fin, like that of Ceratodus.
Ar"chi*tect (är"k*tkt), n. [L. architectus, architecton, Gr. &?; chief artificer, master builder; pref. 'archi- (E. archi- ) + &?; workman, akin to &?; art, skill, &?; to produce: cf. F. architecte, It. architetto. See Technical.] 1. A person skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of buildings, and to superintend the artificers employed.