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Having the ovule inverted at an early period in its development, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex; -- opposed to orthotropous. Gray.

A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc.

nimal magnetism. See Magnetism and Mesmerism. -- Animal electricity, the electricity developed in some animals, as the electric eel, torpedo, etc. -- Animal flower (Zoöl.), a name given to certain marine animals resembling a flower, as any species of actinia or sea anemone, and other Anthozoa, hydroids, starfishes, e…

The doctrine, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper principle of life and development in the body.

ropods, including those having spiral shells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed.

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

The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the Pink family. Gray.

The science or study of human generation, or the origin and development of man.

The science of the laws of the development of the human organism in relation to other organisms and to environment. -- An`thro*po*nom"ic*al (#), a.

ousantibodies, and the introduction of toxins or of foreign cells also results in the development of their specific antibodies.

The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions.

Belonging to antipathy; opposite; contrary; allopathic.

ught; as, I would not do it for anything. Did you ever know of anything so unlucky A. Trollope. They do not know that anything is amiss with them. W. G. Sumner.

Incomplete or faulty development.

A genus of fresh-water phyllopod crustaceans. See Phyllopod.

A mountainous and picturesque district of Greece, in the heart of the Peloponnesus, whose people were distinguished for contentment and rural happiness.

A genus of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the squids, found esp. in the North Atlantic and about New Zealand.

The substance from which attraction spheres develop in mitotic cell division, and of which they consist.

Pertaining to Argolis, a district in the Peloponnesus.

A cephalopod of the genus Argonauta.