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owers occur on one individual and the male flowers on another of the same species, and to animals in which the ovum is produced by one individual and the sperm cell by another; -- opposed to monoecious.

An animal having two successive sets of teeth.

ding two pairs of sharp organs (mandibles and maxillæ) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larvæ (called maggots) being usually without feet.

of disassimilation. Disassimilative processes constitute a marked feature in the life of animal cells. McKendrick.

a circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disc, a germinal disc, etc. Same as Disk.

Capable of being discovered, found out, or perceived; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; truths discoverable by human industry.

A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc.

Disturbance of the functions of the animal economy of the soul; sickness; derangement. "Disorder in the body." Locke.

divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their structure and relations; to anatomize.

Dividing or separating the parts of an animal or vegetable body; as, a dissecting aneurism, one which makes its way between or within the coats of an artery.

The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I.

A morbid state of the animal system; indisposition; malady; disorder; -- at present chiefly applied to diseases of brutes; as, a distemper in dogs; the horse distemper; the horn distemper in cattle. They heighten distempers to diseases. Suckling.

fference; as, the distinction between real and apparent good. The distinction betwixt the animal kingdom and the inferior parts of matter. Locke.

steam prior to the next admission. Geographical distribution, the natural arrangements of animals and plants in particular regions or districts.

dely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc.

To impart; to communicate. Which would not be To them [animals] made common and divulged. Milton.

The solid part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair; the stump of a tail; the part of a tail left after clipping or cutting. Grew.

the fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck. Also applied to the female of other animals, as the rabbit. See the Note under Buck.

near the habitations of man; domesticated; tame as distinguished from wild; as, domestic animals.

To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant.