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Crotophaga aniAni A"nior Ano A"no, n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
A black bird of tropical America, the West Indies and Florida
(Crotophaga ani), allied to the cuckoos, and remarkable for
communistic nesting. Protopapas
Protopapas Pro`to*pap"as, n. [NL., from Gr. ? a chief priest.]
(Gr. Ch.)
A protopope.
ProtophytaProtophyte Pro"to*phyte, n. [Proto- + Gr. ? a plant.] (Bot.)
Any unicellular plant, or plant forming only a plasmodium,
having reproduction only by fission, gemmation, or cell
division.
Note: The protophytes (Protophyta) are by some botanists
considered an independent branch or class of the
vegetable kingdom, and made to include the lowest forms
of both fungi and alg[ae], as slime molds, Bacteria,
the nostocs, etc. Cf. Carpophyte, and O["o]phyte. ProtophyteProtophyte Pro"to*phyte, n. [Proto- + Gr. ? a plant.] (Bot.)
Any unicellular plant, or plant forming only a plasmodium,
having reproduction only by fission, gemmation, or cell
division.
Note: The protophytes (Protophyta) are by some botanists
considered an independent branch or class of the
vegetable kingdom, and made to include the lowest forms
of both fungi and alg[ae], as slime molds, Bacteria,
the nostocs, etc. Cf. Carpophyte, and O["o]phyte. Protophytology
Protophytology Pro`to*phy*tol"o*gy, n. [Proto- + phytology.]
Paleobotany.
Protopine
Protopine Pro"to*pine, n. [Proto- + opium.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid found in opium in small quantities, and extracted
as a white crystalline substance.
Protoplasm
Protoplasm Pro"to*plasm, n. [Proto- + Gr. ? form, fr. ? to
mold.] (Biol.)
The viscid and more or less granular material of vegetable
and animal cells, possessed of vital properties by which the
processes of nutrition, secretion, and growth go forward; the
so-called `` physical basis of life;' the original cell
substance, cytoplasm, cytoblastema, bioplasm sarcode, etc.
Note: The lowest forms of animal and vegetable life
(unicellular organisms) consist of simple or unaltered
protoplasm; the tissues of the higher organisms, of
differentiated protoplasm.
Protoplasmatic
Protoplasmatic Pro`to*plas*mat"ic, a.
Protoplasmic.
Protoplasmic
Protoplasmic Pro`to*plas"mic, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the first formation of living bodies.
2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to protoplasm; consisting of, or
resembling, protoplasm.
Protoplast
Protoplast Pro"to*plast, n. [L. protoplastus the first man,
Gr. ? formed or created first; ? first + ? formed, fr. ? to
form.]
1. The thing first formed; that of which there are subsequent
copies or reproductions; the original.
2. (Biol.) A first-formed organized body; the first
individual, or pair of individuals, of a species.
A species is a class of individuals, each of which
is hypothetically considered to be the descendant of
the same protoplast, or of the same pair of
protoplasts. --Latham.
ProtoplastaProtoplasta Pro`to*plas"ta, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of fresh-water rhizopods including those that have
a soft body and delicate branched pseudopodia. The genus
Gromia is one of the best-known. Protoplastic
Protoplastic Pro`to*plas"tic, a.
First-formed. --Howell.
Protopodite
Protopodite Pro*top"o*dite, n. [Proto- + Gr. ?, ?, foot.]
(Zo["o]l.)
The basal portion, or two proximal and more or less
consolidated segments, of an appendage of a crustacean.
ProtopterusProtopterus Pro*top"te*rus, n. [NL., from Gr. ? first + ? a
feather (taken to mean, fin).] (Zo["o]l.)
See Komtok. Protopterus annectensKomtok Kom"tok, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An African freshwater fish (Protopterus annectens),
belonging to the Dipnoi. It can breathe air by means of its
lungs, and when waters dry up, it encases itself in a nest of
hard mud, where it remains till the rainy season. It is used
as food. Protopterus annectensLepidosiren Lep`i*do*si"ren (-s[imac]"r[e^]n), n. [Gr. lepi`s
-i`dos, a scale + seirh`n a siren.] (Zo["o]l.)
An eel-shaped ganoid fish of the order Dipnoi, having both
gills and lungs. It inhabits the rivers of South America. The
name is also applied to a related African species
(Protopterus annectens). The lepidosirens grow to a length
of from four to six feet. Called also doko. Protopterus annectensMudfish Mud"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The European loach.
(b) The bowfin.
(c) The South American lipedosiren, and the allied African
species (Protopterus annectens). See Lipedosiren.
(d) The mud minnow.
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