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Pod (gcide) | Pod \Pod\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Podded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Podding.]
To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.
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-pod (gcide) | -pod \-pod\ [See Foot.]
A combining form or suffix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as,
decapod, an animal having ten feet; phyllopod, an animal
having leaflike feet; myriapod, hexapod.
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Pod (gcide) | Pod \Pod\, n. [Probably akin to pudding, and perhaps the same
word as pad a cushion; cf. also Dan. pude pillow, cushion,
and also E. cod a husk, pod.]
1. A bag; a pouch. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser.
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2. (Bot.) A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry
dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous.
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3. (Zool.) A considerable number of animals closely clustered
together; -- said of seals.
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Pod auger, or pod bit, an auger or bit the channel of
which is straight instead of twisted.
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tripod (mass) | tripod
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edible-pod pea (encz) | edible-pod pea, n: |
edible-podded pea (encz) | edible-podded pea, n: |
Acanthopodious (gcide) | Acanthopodious \A*can`tho*po"di*ous\, a. [Gr. ? thorn + ?, ?,
foot.] (Bot.)
Having spinous petioles.
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Acropodium (gcide) | Acropodium \Ac`ro*po"di*um\, n. [Gr. 'a`kros topmost + poy`s,
podo`s, foot.] (Zool.)
The entire upper surface of the foot.
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actinopod (gcide) | actinopod \actinopod\ n.
1. protozoa having stiff rodlike radiating pseudopods.
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Actinopoda (gcide) | Actinopoda \Actinopoda\ n.
1. 1 heliozoans; radiolarians.
Syn: subclass Actinopoda
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Adelopod (gcide) | Adelopod \A*del"o*pod\, n. [Gr. ? invisible + ?, ?, foot.]
(Zool.)
An animal having feet that are not apparent.
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Aegopodium Podagraria (gcide) | Goutweed \Gout"weed`\, Goutwort \Gout"wort`\n. [So called from
having been formerly used in assuaging the pain of the gout.]
(Bot.)
A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe ({Aegopodium
Podagraria}); -- called also bishop's weed, ashweed, and
herb gerard.
[1913 Webster]Bishop's-weed \Bish"op's-weed`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Ammi.
(b) Goutweed ([AE]gopodium podagraria).
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AEgopodium podagraria (gcide) | Goutweed \Gout"weed`\, Goutwort \Gout"wort`\n. [So called from
having been formerly used in assuaging the pain of the gout.]
(Bot.)
A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe ({Aegopodium
Podagraria}); -- called also bishop's weed, ashweed, and
herb gerard.
[1913 Webster]Bishop's-weed \Bish"op's-weed`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Ammi.
(b) Goutweed ([AE]gopodium podagraria).
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Ailuropoda melanoleuca (gcide) | panda \pan"da\ (p[a^]n"d[.a]), n. (Zool.)
1. A small Asiatic mammal (Ailurus fulgens) having fine
soft fur, which inhabits the mountains of Northern India.
It was once thought to be related to the bears, but is now
believed to be more closely related to raccoons. It has
reddish-brown fur on the back and sides, and black fur on
the legs and underside. Called also the lesser panda.
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2. The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), a bearlike
black-and white mammal now found wild only in the central
forests of China, which lives mainly on on bamboo. It is
an endangered species, and is a popular attraction in the
few zoos which have bveen able to obtain specimens.
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Ailuropodidae (gcide) | Ailuropodidae \Ailuropodidae\ n.
1. 1 in some classifications considered the family comprising
the giant pandas.
Syn: family Ailuropodidae.
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Amblypoda (gcide) | Amblypoda \Am*blyp"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? blunt + ?, ?,
foot.] (Paleon.)
A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the
Tertiary formation of the United States.
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Amphipod (gcide) | Amphipod \Am"phi*pod\, n. (Zool.)
One of the Amphipoda.
[1913 Webster] AmphipodAmphipod \Am"phi*pod\, Amphipodan \Am*phip"o*dan\, a. (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.
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Amphipoda (gcide) | Amphipoda \Am*phip"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'amfi` + ?, ?
foot.] (Zool.)
A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting
both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed
laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed
downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually
turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See
Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca.
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Amphipodan (gcide) | Amphipod \Am"phi*pod\, Amphipodan \Am*phip"o*dan\, a. (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.
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Amphipodous (gcide) | Amphipodous \Am*phip"o*dous\, a. (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.
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Anapodeictic (gcide) | Anapodeictic \An*ap`o*deic"tic\, a. [Gr. 'anapo`deiktos; 'an
priv. + 'apodeikto`s. See Apodeictic.]
Not apodeictic; undemonstrable. [R.]
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Anarthropoda (gcide) | Anarthropoda \An`ar*throp"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? without
joints + -poda. See Anarthrous.] (Zool.)
