n. [ See Epanodos. ] (Bot.) The abnormal change of an irregular flower to a regular form; -- considered by evolutionists to be a reversion to an ancestral condition. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.; pl.Parodies [ L. parodia, Gr. parw, di`a; para` beside + 'w, dh` a song: cf. F. parodie. See Para-, and Ode. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in which what is written on one subject is altered, and applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty. [ 1913 Webster ]
The lively parody which he wrote . . . on Dryden's “Hind and Panther” was received with great applause. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A popular maxim, adage, or proverb. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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