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Protosomite :: Protosomite (n.) One of the primitive segments, or metameres, of an animal..

Protomorphic :: Protomorphic (a.) Having the most primitive character; in the earliest form; as, a protomorphic layer of tissue..

Xerophagy :: Xerophagy (n.) Among the primitive Christians, the living on a diet of dry food in Lent and on other fasts..

Etymologize :: Etymologize (v. t.) To give the etymology of; to trace to the root or primitive, as a word..

Ectental :: Ectental (a.) Relating to, or connected with, the two primitive germ layers, the ectoderm and ectoderm; as, the ectental line or line of juncture of the two layers in the segmentation of the ovum..

Mesenteron :: Mesenteron (n.) All that part of the alimentary canal which is developed from the primitive enteron and is lined with hypoblast. It is distinguished from the stomod/um, a part at the anterior end of the canal, including the cavity of the mouth, and the proctod/um, a part at the posterior end, which are formed by invagination and are lined with epiblast..

Nephridium :: Nephridium (n.) A segmental tubule; one of the tubules of the primitive urinogenital organs; a segmental organ. See Illust. under Loeven's larva.

Kin :: Kin (n.) A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings..

Pristinate :: Pristinate (a.) Pristine; primitive.

Primitive :: Primitive (a.) Of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity; as, a primitive style of dress..

Whitsunday :: Whitsunday (n.) The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; -- so called, it is said, because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white garments..

Ranter :: Ranter (n.) One of the Primitive Methodists, who seceded from the Wesleyan Methodists on the ground of their deficiency in fervor and zeal; -- so called in contempt..

Neurenteric :: Neurenteric (a.) Of or pertaining to both the neuron and the enteron; as, the neurenteric canal, which, in embroys of many vertebrates, connects the medullary tube and the primitive intestine. See Illust. of Ectoderm..

Primity :: Primity (n.) Quality of being first; primitiveness.

Phylactery :: Phylactery (n.) Among the primitive Christians, a case in which the relics of the dead were inclosed..

Hetarism :: Hetarism (n.) A supposed primitive state of society, in which all the women of a tribe were held in common..

Radically :: Radically (adv.) Without derivation; primitively; essentially.

Stomp :: Stomodaeum (n.) The primitive mouth and esophagus of the embryo of annelids and arthropods.

Primitive :: Primitive (a.) Original; primary; radical; not derived; as, primitive verb in grammar..

Primary :: Primary (a.) First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original.

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