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GinglymiGinglymus Gin"gly*mus, n.; pl. Ginglymi. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a
hingelike joint, a ball and socket joint.] (Anat.)
A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and
extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and
the ankle. GinglymodiGinglymodi Gin`gly*mo"di, n. [NL.; cf. Gr. ? ginglymoid. See
Ginglymoid.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes and
many allied fossil forms. They have rhombic, ganoid scales, a
heterocercal tail, paired fins without an axis, fulcra on the
fins, and a bony skeleton, with the vertebr[ae] convex in
front and concave behind, forming a ball and socket joint.
See Ganoidel. Ginglymoid
Ginglymoid Gin"gly*moid, Ginglymoidal Gin`gly*moid"al, a.
[Gr. ?; ? ginglymus + ? form: cf. F. ginglymoide,
ginglymo["i]dal.] (Anat.)
Pertaining to, or resembling, a ginglymus, or hinge joint;
ginglyform.
Ginglymoidal
Ginglymoid Gin"gly*moid, Ginglymoidal Gin`gly*moid"al, a.
[Gr. ?; ? ginglymus + ? form: cf. F. ginglymoide,
ginglymo["i]dal.] (Anat.)
Pertaining to, or resembling, a ginglymus, or hinge joint;
ginglyform.
Ginglymostoma cirratumNurse Nurse, n. [OE. nourse, nurice, norice, OF. nurrice,
norrice, nourrice, F. nourrice, fr. L. nutricia nurse, prop.,
fem. of nutricius that nourishes; akin to nutrix, -icis,
nurse, fr. nutrire to nourish. See Nourish, and cf.
Nutritious.]
1. One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or
brings up; as:
(a) A woman who has the care of young children;
especially, one who suckles an infant not her own.
(b) A person, especially a woman, who has the care of the
sick or infirm.
2. One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow,
trains, fosters, or the like.
The nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise.
--Burke.
3. (Naut.) A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real
commander when the captain is unfit for his place.
4. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces
cercari[ae] by asexual reproduction. See Cercaria,
and Redia.
(b) Either one of the nurse sharks.
Nurse shark. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A large arctic shark (Somniosus microcephalus),
having small teeth and feeble jaws; -- called also
sleeper shark, and ground shark.
(b) A large shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum), native of
the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico, having the dorsal
fins situated behind the ventral fins.
To put to nurse, or To put out to nurse, to send away to
be nursed; to place in the care of a nurse.
Wet nurse, Dry nurse. See Wet nurse, and Dry nurse,
in the Vocabulary. GinglymusGinglymus Gin"gly*mus, n.; pl. Ginglymi. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a
hingelike joint, a ball and socket joint.] (Anat.)
A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and
extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and
the ankle.
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