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Adenostoma fasciculatumChamisal Cha`mi*sal", n. [Amer. Sp., fr. Sp. chamiza a kind of
wild cane.]
1. (Bot.) A California rosaceous shrub (Adenostoma
fasciculatum) which often forms an impenetrable
chaparral.
2. A chaparral formed by dense growths of this shrub. BranchiostomaBranchiostoma Bran`chi*os"to*ma, n. [NL., fr., Gr. ? gill + ?
mouth.] (Zo["o]l.)
The lancelet. See Amphioxus. ChillostomataChilostoma Chi*los"to*ma, Chilostomata Chi*lo*stom"a*ta, n.
pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? + ?, ?, outh.] (Zo["o]l.)
An extensive suborder of marine Bryozoa, mostly with
calcareous shells. They have a movable lip and a lid to close
the aperture of the cells. [Also written Chillostomata.] ChilostomaChilostoma Chi*los"to*ma, Chilostomata Chi*lo*stom"a*ta, n.
pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? + ?, ?, outh.] (Zo["o]l.)
An extensive suborder of marine Bryozoa, mostly with
calcareous shells. They have a movable lip and a lid to close
the aperture of the cells. [Also written Chillostomata.] ChilostomataChilostoma Chi*los"to*ma, Chilostomata Chi*lo*stom"a*ta, n.
pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? + ?, ?, outh.] (Zo["o]l.)
An extensive suborder of marine Bryozoa, mostly with
calcareous shells. They have a movable lip and a lid to close
the aperture of the cells. [Also written Chillostomata.] Chilostomatous
Chilostomatous Chi`lo*stoma*tous, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the Chilostoma.
Ctenostomata
Ctenostomata Cten`o*stom"a*ta (t?n`?-st?m"?-t?), n. pl. [NL.,
fr. Gr. ???, ???, comb + ????, -??? mouth.] (Zo["o]l.)
A suborder of Bryozoa, usually having a circle of bristles
below the tentacles.
Cyclostoma
Cyclostomata Cy`clo*stom"a*ta (s?`kl?-st?m"?-t?), Cyclostoma
Cy*clos"to*ma (s?-kl?s"t?-m?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ky`klos
circle + sto`ma, -atos mouth.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of Bryozoa, in which the cells have circular
apertures.
Cyclostomata
Cyclostomata Cy`clo*stom"a*ta (s?`kl?-st?m"?-t?), Cyclostoma
Cy*clos"to*ma (s?-kl?s"t?-m?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ky`klos
circle + sto`ma, -atos mouth.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of Bryozoa, in which the cells have circular
apertures.
Endostoma
Endostoma En*dos"to*ma, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? + ?, ?, the mouth.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A plate which supports the labrum in certain Crustacea.
Etheostoma coeruleumSoldier Sol"dier, n. [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF.
soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr.
L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a
soldier), fr. solidus solid. See Solid, and cf. Sold, n.]
1. One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a
private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized
body of combatants.
I am a soldier and unapt to weep. --Shak.
2. Especially, a private in military service, as
distinguished from an officer.
It were meet that any one, before he came to be a
captain, should have been a soldier. --Spenser.
3. A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill,
or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of
emphasis or distinction. --Shak.
4. (Zo["o]l.) The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini.)
[Prov. Eng.]
5. (Zo["o]l.) One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white
ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very
large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest.
See Termite.
Soldier beetle (Zo["o]l.), an American carabid beetle
(Chauliognathus Americanus) whose larva feeds upon other
insects, such as the plum curculio.
Soldier bug (Zo["o]l.), any hemipterous insect of the genus
Podisus and allied genera, as the spined soldier bug
(Podius spinosus). These bugs suck the blood of other
insects.
Soldier crab (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The hermit crab.
(b) The fiddler crab.
Soldier fish (Zo["o]l.), a bright-colored etheostomoid fish
(Etheostoma c[oe]ruleum) found in the Mississippi River;
-- called also blue darter, and rainbow darter.
Soldier fly (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
small dipterous flies of the genus Stratyomys and allied
genera. They are often bright green, with a metallic
luster, and are ornamented on the sides of the back with
markings of yellow, like epaulets or shoulder straps.
Soldier moth (Zo["o]l.), a large geometrid moth (Euschema
militaris), having the wings bright yellow with bluish
black lines and spots.
Soldier orchis (Bot.), a kind of orchis (Orchis
militaris). 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. GnathostomaGnathostoma Gna*thos"to*ma, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? the jaw +
?, ?, the mouth.] (Zo["o]l.)
A comprehensive division of vertebrates, including all that
have distinct jaws, in contrast with the leptocardians and
marsipobranchs (Cyclostoma), which lack them. [Written also
Gnathostomata.] GnathostomataGnathostoma Gna*thos"to*ma, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? the jaw +
?, ?, the mouth.] (Zo["o]l.)
A comprehensive division of vertebrates, including all that
have distinct jaws, in contrast with the leptocardians and
marsipobranchs (Cyclostoma), which lack them. [Written also
Gnathostomata.] Holostomata
Holostomata Hol`o*stom"a*ta, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "o`los whole
+ sto`ma, -atos, mouth.] (Zo["o]l.)
An artificial division of gastropods, including those that
have an entire aperture.
HolostomateHolostomate Ho*los"to*mate, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as Holostomatous. Holostomatous
Holostomatous Hol`o*stom"a*tous, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Having an entire aperture; -- said of many univalve shells.
hypostomaManubrium Ma*nu"bri*um, n.; pl. L. Manubria, E.
Manubriums. [L., handle, fr. manus hand.]
