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In front of the auditory capsule; -- applied especially to a bone, or center of ossification, in the periotic capsule. -- n.

The entire cavity of the prosencephalon. B. G. Wilder.

Same as Prosocoele.

A figure by which things are represented as persons, or by which things inanimate are spoken of as animated beings; also, a figure by which an absent person is introduced as speaking, or a deceased person is represented as alive and present. It includes personification, but is more extensive in its signification.…

An organism whose nature is so difficult to determine that it might be referred to either the animal or the vegetable kingdom.

One of the Protozoa.

One of the primary, or first-formed, segments of an embryonic arthropod.

Same as Pseudocoelia.

The fifth ventricle in the mammalian brain. See Ventricle. B. G. Wilder.

Pertaining to, or dependent on, pyroelectricity; receiving electric polarity when heated.

Electricity developed by means of heat; the science which treats of electricity thus developed.

A suborder of Turbellaria including those that have a simple cylindrical, or saclike, stomach, without an intestine.

Of or pertaining to the Rhabdocoela.

Same as Nemertina. -- Rhyn`cho*coe"lous, a.

A roebuck. See Roebuck.

A small European and Asiatic deer (Capreolus capræa) having erect, cylindrical, branched antlers, forked at the summit. This, the smallest European deer, is very nimble and graceful. It always prefers a mountainous country, or high grounds.

Filled with roe.

The roebuck.

Same as Oölite.

A green micaceous mineral occurring in minute scales. It is essentially a silicate of aluminia and potash containing vanadium.