Search the Dictionary

The anterior part of the head; the face.

An order of Infusoria, having one or two long, whiplike cilia, at the anterior end. It includes monads. See Infusoria, and Monad.

toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; -- opposed to Ant: back or Ant: behind; as, the fore part of a garment; the fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon. The free will of the subject is preserved, while it is directed by…

The anterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the prosencephalon and thalamencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the prosencephalon only. See Brain.

One of the anterior feet of a quardruped or multiped; -- usually written fore foot.

The anterior part of the alimentary canal, from the mouth to the intestine, o

Of or pertaining to the forehead or the anterior part of the roof of the brain case; as, the frontal bones.

The anterior, outer process of the second joint of the maxillae in certain insects.

The kneelike bend, in the anterior part of the callosum of the brain.

Pertaining to both the hyoidean arch and the tongue; -- applied to the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes. -- n. The glossohyal bone or cartilage; lingual bone; entoglossal bone.

An enlargement of the thyroid gland, on the anterior part of the neck; bronchocele. It is frequently associated with cretinism, and is most common in mountainous regions, especially in certain parts of Switzerland.

rpillars, when full- grown, have a grayish mottled appearance, with blue tubercles on the anterior and red tubercles on the posterior part of the body, all giving rise to long yellow and black hairs. They usually pupate in July and the moth appears in August. The eggs are laid on tree trunks, rocks, etc., and hatch in…

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the chief sensory organs; poll; cephalon.

One of the partially thickened anterior wings of certain insects, as of many Hemiptera, the earwigs, etc.

Having five tarsal joints in the anterior and middle legs, but only four in the posterior pair, as the blister beetles and oil beetles.

A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. See Hemiptera.

ed Infusoria, having fine cilia all over the body, and a circle of larger ones around the anterior end.

Anterior in age to the lowest rocks which contain organic remains. Lyell.

An acute disease, almost exclusively infantile, characterized by inflammation of the anterior horns of the gray substance of the spinal cord. It is attended with febrile symptoms, motor paralysis, and muscular atrophy, often producing permanent deformities. Called also acute anterior poliomyelitis.

On the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior.