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Bearing a small hook at the end. Gray.

Having but one series of stamens, and that equal in number to the proper number of petals; isostemonous.

Meteoric iron; a meteorite consisting of metallic iron without stony matter.

Pertaining to the Holostei.

An extensive division of ganoids, including the gar pike, bowfin, etc.; the bony ganoids. See Illustration in Appendix.

Wholly solid; -- said of a barometer constructed of solid materials to show the variations of atmospheric pressure without the use of liquids, as the aneroid.

An artificial division of gastropods, including those that have an entire aperture.

Same as Holostomatous.

Having an entire aperture; -- said of many univalve shells.

One of the Holostomata.

A division of phyllopod Crustacea, including those that are entirely covered by a bivalve shell.

An order of vitreous sponges, having glassy six-rayed, siliceous spicules; -- called also Hexactinellinæ.

Pertaining to or connecting the tongue and hyodean arch; as, the hyoglossal membrane.

A flat muscle on either side of the tongue, connecting it with the hyoid bone.

One of the hypoglossal nerves.

tion inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; -- contrasted with explosion.

Formed by implosion. -- n.

und; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a town with walls. How many evils have inclosed me round! Milton.

One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common grounds.

The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence.