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galike fungi. The plant body ranges from an undifferentiated mass of protoplasm to a well-developed and much- branched mycelium. Reproduction is mainly sexual, by the formation of conidia or sporangia; but the group shows every form of transition from this method through simple conjugation to perfect sexual reproductio…

The history of genealogical development; the race history of an animal or vegetable type; the historic exolution of the phylon or tribe, in distinction from ontogeny, or the development of the individual organism, and from biogenesis, or life development generally.

and religion. Anthropomorphism grows into theology, while physicism (if I may so call it) develops into science. Huxley.

The germ history of the functions, or the history of the development of vital activities, in the individual, being one of the branches of ontogeny. See Morphogeny. Haeckel.

The tribal history of the functions, or the history of the paleontological development of vital activities, -- being a branch of phylogeny. See Morphophyly. Haeckel.

larva of certain nemertean worms. It has no resemblance to its parent, and the young worm develops in its interior.

A feather not fully developed; esp., a rudimentary feather just emerging through the skin.

Having part, or all, of the feathers imperfectly developed.

asis versicolor Etym: [NL.] (Med.), a parasitic disease of the skin, characterized by the development of reddish or brownish patches.

The embryo which has begun its development in the act of germination.

In embryonic development, a vesicle filled with fluid, formed from the morula by the divergence of its cells in such a manner as to give rise to a central space, around which the cells arrange themselves as an envelope; an embryonic form intermediate between the morula and gastrula. Sometimes used as synonymous with ga…

A combining form signifying developing, forming, growing; as, heteroplastic, monoplastic, polyplastic.

A combining form denoting the act or process of forming, development, growth; as, autoplasty, perineoplasty.

A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches.

inates of every point of the line or surface. -- Polar forces (Physics), forces that are developed and act in pairs, with opposite tendencies or properties in the two elements, as magnetism, electricity, etc. -- Polar hare (Zoöl.), a large hare of Arctic America (Lepus arcticus), which turns pure white in winter. It…

its dominions (11 Peters (U. S.) 102). The later cases have excepted from its domain the development and administration of private law. Modern political science defines the power as a branch of internal administration in the exercise of which the executive should move within the lines of general principles prescribed…

posite, or consists of two or more monogenetic ranges, each having had its own history of development. Dana.

The doctrine of, or belief in, a plurality of gods. In the Old Testament, the gradual development of polytheism from the primitive monotheism may be learned. Shaff-Herzog.

ution; as, wise, noble. -- Positive electricity (Elec), the kind of electricity which is developed when glass is rubbed with silk, or which appears at that pole of a voltaic battery attached to the plate that is not attacked by the exciting liquid; -- formerly called vitreous electricity; -- opposed to Ant: negative e…

Occurring before the symptom ataxia has developed; -- applied to the early symptoms of locomotor ataxia.