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See Andromede.

ed at the extremities of the toes, and the weight of the animal rests on the callous. The dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) has one bunch on the back, while the Bactrian camel (C. Bactrianus) has two. The llama, alpaca, and vicuña, of South America, belong to a related genus (Auchenia).

vative of cyanogen, regarded as an acid, and known chiefly in its salts; -- called also hydromellonic acid.

A special breed of the dromedary used for rapid traveling; the swift camel; -- called also herire, and maharik.

A sexual zooid produced as a medusoid bud upon a hydroid, sometimes becoming a free hydromedusa, sometimes remaining attached. See Hydroidea, and Illusts. of Athecata, Campanularian, and Gonosome.

A group of acalephs, including the naked-eyed medusæ; the hydromedusæ. Most of them are known to be the free-swimming progeny (gonophores) of hydroids.

A form of apparatus (somewhat different from the hemadrometer) for measuring the velocity of the blood.

Same as Hemadrometer.

A form of hydrometer, specially graduated, for finding the density of milk, and thus discovering whether it has been mixed with water or some of the cream has been removed.

One who gained the prize in the lampadrome.

The proboscis of a jellyfish; -- called also hypostoma. See Illust. of Hydromedusa.

A fermented drink made of water and honey with malt, yeast, etc.; metheglin; hydromel. Chaucer.

y glasses, or by telescope, microscope, or the like. -- Naked-eyed medusa. (Zoöl.) See Hydromedusa. -- Naked flooring (Carp.), the timberwork which supports a floor. Gwilt. -- Naked mollusk (Zoöl.), a nudibranch. -- Naked wood (Bot.), a large rhamnaceous tree (Colibrina reclinata) of Southern Florida and the West I…

Of, pertaining to, or like, a palindrome.

A writer of palindromes.

ear the vernal equinoctial point. Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of Andromeda, form the square of Pegasus.

A reddish herb (Pterospora andromedea) of the United States, found parasitic on the roots of pine trees.

Of or pertaining to prodromes; as, the prodromal stage of a disease.

A prodrome.

cy. There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Shak. Marsh rosemary. (a) A little shrub (Andromeda polifolia) growing in cold swamps and having leaves like those of the rosemary. (b) See under Marsh. -- Rosemary pine, the loblolly pine. See under Loblolly.