Definitions for cyclas

cyclas cyc·las

Spelling: [sik-luh s]
IPA: /ˈsɪk ləs/

Cyclas is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 69 anagrams from letters in cyclas (acclsy).

Definitions for cyclas

noun

  1. a tunic or surcoat, longer in back than in front, worn over armor in the Middle Ages.
  2. a similar, full-length garment worn by women.
  3. a round robe with an elaborately ornamented border, worn by women in ancient Rome.

plural noun

  1. a group of Greek islands in the S Aegean. 1023 sq. mi. (2650 sq. km).

Origin of cyclas

1825-35; Medieval Latin, Latin Greek kyklás, noun use of kyklás encircling, akin to kýklos cycle

Examples for cyclas

We found here Unios of a fine pink and purple colour inside the valves, and a new species of cyclas with longitudinal ribs.

Its cercari are usually found in an acephalous mollusc, known by the name of cyclas cornea.

He wore also a dress which in different times was variously designated as a surcoat, a cyclas, or a tabard.

With patience and a little skill, bivalves as small as cyclas cornea may be treated in this way.

In its hinder part a provisional paired byssus-gland is developed from the epidermis in cyclas and other forms.

A genus composed of cyclas amnica, and other similar species.

It is many years since I have looked at a fresh-water shell, but I should have said that the shell was cyclas cornea.

Hosen, shirts, cyclas, and under-jupons are in the brown basket on the left side of the mule.

A genus of river shells separated from cyclas principally on account of a difference in the animal.

Sometimes this gland is found in the young and not in the adult (Anodonta, Unio, cyclas).

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