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a. Relating to bryology; as, bryological studies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in bryology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; moss + -logy. ] That part of botany which relates to mosses. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } [ Cf. Cock, fowl; Yellow. ] A pet name for any small bird. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a tropical American palm (Acrocomia vinifera) having edible nuts and yielding a useful fiber.
Syn. -- coyol palm, Acrocomia vinifera. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. kry`os icy cold, frost + -lite: cf. F. cryolithe. ] (Min.) A fluoride of sodium and aluminum, found in Greenland, in white cleavable masses; -- used as a source of soda and alumina. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to embryology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in embryology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'e`mbryon an embryo + -logy: cf. F. embryologie. ] (Biol.) The science which relates to the formation and development of the embryo in animals and plants; a study of the gradual development of the ovum until it reaches the adult stage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + (prob.) L. oleum oil; but cf. Ichthyolite. ] (Chem.) An oily substance prepared by the dry distillation of a bituminous mineral containing fossil fishes. It is used in medicine as a remedy in some forms of skin diseases. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + &unr_; to worship. ] Worship of fishes, or of fish-shaped idols. Layard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + -lite. ] (Paleon.) A fossil fish, or fragment of a fish.

{ } a. [ Cf. F. ichthyologique. ] Of or pertaining to ichthyology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. ichthyologiste. ] One versed in, or who studies, ichthyology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + -logy: cf. F. ichthyologie. ] The natural history of fishes; that branch of Zoology which relates to fishes, including their structure, classification, and habits. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) See Cryolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Mariolatry. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a muscle + &unr_; skin. ] (Anat.) Sarcolemma. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, muscle. ] (Physiol.) The essential material of muscle fibers. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to myology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in myology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Myo- + -logy: cf. F. myologie. ] That part of anatomy which treats of muscles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "rei^n to flow + -lite.] (Min.) A quartzose trachyte, an igneous rock often showing a fluidal structure. -- Rhy`o*lit"ic, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not yielded. [ Obs. ] “[ By ] force . . . is he taken unyolden.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) (a) See Viol, 2. (b) The block through which a messenger passes. [ Written also viol, and voyal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. p. p. of Yield. Yielded. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. p. p. of Yield. Yielded. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. yolke, yelke, &yogh_;olke, &yogh_;elke, AS. geoloca, geoleca, fr. geolu yellow. See Yellow. ] [ Written also yelk. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The yellow part of an egg; the vitellus. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) An oily secretion which naturally covers the wool of sheep. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yolk cord (Zool.), a slender cord or duct which connects the yolk glands with the egg chambers in certain insects, as in the aphids. --
Yolk gland (Zool.), a special organ which secretes the yolk of the eggs in many turbellarians, and in some other invertebrates. See Illust. of Hermaphrodite in Appendix. --
Yolk sack (Anat.), the umbilical vesicle. See under Unbilical. [ 1913 Webster ]