1. (Anat.) A handlelike process or part; esp., the anterior
segment of the sternum, or presternum, and the handlelike
process of the malleus.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The proboscis of a jellyfish; -- called also
hypostoma. See Illust. of Hydromedusa. Hypostoma
Hypostome Hy"po*stome, Hypostoma Hy*pos"to*ma, n. [NL.
hypostoma, fr. Gr. "ypo` beneath + ? mouth.] (Zo["o]l.)
The lower lip of trilobites, crustaceans, etc.
MerostomataMerostomata Mer`o*stom"a*ta, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? thigh + ?,
-?, mouth.] (Zo["o]l.)
A class of Arthropoda, allied to the Crustacea. It includes
the trilobites, Eurypteroidea, and Limuloidea. All are
extinct except the horseshoe crabs of the last group. See
Limulus. Moxostoma carpioCarp Carp, n.; pl. Carp, formerly Carps. [Cf. Icel. karfi,
Dan. karpe, Sw. karp, OHG. charpho, G. karpfen, F. carpe, LL.
carpa.] (Zo["o]l.)
A fresh-water herbivorous fish (Cyprinus carpio.). Several
other species of Cyprinus, Catla, and Carassius are
called carp. See Cruclan carp.
Note: The carp was originally from Asia, whence it was early
introduced into Europe, where it is extensively reared
in artificial ponds. Within a few years it has been
introduced into America, and widely distributed by the
government. Domestication has produced several
varieties, as the leather carp, which is nearly or
quite destitute of scales, and the mirror carp, which
has only a few large scales. Intermediate varieties
occur.
Carp louse (Zo["o]l.), a small crustacean, of the genus
Argulus, parasitic on carp and allied fishes. See
Branchiura.
Carp mullet (Zo["o]l.), a fish (Moxostoma carpio) of the
Ohio River and Great Lakes, allied to the suckers.
Carp sucker (Zo["o]l.), a name given to several species of
fresh-water fishes of the genus Carpiodes in the United
States; -- called also quillback. Moxostoma macrolepidotum Red horse. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially
Moxostoma macrolepidotum and allied species.
(b) See the Note under Drumfish.
Red lead.
(Chem) See under Lead, and Minium.
Red-lead ore. (Min.) Same as Crocoite.
Red liquor (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of
aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of
dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used
originally for red dyestuffs. Called also red mordant.
Red maggot (Zo["o]l.), the larva of the wheat midge.
Red manganese. (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite.
Red man, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his
color.
Red maple (Bot.), a species of maple (Acer rubrum). See
Maple.
Red mite. (Zo["o]l.) See Red spider, below.
Red mulberry (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple
color (Morus rubra).
Red mullet (Zo["o]l.), the surmullet. See Mullet.
Red ocher (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a
reddish color.
Red perch (Zo["o]l.), the rosefish.
Red phosphorus. (Chem.) See under Phosphorus.
Red pine (Bot.), an American species of pine (Pinus
resinosa); -- so named from its reddish bark.
Red precipitate. See under Precipitate.
Red Republican (European Politics), originally, one who
maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, --
because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an
extreme radical in social reform. [Cant]
Red ribbon, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England.
Red sanders. (Bot.) See Sanders.
Red sandstone. (Geol.) See under Sandstone.
Red scale (Zo["o]l.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus
aurantii) very injurious to the orange tree in California
and Australia.
Red silver (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or
reddish black color. It includes proustite, or light red
silver, and pyrargyrite, or dark red silver.
Red snapper (Zo["o]l.), a large fish (Lutlanus aya or
Blackfordii) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and about the
Florida reefs.
Red snow, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga
(Protococcus nivalis) which produces large patches of
scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions.
Red softening (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which
the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to
infarction or inflammation.
Red spider (Zo["o]l.), a very small web-spinning mite
(Tetranychus telarius) which infests, and often
destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those
cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly
on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn
yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red.
Called also red mite.
Red squirrel (Zo["o]l.), the chickaree.
Red tape, the tape used in public offices for tying up
documents, etc.; hence, official formality and delay. Myzostomata
Myzostomata My`zo*stom"a*ta, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. my`zein to
suck + sto`ma, -atos, mouth.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of curious parasitic worms found on crinoids. The
body is short and disklike, with four pairs of suckers and
five pairs of hook-bearing parapodia on the under side.
Odontostomatous
Odontostomatous O*don"to*stom"a*tous, a. [Odonto- + Gr. ?, ?,
the mouth.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having toothlike mandibles; -- applied to certain insects.
PlagiostomataPlagiostomi Pla`gi*os"to*mi, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? slanting
+ ?, ?, mouth.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of fishes including the sharks and rays; -- called
also Plagiostomata. PlagiostomatousPlagiostomatous Pla`gi*o*stom"a*tous, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as Plagiostomous. PodostomataPodostomata Pod`o*stom"a*ta, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. poy`s,
podo`s, foot + ?, ?, mouth.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of Bryozoa of which Rhabdopleura is the type. See
Rhabdopleura. PodostomataPterobranchia Pter`o*bran"chi*a, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a wing
+ ? ?.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of marine Bryozoa, having a bilobed lophophore and
an axial cord. The genus Rhabdopleura is the type. Called
also Podostomata. See Rhabdopleura. PseudostomaPseudostoma Pseu*dos"to*ma, n.; pl. Pseudostomata. [NL. See
Pseudo-, and Stoma.] (Anat.)
A group of cells resembling a stoma, but without any true
aperture among them. PseudostomataPseudostoma Pseu*dos"to*ma, n.; pl. Pseudostomata. [NL. See
Pseudo-, and Stoma.] (Anat.)
A group of cells resembling a stoma, but without any true
aperture among them.
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