One of the divisions of Articulata in which there are no
jointed legs, as the annelids; -- opposed to Arthropoda.
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Anarthropodous (gcide) | Anarthropodous \An`ar*throp"o*dous\, a. (Zool.)
Having no jointed legs; pertaining to Anarthropoda.
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Anisopoda (gcide) | Anisopoda \An`i*sop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? unequal +
-poda.] (Zool.)
A division of Crustacea, which, in some its characteristics,
is intermediate between Amphipoda and Isopoda.
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Antipodagric (gcide) | Antipodagric \An`ti*po*dag"ric\, a. (Med.)
Good against gout. -- n. A medicine for gout.
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Antipodal (gcide) | Antipodal \An*tip"o*dal\, a.
1. Pertaining to the antipodes; situated on the opposite side
of the globe.
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2. Diametrically opposite. "His antipodal shadow." --Lowell.
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Antipode (gcide) | Antipode \An"ti*pode\, n.
One of the antipodes; anything exactly opposite.
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In tale or history your beggar is ever the just
antipode to your king. --Lamb.
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Note: The singular, antipode, is exceptional in formation,
but has been used by good writers. Its regular English
plural would be [a^]n"t[i^]*p[=o]des, the last syllable
rhyming with abodes, and this pronunciation is
sometimes heard. The plural form (originally a Latin
word without a singular) is in common use, and is
pronounced, after the English method of Latin,
[a^]n*t[i^]p"[-o]*d[=e]z.
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Antipodean (gcide) | Antipodean \An`ti*po"de*an\, a.
Pertaining to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the
world; antipodal.
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Antipodes (gcide) | Antipodes \An*tip"o*des\, n. [L. pl., fr. Gr. ? with the feet
opposite, pl. ? ?; 'anti` against + ?, ?, foot.]
1. Those who live on the side of the globe diametrically
opposite.
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2. The country of those who live on the opposite side of the
globe. --Latham.
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3. Anything exactly opposite or contrary.
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Can there be a greater contrariety unto Christ's
judgment, a more perfect antipodes to all that hath
hitherto been gospel? --Hammond.
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Apod (gcide) | Apod \Ap"od\, Apodal \Ap"o*dal\, a. [See Apod, n.]
1. Without feet; footless.
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2. (Zool.) Destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels.
[1913 Webster] ApodApod \Ap"od\, Apode \Ap"ode\, n.; pl. Apodsor Apodes. [Gr.
?, ?, footless; 'a priv. + ?, ?, foot.] (Zool.)
One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs;
esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no
feet.
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Note: The bird of paradise formerly had the name {Paradisea
apoda}, being supposed to have no feet, as these were
wanting in the specimens first obtained from the East
Indies.
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Apoda (gcide) | Apoda \Ap"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?. See Apod, n.]
(Zool.)
(a) A group of cirripeds, destitute of footlike organs.
(b) An order of Amphibia without feet. See Ophiomorpha.
(c) A group of worms without appendages, as the leech.
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Apodal (gcide) | Apod \Ap"od\, Apodal \Ap"o*dal\, a. [See Apod, n.]
1. Without feet; footless.
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2. (Zool.) Destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels.
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Apodan (gcide) | Apodan \Ap"o*dan\, a. (Zool.)
Apodal.
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Apodictic
Apodeictic |
Apode (gcide) | Apod \Ap"od\, Apode \Ap"ode\, n.; pl. Apodsor Apodes. [Gr.
?, ?, footless; 'a priv. + ?, ?, foot.] (Zool.)
One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs;
esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no
feet.
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Note: The bird of paradise formerly had the name {Paradisea
apoda}, being supposed to have no feet, as these were
wanting in the specimens first obtained from the East
Indies.
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Apodeictic (gcide) | Apodeictic \Ap"o*deic"tic\, Apodictic \Ap`o*dic"tic\,
Apodeictical \Ap`o*deic"tic*al\, Apodictical \Ap`o*dic"tic*al\,
a. [L. apodicticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to point out, to show by
argument; ? from + ? to show.]
Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction.
--Brougham. Sir Wm. Hamilton.
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Apodeictical (gcide) | Apodeictic \Ap"o*deic"tic\, Apodictic \Ap`o*dic"tic\,
Apodeictical \Ap`o*deic"tic*al\, Apodictical \Ap`o*dic"tic*al\,
a. [L. apodicticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to point out, to show by
argument; ? from + ? to show.]
Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction.
--Brougham. Sir Wm. Hamilton.
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Apodeictically (gcide) | Apodeictically \Ap`o*deic"tic*al*ly\, Apodictically
\Ap`o*dic"tic*al*ly\, adv.
So as to be evident beyond contradiction.
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Apodeme (gcide) | Apodeme \Ap"o*deme\, n. [Pref. apo- + Gr. ? body.] (Zool.)
One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and
unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.
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Apodes (gcide) | Apod \Ap"od\, Apode \Ap"ode\, n.; pl. Apodsor Apodes. [Gr.
?, ?, footless; 'a priv. + ?, ?, foot.] (Zool.)
One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs;
esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no
feet.
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Note: The bird of paradise formerly had the name {Paradisea
apoda}, being supposed to have no feet, as these were
wanting in the specimens first obtained from the East
Indies.
[1913 Webster]Apodes \Ap"o*des\, n. pl. [NL., masc. pl. See Apoda.] (Zool.)
(a) An order of fishes without ventral fins, including the
eels.
(b) A group of holothurians destitute of suckers. See
Apneumona.
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Apodictic (gcide) | Apodeictic \Ap"o*deic"tic\, Apodictic \Ap`o*dic"tic\,
Apodeictical \Ap`o*deic"tic*al\, Apodictical \Ap`o*dic"tic*al\,
a. [L. apodicticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to point out, to show by
argument; ? from + ? to show.]
Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction.
--Brougham. Sir Wm. Hamilton.
[1913 Webster] ApodeicticallyApodictic \Ap`o*dic"tic\, a.
Same as Apodeictic.
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Apodictical (gcide) | Apodeictic \Ap"o*deic"tic\, Apodictic \Ap`o*dic"tic\,
Apodeictical \Ap`o*deic"tic*al\, Apodictical \Ap`o*dic"tic*al\,
a. [L. apodicticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to point out, to show by
argument; ? from + ? to show.]
Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction.
--Brougham. Sir Wm. Hamilton.
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Apodictically (gcide) | Apodeictically \Ap`o*deic"tic*al*ly\, Apodictically
\Ap`o*dic"tic*al*ly\, adv.
So as to be evident beyond contradiction.
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Apodiformes (gcide) | Apodiformes \Apodiformes\ n.
1. 1 an oreer of birds including the swifts and hummingbirds.
Syn: order Apodiformes.
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Apodixis (gcide) | Apodixis \Ap`o*dix"is\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ?.]
Full demonstration.
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Apodosis (gcide) | Apodosis \A*pod"o*sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to give back; ?
from, back again + ? to give.] (Gram.)
The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional
sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from
the protasis or clause which expresses a condition. Thus, in
the sentence, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him,"
the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the
apodosis.
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Note: Some grammarians extend the terms protasis and apodosis
to the introductory clause and the concluding clause,
even when the sentence is not conditional.
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Apodous (gcide) | Apodous \Ap"o*dous\(#), a. (Zool.)
Apodal; apod.
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Apods (gcide) | Apod \Ap"od\, Apode \Ap"ode\, n.; pl. Apodsor Apodes. [Gr.
?, ?, footless; 'a priv. + ?, ?, foot.] (Zool.)
One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs;
esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no
feet.
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Note: The bird of paradise formerly had the name {Paradisea
apoda}, being supposed to have no feet, as these were
wanting in the specimens first obtained from the East
Indies.
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Apodyterium (gcide) | Apodyterium \A*pod`y*te"ri*um\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to
strip one's self.] (Anc. Arch.)
The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the
palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room.
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Arthropod (gcide) | Arthropod \Ar"thro*pod\, n. (Zool.)
One of the Arthropoda.
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Arthropoda (gcide) | Arthropoda \Ar*throp"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a`rqron joint
+ -poda.] (Zool.)
A large division of Articulata, embracing all those that have
jointed legs. It includes Insects, Arachnida, Pychnogonida,
and Crustacea. -- Ar*throp"o*dal, a.
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Arthropodal (gcide) | Arthropoda \Ar*throp"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a`rqron joint
+ -poda.] (Zool.)
A large division of Articulata, embracing all those that have
jointed legs. It includes Insects, Arachnida, Pychnogonida,
and Crustacea. -- Ar*throp"o*dal, a.
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Baenopod (gcide) | Baenopod \B[ae]"no*pod\, n. [Gr. bai`nein to walk + -pod.]
(Zool.)
One of the thoracic legs of Arthropods.
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Basipodite (gcide) | Basipodite \Ba*sip"o*dite\, n. [Basi- + poy`s, podo`s, foot.]
(Anat.)
The basal joint of the legs of Crustacea.
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Bladder pod (gcide) | Bladder \Blad"der\ (bl[a^]d"d[~e]r), n. [OE. bladder, bleddre,
AS. bl[=ae]dre, bl[=ae]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[eth]ra, SW.
bl[aum]ddra, Dan. bl[ae]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[=a]tara the
bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule;
all fr. the same root as AS. bl[=a]wan, E. blow, to puff. See
Blow to puff.]
