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paraplectic, a.|pærəˈplɛktɪk|
[ad. Gr. παραπληκτικ-ός, f. παραπλήσσ-ειν: see paraplegia.]
1. Affected with paraplegia: = paraplegic.
1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 13 Those that are vertiginous, epileptick, apoplectick, paraplectick. 1857in Mayne Expos. Lex.
2. paraplectic weevil, a species of weevil (Lixus paraplecticus, Linn.) inhabiting a plant the eating of which causes the staggers in horses.
1802Bingley Anim. Biog. (1813) III. 135 The larvæ of the Paraplectic Weevil inhabit the interior part of the stems of an umbelliferous plant, the phellandrium aquaticum. |