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a. Belonging to, or resembling, egophony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, goat + &unr_; voice. ] (Med.) The sound of a patient's voice so modified as to resemble the bleating of a goat, heard on applying the ear to the chest in certain diseases within its cavity, as in pleurisy with effusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. a genus of plants of the buckwheat family, including the buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum; in some classifications included in the genus Polygonum.
Syn. -- genus Fagopyrum. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. (Bot.) A division of trees comprising the ginkgos. In some systems it is classified as a class (Ginkgopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Ginkgophytina or Ginkgophyta); used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta.
Syn. -- Ginkgopsida, class Ginkgopsida, subdivision Ginkgophytina. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ from Grand Old Party. ] The Republican Party, the younger of the two major political parties in the U. S. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. gaufre waffle, honeycomb. See Gauffer. ] (Zool.) 1. One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family Geomyidæ; -- called also pocket gopher and pouched rat. See Pocket gopher, and Tucan. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name was originally given by French settlers to many burrowing rodents, from their honeycombing the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of several western American species of the genus Spermophilus, of the family Sciuridæ; as, the gray gopher (Spermophilus Franklini) and the striped gopher (S. tridecemlineatus); -- called also striped prairie squirrel, leopard marmot, and leopard spermophile. See Spermophile. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A large burrowing snake (Spilotes Couperi) of the Southern United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gopher drift (Mining), an irregular prospecting drift, following or seeking the ore without regard to regular grade or section. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Minnesota; -- a nickname alluding to the abundance of gophers. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A genus comprising the gopher tortoises, North AMerican burrowing toroises.
Syn. -- genus Gopherus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A small handsome round-headed deciduous tree (Cladrastis lutea) having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye; also called yellowwood.
Syn. -- Kentucky yellowwood, Cladrastis lutea, Cladrastis kentukea, yellowwood. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

[ Heb. gōpher. ] A species of wood used in the construction of Noah's ark. Gen. vi. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ NL. lagophtalmia, fr. Gr. lagw`s hare + 'ofqalmo`s eye; -- so called from the notion that a hare sleeps with his eyes open. ] (Med.) A morbid condition in which the eye stands wide open, giving a peculiar staring appearance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. lagw`s a hare + poy`s, podo`s, foot. ] (Bot.) Having a dense covering of long hair, like the foot of a hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Larynx + Gr. (&unr_;) voice. ] The sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope when the latter is placed upon the larynx. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ NL., fr. Gr. ma`stix, ma`stigos, a whip + fe`rein to bear. ] (Zool.) A phylum of protozoans the kingdom Protista, consisting mainly of free-living flagellated unicellular organisms, lacking photosynthetic capability. Some members are pathogenic in man. [ PJC ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Mastigopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. ma`stix, ma`stigos, a whip + poy`s, podo`s, foot. ] (Zool.) Formerly considered identical to the Infusoria, now distinguished from that group, which has been reordered. See Mastigophora. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ Oligo- + petal. ] (Bot.) Having few petals. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. fa`rygx the pharynx + pnei^n to breathe. ] (Zool.) A group of invertebrates including the Tunicata and Enteropneusta. -- Pha*ryn`gop*neus"tal a. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. flogwpo`s firelike. ] (Min.) A kind of mica having generally a peculiar bronze-red or copperlike color and a pearly luster. It is a silicate of aluminia, with magnesia, potash, and some fluorine. It is characteristic of crystalline limestone or dolomite and serpentine. See Mica. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pterygoid + palatine. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pterygoid processes and the palatine bones. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pterygopodia [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a fin + &unr_;, dim. of &unr_;, &unr_;, a foot. ] (Anat.) A specially modified part of the ventral fin in male elasmobranchs, which serves as a copulatory organ, or clasper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. pygh` rump + -pod. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Zool.) One of the Pygopodes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Any species of serpentiform lizards of the family Pygopodidæ, which have rudimentary hind legs near the anal cleft, but lack fore legs. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A division of swimming birds which includes the grebes, divers, auks, etc., in which the legs are placed far back. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Pygopodes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. L. tragopan a fabulous Ethiopian bird, Gr. &unr_;. ] (Zool.) Any one of several species of Asiatic pheasants of the genus Ceriornis. They are brilliantly colored with a variety of tints, the back and breast are usually covered with white or buff ocelli, and the head is ornamented with two bright-colored, fleshy wattles. The crimson tragopan, or horned pheasant (Ceriornis satyra), of India is one of the best-known species. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family of small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; it is often resinous, and some are poisonous. It contains the genera Zygophyllum; Tribulus; Guaiacum; and Larrea.
Syn. -- family Zygophyllaceae, bean-caper family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. 1. A genus of usually tropical herbs or shrubs having ill-smelling foliage and flower buds that are used as capers: bean capers.
Syn. -- genus Zygophyllum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. zygo`n a yoke + fyto`n a plant. ] (Bot.) Any plant of a proposed class or grand division (Zygophytes, Zygophyta, or Zygosporeae), in which reproduction consists in the union of two similar cells. Cf. Oophyte. [ 1913 Webster + CM ]