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1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the
receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the
gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary
bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and
inflated with air.
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2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or
a thin, watery fluid.
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3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp.
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4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. "To swim with
bladders of philosophy." --Rochester.
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Bladder nut, or Bladder tree (Bot.), a genus of plants
(Staphylea) with bladderlike seed pods.
Bladder pod (Bot.), a genus of low herbs (Vesicaria) with
inflated seed pods.
Bladdor senna (Bot.), a genus of shrubs (Colutea), with
membranaceous, inflated pods.
Bladder worm (Zool.), the larva of any species of tapeworm
(T[ae]nia), found in the flesh or other parts of
animals. See Measle, Cysticercus.
Bladder wrack (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the
seacoast (Fucus nodosus and Fucus vesiculosus) --
called also bladder tangle. See Wrack.
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bladderpod (gcide) | bladderpod \blad"der*pod\ n.
1. a North American wild lobelia (Lobelia inflata) having
small blue flowers and inflated capsules formerly used as
an antispasmodic.
Syn: Indian tobacco.
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2. any of a number of annual or perennial herbs with inflated
seed pods; some are placed in the genus Lesquerella.
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3. any of several plants of the genus Physaria having
racemose yellow flowers and inflated pods.
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4. any of several hairy North American herbs having yellow
racemose flowers and inflated pods.
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Brachiopod (gcide) | Brachiopod \Brach"i*o*pod\, n. [Cf.F. brachiopode.] (Zool.)
One of the Brachiopoda, or its shell.
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Brachiopoda (gcide) | Brachiopoda \Brach`i*op"o*da\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? arm + -poda.]
(Zool.)
A class of Molluscoidea having a symmetrical bivalve shell,
often attached by a fleshy peduncle.
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Note: Within the shell is a pair of "arms," often long and
spirally coiled, bearing rows of ciliated tentacles by
which a current of water is made to flow into the
mantle cavity, bringing the microscopic food to the
mouth between the bases of the arms. The shell is both
opened and closed by special muscles. They form two
orders; Lyopoma, in which the shell is thin, and
without a distinct hinge, as in Lingula; and
Arthropoma, in which the firm calcareous shell has a
regular hinge, as in Rhynchonella. See Arthropomata.
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Bradypodidae (gcide) | Bradypodidae \Bradypodidae\ n.
a natural family comprising the true sloths.
Syn: family Bradypodidae.
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Branchiogastropoda (gcide) | Branchiogastropoda \Bran`chi*o*gas*trop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., from
Gr. ? gill + E. gastropoda.] (Zool.)
Those Gastropoda that breathe by branchi[ae], including the
Prosobranchiata and Opisthobranchiata.
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Branchiopod (gcide) | Branchiopod \Bran"chi*o*pod\, n.
One of the Branchiopoda.
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Branchiopoda (gcide) | Phyllopoda \Phyl*lop"o*da\ (f[i^]l*l[o^]p"[-o]*d[.a]), prop. n.
pl. [NL., fr. Gr. fy`llon a leaf + -poda.] (Zool.)
An order of Entomostraca including a large number of species,
most of which live in fresh water. They have flattened or
leaflike legs, often very numerous, which they use in
swimming. Called also {Branchiopoda}.
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Note: In some, the body is covered with a bivalve shell
(Holostraca); in others, as Apus, by a shield-shaped
carapace (Monostraca); in others, like Artemia, there
is no carapace, and the body is regularly segmented.
Sometimes the group is made to include also the
Cladocera.
[1913 Webster]Branchiopoda \Bran"chi*o*poda\, n. pl. [Gr. ? gill + -poda: cf.
F. branchiopode.] (Zool.)
An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of
branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of
gills. It includes the fresh-water genera Branchipus,
Apus, and Limnadia, and the genus Artemia found in salt
lakes. It is also called {Phyllopoda}. See Phyllopoda,
Cladocera. It is sometimes used in a broader sense.
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Calamintha Clinopodium (gcide) | Wild \Wild\, a. [Compar. Wilder; superl. Wildest.] [OE.
wilde, AS. wilde; akin to OFries. wilde, D. wild, OS. & OHG.
wildi, G. wild, Sw. & Dan. vild, Icel. villr wild,
bewildered, astray, Goth. wilpeis wild, and G. & OHG. wild
game, deer; of uncertain origin.]
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1. Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as
the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily
approached by, man; not tamed or domesticated; as, a wild
boar; a wild ox; a wild cat.
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Winter's not gone yet, if the wild geese fly that
way. --Shak.
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2. Growing or produced without culture; growing or prepared
without the aid and care of man; native; not cultivated;
brought forth by unassisted nature or by animals not
domesticated; as, wild parsnip, wild camomile, wild
strawberry, wild honey.
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The woods and desert caves,
With wild thyme and gadding vine o'ergrown.
