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art; the abdominal appendages are large, and bear the gills. Called also Gastrula, Stomatopoda, and Squilloidea.

One of the Stomatopoda.

Same as Stomapoda.

Of or pertaining to the Stomatopoda.

An expansion at the base of the style, as in umbelliferous plants.

Situated under the podophyllous tissue of the horse's foot.

A sympodium.

Composed of superposed branches in such a way as to imitate a simple axis; as, a sympodial stem.

An axis or stem produced by dichotomous branching in which one of the branches is regularly developed at the expense of the other, as in the grapevine.

An order of extinct Mammalia found in the Tertiary formations.

Same as Arthrostraca.

An insect characterized by having but four perfect legs, as certain of the butterflies.

A set of four feet; a measure or distance of four feet.

are less birdlike, and hence more like those of an ordinary quadruped, than in the Ornithopoda. It includes the repacious genera Megalosaurus, Creosaurus, and their allies.

One of the Trachelipoda.

An extensive artificial group of gastropods comprising all those which have a spiral shell and the foot attached to the base of the neck.

Having the foot united with the neck; of or pertainingto the Trachelipoda.

at top, for supporting a theodolite, compass, telescope, camera, or other instrument. Tripod of life, or Vital tripod (Physiol.), the three organs, the heart, lungs, and brain; -- so called because their united action is necessary to the maintenance of life.

n ancient stringed instrument; -- so called because, in form, it resembled the Delphic tripod.

Three metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure.