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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Crī'nō, n.

noun

n.: pl. CRĪ-NŌ'NES. [Lat. crinis, It. crine, crino, hair.]

  1. A genus of Entozoa chiefly found in horses and dogs.
  2. (Med.) A cutaneous disease, affecting infants, consisting in the growth of rigid black hairs from the skin of the back, arms, and legs, together with febrile symptoms and emaciation.