--Milton.
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3. Desert; not inhabited or cultivated; as, wild land. "To
trace the forests wild." --Shak.
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4. Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious;
rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America.
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5. Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation;
turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious;
inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary;
visionary; crazy. "Valor grown wild by pride." --Prior. "A
wild, speculative project." --Swift.
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What are these
So withered and so wild in their attire ? --Shak.
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With mountains, as with weapons, armed; which makes
Wild work in heaven. --Milton.
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The wild winds howl. --Addison.
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Search then the ruling passion, there, alone
The wild are constant, and the cunning known.
--Pope.
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6. Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild
roadstead.
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7. Indicating strong emotion, intense excitement, or
?ewilderment; as, a wild look.
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8. (Naut.) Hard to steer; -- said of a vessel.
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Note: Many plants are named by prefixing wild to the names of
other better known or cultivated plants to which they a
bear a real or fancied resemblance; as, wild allspice,
wild pink, etc. See the Phrases below.
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To run wild, to go unrestrained or untamed; to live or
untamed; to live or grow without culture or training.
To sow one's wild oats. See under Oat.
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Wild allspice. (Bot.), spicewood.
Wild balsam apple (Bot.), an American climbing
cucurbitaceous plant (Echinocystis lobata).
Wild basil (Bot.), a fragrant labiate herb ({Calamintha
Clinopodium}) common in Europe and America.
Wild bean (Bot.), a name of several leguminous plants,
mostly species of Phaseolus and Apios.
Wild bee (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
undomesticated social bees, especially the domestic bee
when it has escaped from domestication and built its nest
in a hollow tree or among rocks.
Wild bergamot. (Bot.) See under Bergamot.
Wild boar (Zool.), the European wild hog (Sus scrofa),
from which the common domesticated swine is descended.
Wild brier (Bot.), any uncultivated species of brier. See
Brier.
Wild bugloss (Bot.), an annual rough-leaved plant
(Lycopsis arvensis) with small blue flowers.
Wild camomile (Bot.), one or more plants of the composite
genus Matricaria, much resembling camomile.
Wild cat. (Zool.)
(a) A European carnivore (Felis catus) somewhat
resembling the domestic cat, but larger stronger, and
having a short tail. It is destructive to the smaller
domestic animals, such as lambs, kids, poultry, and
the like.
(b) The common American lynx, or bay lynx.
(c) (Naut.) A wheel which can be adjusted so as to revolve
either with, or on, the shaft of a capstan. --Luce.
Wild celery. (Bot.) See Tape grass, under Tape.
Wild cherry. (Bot.)
(a) Any uncultivated tree which bears cherries. The wild
red cherry is Prunus Pennsylvanica. The wild black
cherry is Prunus serotina, the wood of which is much
used for cabinetwork, being of a light red color and a
compact texture.
(b) The fruit of various species of Prunus.
Wild cinnamon. See the Note under Canella.
Wild comfrey (Bot.), an American plant ({Cynoglossum
Virginicum}) of the Borage family. It has large bristly
leaves and small blue flowers.
Wild cumin (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant
(Lag[oe]cia cuminoides) native in the countries about
the Mediterranean.
Wild drake (Zool.) the mallard.
Wild elder (Bot.), an American plant (Aralia hispida) of
the Ginseng family.
Wild fowl (Zool.) any wild bird, especially any of those
considered as game birds.
Wild goose (Zool.), any one of several species of
undomesticated geese, especially the Canada goose ({Branta
Canadensis}), the European bean goose, and the graylag.
See Graylag, and Bean goose, under Bean.
Wild goose chase, the pursuit of something unattainable, or
of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose.
--Shak.
Wild honey, honey made by wild bees, and deposited in
trees, rocks, the like.
Wild hyacinth. (Bot.) See Hyacinth, 1
(b) .
Wild Irishman (Bot.), a thorny bush (Discaria Toumatou)
of the Buckthorn family, found in New Zealand, where the
natives use the spines in tattooing.
Wild land.
(a) Land not cultivated, or in a state that renders it
unfit for cultivation.
(b) Land which is not settled and cultivated.
Wild licorice. (Bot.) See under Licorice.
Wild mammee (Bot.), the oblong, yellowish, acid fruit of a
tropical American tree (Rheedia lateriflora); -- so
called in the West Indies.
Wild marjoram (Bot.), a labiate plant (Origanum vulgare)
much like the sweet marjoram, but less aromatic.
Wild oat. (Bot.)
(a) A tall, oatlike kind of soft grass ({Arrhenatherum
avenaceum}).
(b) See Wild oats, under Oat.
Wild pieplant (Bot.), a species of dock ({Rumex
hymenosepalus}) found from Texas to California. Its acid,
juicy stems are used as a substitute for the garden
rhubarb.
