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Pertaining to, or resembling, a zoöphyte.

Of or pertaining to zoöphytology; as, zoöphytological observations.

The natural history zoöphytes.

An instrument similar to, or the same as, the, the phenakistoscope, by means of which pictures projected upon a screen are made to exhibit the natural movements of animals, and the like.

Animal psychology.

One of the spermatic particles; spermatozoid.

A spore, or conceptacle containing zoöspores.

A spore provided with one or more slender cilia, by the vibration of which it swims in the water. Zoöspores are produced by many green, and by some olive-brown, algæ. In certain species they are divided into the larger macrozoöspores and the smaller microzoöspores. Called also sporozoid, and swarmspore.…

Of or pertaining to zoöspores; of the nature of zoöspores.

Containing the remains of organized bodies; -- said of rock or soil.

Of or pertaining to zoötomy.

One who dissects animals, or is skilled in zoötomy.

The dissection or the anatomy of animals; -- distinguished from androtomy.

Of or pertaining to the nourishment of animals.

ticulation; and the Greeks took it to represent their vowel Alpha with the ä sound, the Phoenician alphabet having no vowel symbols. This letter, in English, is used for several different vowel sounds. See Guide to pronunciation, §§ 43-74. The regular long a, as in fate, etc., is a comparatively modern sound, and has t…

A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife. Abbott.

Hell; the bottomless pit. [Poetic] In all her gates, Abaddon rues Thy bold attempt. Milton.

e, condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade. Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased. Luke xiv. ll.

ge by aid or countenance; -- used in a bad sense of persons and acts; as, to abet an ill-doer; to abet one in his wicked courses; to abet vice; to abet an insurrection. "The whole tribe abets the villany." South. Would not the fool abet the stealth, Who rashly thus exposed his wealth Gay.

One who abides, or continues. [Obs.] "Speedy goers and strong abiders." Sidney.