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Periblast :: Periblast (a.) The protoplasmic matter which surrounds the entoblast, or cell nucleus, and undergoes segmentation..

Chromophane :: Chromophane (n.) A general name for the several coloring matters, red, green, yellow, etc., present in the inner segments in the cones of the retina, held in solution by fats, and slowly decolorized by light; distinct from the photochemical pigments of the rods of the retina..

Scallop :: Scallop (v. t.) To mark or cut the edge or border of into segments of circles, like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. See Scallop, n., 2..

Buckler :: Buckler (n.) The anterior segment of the shell of trilobites.

Parieto- :: Parieto- () A combining form used to indicate connection with, or relation to, the parietal bones or the parietal segment of the skull; as, the parieto-mastoid suture..

Cestoidea :: Cestoidea (n. pl.) A class of parasitic worms (Platelminthes) of which the tapeworms are the most common examples. The body is flattened, and usually but not always long, and composed of numerous joints or segments, each of which may contain a complete set of male and female reproductive organs. They have neither mouth nor intestine. See Tapeworm..

Alitrunk :: Alitrunk (n.) The segment of the body of an insect to which the wings are attached; the thorax.

Surbated :: Surbased (a.) Having the vertical height from springing line to crown less than the half span; -- said of an arch; as, a segmental arch is surbased..

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle.

Chaetopoda :: Chaetopoda (n. pl.) A very extensive order of Annelida, characterized by the presence of lateral setae, or spines, on most or all of the segments. They are divided into two principal groups: Oligochaeta, including the earthworms and allied forms, and Polychaeta, including most of the marine species..

Manus :: Manus (n.) The distal segment of the fore limb, including the carpus and fore foot or hand..

Cone :: Cone (v. t.) To render cone-shaped; to bevel like the circular segment of a cone; as, to cone the tires of car wheels..

Protomerite :: Protomerite (n.) The second segment of one of the Gregarinae.

Welwitschia :: Welwitschia (n.) An African plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) belonging to the order Gnetaceae. It consists of a short, woody, topshaped stem, and never more than two leaves, which are the cotyledons enormously developed, and at length split into diverging segments..

Inarticulate :: Inarticulate (a.) Not jointed or articulated; having no distinct body segments; as, an inarticulate worm..

Pantoscopic :: Pantoscopic (a.) Literally, seeing everything; -- a term applied to eyeglasses or spectacles divided into two segments, the upper being designed for distant vision, the lower for vision of near objects..

Zoonite :: Zoonite (n.) One of the segments of the body of an articulate animal.

Division :: Division (n.) The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a distinct segment or section.

Uromere :: Uromere (n.) Any one of the abdominal segments of an arthropod.

Segmental :: Segmental (a.) Relating to, or being, a segment..

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