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tion or plan of the heavens and the heavenly bodies; the construction of celestial maps, globes, etc.; uranology.

Behind the stomach; -- said of two lobes of the carapace of certain crustaceans.

The pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border of the soft palate.

red a colony of many individuals. The commonest species is Volvox globator, often called globe animalcule.

R. quadriloba) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. Its snout appears to be four- lobed when viewed in front, whence it is also called cow-nosed ray.

One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.

Having the anterior lobes of the foot so modified as to form a pair of winglike swimming organs; -- said of the pteropod mollusks.

nd its concerns which is known to any one, or contemplated by any one; a division of the globe, or of its inhabitants; human affairs as seen from a certain position, or from a given point of view; also, state of existence; scene of life and action; as, the Old World; the New World; the religious world; the Catholic wor…