Wild pigeon. (Zool.)
(a) The rock dove.
(b) The passenger pigeon.
Wild pink (Bot.), an American plant ({Silene
Pennsylvanica}) with pale, pinkish flowers; a kind of
catchfly.
Wild plantain (Bot.), an arborescent endogenous herb
(Heliconia Bihai), much resembling the banana. Its
leaves and leaf sheaths are much used in the West Indies
as coverings for packages of merchandise.
Wild plum. (Bot.)
(a) Any kind of plum growing without cultivation.
(b) The South African prune. See under Prune.
Wild rice. (Bot.) See Indian rice, under Rice.
Wild rosemary (Bot.), the evergreen shrub {Andromeda
polifolia}. See Marsh rosemary, under Rosemary.
Wild sage. (Bot.) See Sagebrush.
Wild sarsaparilla (Bot.), a species of ginseng ({Aralia
nudicaulis}) bearing a single long-stalked leaf.
Wild sensitive plant (Bot.), either one of two annual
leguminous herbs (Cassia Chamaecrista, and {Cassia
nictitans}), in both of which the leaflets close quickly
when the plant is disturbed.
Wild service.(Bot.) See Sorb.
Wild Spaniard (Bot.), any one of several umbelliferous
plants of the genus Aciphylla, natives of New Zealand.
The leaves bear numerous bayonetlike spines, and the
plants form an impenetrable thicket.
Wild turkey. (Zool.) See 2d Turkey.
[1913 Webster]Basil \Bas"il\, n. [F. basilic, fr. L. basilicus royal, Gr.
basiliko`s fr. basiley`s king.] (Bot.)
The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family,
but chiefly to the common or sweet basil ({Ocymum
basilicum}), and the bush basil, or lesser basil ({Ocymum
minimum}), the leaves of which are used in cookery. The name
is also given to several kinds of mountain mint
(Pycnanthemum).
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Basil thyme, a name given to the fragrant herbs {Calamintha
Acinos} and Calamintha Nepeta.
Wild basil, a plant (Calamintha clinopodium) of the Mint
family.
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Calamintha clinopodium (gcide) | Wild \Wild\, a. [Compar. Wilder; superl. Wildest.] [OE.
wilde, AS. wilde; akin to OFries. wilde, D. wild, OS. & OHG.
wildi, G. wild, Sw. & Dan. vild, Icel. villr wild,
bewildered, astray, Goth. wilpeis wild, and G. & OHG. wild
game, deer; of uncertain origin.]
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1. Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as
the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily
approached by, man; not tamed or domesticated; as, a wild
boar; a wild ox; a wild cat.
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Winter's not gone yet, if the wild geese fly that
way. --Shak.
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2. Growing or produced without culture; growing or prepared
without the aid and care of man; native; not cultivated;
brought forth by unassisted nature or by animals not
domesticated; as, wild parsnip, wild camomile, wild
strawberry, wild honey.
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The woods and desert caves,
With wild thyme and gadding vine o'ergrown.
--Milton.
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3. Desert; not inhabited or cultivated; as, wild land. "To
trace the forests wild." --Shak.
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4. Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious;
rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America.
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5. Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation;
turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious;
inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary;
visionary; crazy. "Valor grown wild by pride." --Prior. "A
wild, speculative project." --Swift.
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What are these
So withered and so wild in their attire ? --Shak.
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With mountains, as with weapons, armed; which makes
Wild work in heaven. --Milton.
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The wild winds howl. --Addison.
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Search then the ruling passion, there, alone
The wild are constant, and the cunning known.
--Pope.
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6. Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild
roadstead.
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7. Indicating strong emotion, intense excitement, or
?ewilderment; as, a wild look.
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8. (Naut.) Hard to steer; -- said of a vessel.
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Note: Many plants are named by prefixing wild to the names of
other better known or cultivated plants to which they a
bear a real or fancied resemblance; as, wild allspice,
wild pink, etc. See the Phrases below.
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To run wild, to go unrestrained or untamed; to live or
untamed; to live or grow without culture or training.
To sow one's wild oats. See under Oat.
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Wild allspice. (Bot.), spicewood.
Wild balsam apple (Bot.), an American climbing
cucurbitaceous plant (Echinocystis lobata).
Wild basil (Bot.), a fragrant labiate herb ({Calamintha
Clinopodium}) common in Europe and America.
Wild bean (Bot.), a name of several leguminous plants,
mostly species of Phaseolus and Apios.
Wild bee (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
undomesticated social bees, especially the domestic bee
when it has escaped from domestication and built its nest
in a hollow tree or among rocks.
Wild bergamot. (Bot.) See under Bergamot.
Wild boar (Zool.), the European wild hog (Sus scrofa),
from which the common domesticated swine is descended.
