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longing to Viviparus, Melantho, and allied genera. Their young, when born, have a well-developed spiral shell.

That form of electricity which is developed by the chemical action between metals and different liquids; voltaic electricity; also, the science which treats of this form of electricity; -- called also galvanism, from Galvani, on account of his experiments showing the remarkable influence of this agent on animals.…

A saclike envelope of certain fungi, which bursts open as the plant develops.

A large, heavy antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) native of Central Africa. It frequents the banks of rivers and is a good swimmer. It has a white ring around the rump. Called also photomok, water antelope, and waterbok.

That which is woven; a texture; textile fabric; esp., something woven in a loom. Penelope, for her Ulysses' sake, Devised a web her wooers to deceive. Spenser. Not web might be woven, not a shuttle thrown, or penalty of exile. Bancroft.

y, topshaped stem, and never more than two leaves, which are the cotyledons enormously developed, and at length split into diverging segments.

late is immersed in a solution of silver nitrate, and immediately after exposure it is developed and fixed.

belonging to the subgenus Mareca, of the genus Anas. The common European widgeon (Anas penelope) and the American widgeon (A. Americana) are the most important species. The latter is called also baldhead, baldpate, baldface, baldcrown, smoking duck, wheat, duck, and whitebelly. Bald-faced, or Green-headed, widgeon, the…

eggs usually differ from the summer eggs in having a thicker shell, and often in being enveloped in a protective case. They sometimes develop in a manner different from that of the summer eggs. -- Winter fallow, ground that is fallowed in winter. -- Winter fat. (Bot.) Same as White sage, under White. -- Winter fever…

and white ants. The workers are generally females having the sexual organs imperfectly developed. See Ant, and White ant, under White.

That which wraps; envelope; covering.

That in which anything is wrapped, or inclosed; envelope; covering.

That portion of a fibrovascular bundle which has developed, or will develop, into wood cells; -- distinguished from phloëm.

A large Asiatic antelope (Budorcas taxicolor) native of the higher parts of the Himalayas and other lofty mountains. Its head and neck resemble those of the ox, and its tail is like that of the goat. Called also budorcas.

A language used by German and other Jews, being a Middle German dialect developed under Hebrew and Slavic influence. It is written in Hebrew characters.

An Indian of a linguistic stock of tribes of the Peruvian coast who had a developed agricultural civilization at the advent of the Spaniards, before which they had been conquered by the Incas. They constructed irrigation canals which are still in use, adorned their buildings with bas-reliefs and frescoes, and were skil…

arse-grained syenite containing zircon crystals and often also elæolite. It is largely developed in Southern Norway.

The outer transparent layer, or envelope, of the ovum. It is a more or less elastic membrane with radiating striæ, and corresponds to the cell wall of an ordinary cell. See Ovum, and Illust. of Microscope. (b) The zona radiata. -- Zona radiata Etym: [NL.] (Biol.), a radiately striated membrane situated next the yolk o…

etimes restricted to those individuals in which the mouth and digestive organs are not developed.

Any one of the perfectly developed individuals of a compound animal.