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Having the form of a ring; annular. Ray.

A small wild ox of Celebes (Anoa depressicornis), allied to the buffalo, but having long nearly straight horns.

A genus of fresh-water bivalves, having to teeth at the hinge. [Written also Anodonta.]

(Psychol.) Not subject to conscious attention; having an indefinite, relatively passive, conscious being; characteristic of the "fringe" or "margin" of consciousness.

One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more or less united to the outer and inner ones.

Having anomalous feet.

Having anomalous flowers.

Having leaves irregularly placed.

A moss or mosslike plant which cellular stems, having usually an upward growth and distinct leaves.

Having unequal oblique axes; as, anorthic crystals.

Having a handle. Johnson.

Having the extremities terminate in the heads of eagles, lions, etc.; as, an anserated cross.

Having no answer, or impossible to be answered. Byron.

Bearing or having antennæ.

Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple.

Having the figure of, or resemblance to, a man; as, an anthromorphous plant. "Anthromorphous apes." Darwin.

Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surface of a saddle.

Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison. Sir T. Browne. -- An"ti*do`tal*ly, adv.

Having a natural contrariety, or constitutional aversion, to a thing; characterized by antipathy; -- often followed by to. Fuller.

Having a natural contrariety; adverse; antipathetic. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.