n. [ Gr.
a. [ Gr. &unr_; invisible + &unr_; a bell. ] (Zool.) Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; -- opposed to
n. [ Aëro- + Gr. &unr_; shaken, &unr_; to shake. ] (Aëronautics) The science of gliding and soaring flight. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. a genus of snakes comprising the copperheads.
a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Having no jointed legs; pertaining to Anarthropoda. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; toothless;
n. a genus of thin-shelled freshwater mussels.
a. (Med.) Efficacious in curing toothache. --
n.
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‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to give back; &unr_; from, back again + &unr_; to give. ] (Gram.) The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clause which expresses a condition. Thus, in the sentence, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him, ” the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Some grammarians extend the terms protasis and apodosis to the introductory clause and the concluding clause, even when the sentence is not conditional. [ 1913 Webster ]
#), a. (Zool.) Apodal; apod. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Corrupt. fr. bois d'arc. ] The Osage orange. [ Southwestern U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Heretical. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; perverted opinion;
Heterodoxy, or what Luther calls cacodoxy. R. Turnbull. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. A genus of sharks including man-eating sharks, such as the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.
n. [ Gr.
a. Of or pertaining to the Chætodonts or the family
n. a natural family comprising the butterfly fishes.
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n. (Molecular biology) a sequence of three nucleotides in a genome or a DNA or messenger RNA molecule, which specifies the incorporation of one amino acid or is a stop signal, during the biosynthesis of proteins. Codons occur within the protein-coding segments of the DNA or RNA genome of living organisms. The amino acid sequence of proteins synthesized on ribosomes is thus determined by the sequence of the nucleotides in the genome. [ PJC ]
☞ Outside of coding regions, there is no direct correspondence of the nucleotide sequence with protein sequence, and certain signalling functions of nucleic acids are not specified by three-nucleotide codons. Certain types of polypeptide synthesized in living organisms are not synthesized on ribosomes, and the sequences of these polypeptides do not have a corresponding nucleotide sequence in the genome. [ PJC ]
a. [ Gr.
n. [ Prob. a corruption of commander, or Sp. comendador a knight of a military order who holds a commandery; also a superior of a monastery, fr. LL. commendare to command. Cf. Commend, Command, Commander. ]
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a. (Paleon.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the genus
n. a genus of creeping perennial grasses of tropical and southern Africa.
n. any member of the Cynodontia, a group of small carnivorous reptiles. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. a division of Triassic Therapsida comprising small carnivorous reptiles often with mammallike teeth.
n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; kind of carp + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, a tooth. ] (Zool.) One of the
n. a large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies.
n. A deodorizer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of depriving of odor, especially of offensive odors resulting from impurities. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To deprive of odor, especially of such as results from impurities. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. He who, or that which, deodorizes; esp., an agent that destroys offensive odors. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
n. a natural family comprisng the true vampire bats.
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n. [ Gr.
a. (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the genus Diodon. --
a. [ Gr. &unr_; double (
n. a genus of rodents of the family
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