a. Pertaining to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the world; antipodal. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; mucus + &unr_; a bladder. ] (Zool.) A division of Infusoria including the Noctiluca. See Noctiluca. [ 1913 Webster ]
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‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Scorpiones. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Spio the typical genus. ] (Zool.) An extensive division of marine Annelida, including those that are without oral tentacles or cirri, and have the gills, when present, mostly arranged along the sides of the body. They generally live in burrows or tubes. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Tethys + Gr.
‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; having holes, from &unr_;, &unr_;, a hole. ] (Zool.) An extensive order of parasitic worms. They are found in the internal cavities of animals belonging to all classes. Many species are found, also, on the gills and skin of fishes. A few species are parasitic on man, and some, of which the fluke is the most important, are injurious parasites of domestic animals. The trematodes usually have a flattened body covered with a chitinous skin, and are furnished with two or more suckers for adhesion. Most of the species are hermaphrodite. Called also