Wild brier (Bot.), any uncultivated species of brier. See
Brier.
Wild bugloss (Bot.), an annual rough-leaved plant
(Lycopsis arvensis) with small blue flowers.
Wild camomile (Bot.), one or more plants of the composite
genus Matricaria, much resembling camomile.
Wild cat. (Zool.)
(a) A European carnivore (Felis catus) somewhat
resembling the domestic cat, but larger stronger, and
having a short tail. It is destructive to the smaller
domestic animals, such as lambs, kids, poultry, and
the like.
(b) The common American lynx, or bay lynx.
(c) (Naut.) A wheel which can be adjusted so as to revolve
either with, or on, the shaft of a capstan. --Luce.
Wild celery. (Bot.) See Tape grass, under Tape.
Wild cherry. (Bot.)
(a) Any uncultivated tree which bears cherries. The wild
red cherry is Prunus Pennsylvanica. The wild black
cherry is Prunus serotina, the wood of which is much
used for cabinetwork, being of a light red color and a
compact texture.
(b) The fruit of various species of Prunus.
Wild cinnamon. See the Note under Canella.
Wild comfrey (Bot.), an American plant ({Cynoglossum
Virginicum}) of the Borage family. It has large bristly
leaves and small blue flowers.
Wild cumin (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant
(Lag[oe]cia cuminoides) native in the countries about
the Mediterranean.
Wild drake (Zool.) the mallard.
Wild elder (Bot.), an American plant (Aralia hispida) of
the Ginseng family.
Wild fowl (Zool.) any wild bird, especially any of those
considered as game birds.
Wild goose (Zool.), any one of several species of
undomesticated geese, especially the Canada goose ({Branta
Canadensis}), the European bean goose, and the graylag.
See Graylag, and Bean goose, under Bean.
Wild goose chase, the pursuit of something unattainable, or
of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose.
--Shak.
Wild honey, honey made by wild bees, and deposited in
trees, rocks, the like.
Wild hyacinth. (Bot.) See Hyacinth, 1
(b) .
Wild Irishman (Bot.), a thorny bush (Discaria Toumatou)
of the Buckthorn family, found in New Zealand, where the
natives use the spines in tattooing.
Wild land.
(a) Land not cultivated, or in a state that renders it
unfit for cultivation.
(b) Land which is not settled and cultivated.
Wild licorice. (Bot.) See under Licorice.
Wild mammee (Bot.), the oblong, yellowish, acid fruit of a
tropical American tree (Rheedia lateriflora); -- so
called in the West Indies.
Wild marjoram (Bot.), a labiate plant (Origanum vulgare)
much like the sweet marjoram, but less aromatic.
Wild oat. (Bot.)
(a) A tall, oatlike kind of soft grass ({Arrhenatherum
avenaceum}).
(b) See Wild oats, under Oat.
Wild pieplant (Bot.), a species of dock ({Rumex
hymenosepalus}) found from Texas to California. Its acid,
juicy stems are used as a substitute for the garden
rhubarb.
Wild pigeon. (Zool.)
(a) The rock dove.
(b) The passenger pigeon.
Wild pink (Bot.), an American plant ({Silene
Pennsylvanica}) with pale, pinkish flowers; a kind of
catchfly.
Wild plantain (Bot.), an arborescent endogenous herb
(Heliconia Bihai), much resembling the banana. Its
leaves and leaf sheaths are much used in the West Indies
as coverings for packages of merchandise.
Wild plum. (Bot.)
(a) Any kind of plum growing without cultivation.
(b) The South African prune. See under Prune.
Wild rice. (Bot.) See Indian rice, under Rice.
Wild rosemary (Bot.), the evergreen shrub {Andromeda
polifolia}. See Marsh rosemary, under Rosemary.
Wild sage. (Bot.) See Sagebrush.
Wild sarsaparilla (Bot.), a species of ginseng ({Aralia
nudicaulis}) bearing a single long-stalked leaf.
Wild sensitive plant (Bot.), either one of two annual
leguminous herbs (Cassia Chamaecrista, and {Cassia
nictitans}), in both of which the leaflets close quickly
when the plant is disturbed.
Wild service.(Bot.) See Sorb.
Wild Spaniard (Bot.), any one of several umbelliferous
plants of the genus Aciphylla, natives of New Zealand.
The leaves bear numerous bayonetlike spines, and the
plants form an impenetrable thicket.
Wild turkey. (Zool.) See 2d Turkey.
[1913 Webster]Basil \Bas"il\, n. [F. basilic, fr. L. basilicus royal, Gr.
basiliko`s fr. basiley`s king.] (Bot.)
The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family,
but chiefly to the common or sweet basil ({Ocymum
basilicum}), and the bush basil, or lesser basil ({Ocymum
minimum}), the leaves of which are used in cookery. The name
is also given to several kinds of mountain mint
(Pycnanthemum).
