pyxis

A capsule dehiscing transversely by a lid that falls off to release the seeds.

In old arms and armor, an engine-of-war: probably the same as culverin, the early form of cannon.

In Greek antiquity and archaeology, a type of cylindrical vase or box with a cover, used especially by women, as for the toilet. See cut in preceding column.

A box; a jewel-case.

In anatomy, the cotyloid cavity, or acetabulum of the hip-joint.

[capitalized] A genus of brachiopods

[capitalized] In conchology, a genus of gastropods.

[capitalized] A genus of land-tortoises of the family Testudinidæ, having the anterior part of the plastron so movable that it can be shut like the lid of a pyxis.

A tortoise of this genus, the only known species, Pyxis arachnoidea, of Madagascar and Mauritius. Its shell is yellow, with broad black bands radiating from the center of the dorsal shields.

[capitalized] In entomology, a genus of coleopterous insects.