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Basil thyme, a name given to the fragrant herbs {Calamintha
Acinos} and Calamintha Nepeta.
Wild basil, a plant (Calamintha clinopodium) of the Mint
family.
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Carpodacus (gcide) | Carpodacus \Carpodacus\ n.
a genus of birds including the house finch ({Carpodacus
mexicanus}) and purple finch (Carpodacus purpurea).
Syn: genus Carpodacus.
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Carpodacus frontalis (gcide) | Burion \Bu"ri*on\, n. (Zool.)
The red-breasted house sparrow of California ({Carpodacus
frontalis}); -- called also crimson-fronted bullfinch.
[Written also burrion.]
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Carpodacus mexicanus (gcide) | Carpodacus \Carpodacus\ n.
a genus of birds including the house finch ({Carpodacus
mexicanus}) and purple finch (Carpodacus purpurea).
Syn: genus Carpodacus.
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Carpodacus purpurea (gcide) | Carpodacus \Carpodacus\ n.
a genus of birds including the house finch ({Carpodacus
mexicanus}) and purple finch (Carpodacus purpurea).
Syn: genus Carpodacus.
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Cephalopod (gcide) | Cephalopod \Ceph"a*lo*pod\ (s[e^]f"[.a]*l[-o]*p[o^]d),
Cephalopode \Ceph"a*lo*pode\ (s[e^]f"[.a]*l[-o]*p[=o]d), n.
(Zool.)
One of the Cephalopoda.
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Cephalopoda (gcide) | Cephalopoda \Ceph`a*lop"o*da\ (s[e^]f`[.a]*l[o^]p"[-o]*d[.a]),
n. pl. [NL., gr. Gr. kefalh` head + -poda: cf. F.
c['e]phalopode.] (Zool.)
The highest class of Mollusca.
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Note: They have, around the front of the head, a group of
elongated muscular arms, which are usually furnished
with prehensile suckers or hooks. The head is highly
developed, with large, well organized eyes and ears,
and usually with a cartilaginous brain case. The higher
forms, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopi, swim
rapidly by ejecting a jet of water from the tubular
siphon beneath the head. They have a pair of powerful
horny jaws shaped like a parrot's beak, and a bag of
inklike fluid which they can eject from the siphon,
thus clouding the water in order to escape from their
enemies. They are divided into two orders, the
Dibranchiata, having two gills and eight or ten
sucker-bearing arms, and the Tetrabranchiata, with
four gills and numerous arms without suckers. The
latter are all extinct except the Nautilus. See
Octopus, Squid, Nautilus.
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Cephalopode (gcide) | Cephalopod \Ceph"a*lo*pod\ (s[e^]f"[.a]*l[-o]*p[o^]d),
Cephalopode \Ceph"a*lo*pode\ (s[e^]f"[.a]*l[-o]*p[=o]d), n.
(Zool.)
One of the Cephalopoda.
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Cephalopodic (gcide) | Cephalopodic \Ceph`a*lo*pod"ic\
(s[e^]f`[.a]*l[-o]*p[o^]d"[i^]k), Cephalopodous
\Ceph`a*lop"o*dous\, a. (Zool.)
Belonging to, or resembling, the cephalopods.
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Cephalopodous (gcide) | Cephalopodic \Ceph`a*lo*pod"ic\
(s[e^]f`[.a]*l[-o]*p[o^]d"[i^]k), Cephalopodous
\Ceph`a*lop"o*dous\, a. (Zool.)
Belonging to, or resembling, the cephalopods.
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Cercopod (gcide) | Cercopod \Cer"co*pod\, n. [Gr. ke`rkos tail + -pod.] (Zool.)
One of the jointed antenniform appendages of the posterior
somites of certain insects. --Packard.
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Chaetopod (gcide) | Chaetopod \Ch[ae]"to*pod\, a. (Zool.)
Pertaining to the Ch[ae]topoda. -- n. One of the
Ch[ae]topoda.
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Chaetopoda (gcide) | Annelida \An*nel"i*da\, n. pl. [NL. See Annelid.] (Zool.)
A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of
numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs.
The principal subdivisions are the Ch[ae]topoda, including
the Oligoch[ae]ta or earthworms and Polych[ae]ta or
marine worms; and the Hirudinea or leeches. See
Ch[ae]topoda.
[1913 Webster]Chaetopoda \Ch[ae]*top"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? hair +
-poda.] (Zool.)
A very extensive order of Annelida (segmented worms),
characterized by the presence of lateral set[ae], or spines,
on most or all of the segments. They are divided into two
principal groups: Oligoch[ae]ta, including the earthworms
and allied forms, and Polych[ae]ta, including most of the
marine species.
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