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One of the terminal branches or divisions of the beam of the antler of the stag or other large deer.

A division of calcareous sponges.

A division of monotremes which comprises the spiny ant-eaters of Australia and New Guinea. See Illust. under Echidna.

A division of Ctenophora including those which have a long, ribbonlike body. The Venus's girdle is the most familiar example.

An extensive division of gastropod mollusks in which the odontophore is long and narrow, and usually bears seven rows of teeth. It includes a large number of families both marine and fresh- water.

The division of cestode worms which comprises the tapeworms. See Tapeworm.

A division of dipterous insects in which the proboscis is large and contains lancelike mandibles and maxillæ. The horseflies and robber flies are examples.

An Athenian military officer commanding a certain division of an army. Milford.

That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants; the laws or principles of classification.

A division of morphology created by Haeckel; the science of organic individuality constituting the purely structural portion of morphology, in which the organism is regarded as composed of organic individuals of different orders, each organ being considered an individual. See Promorphology, and Morphon.…

An extensive division of fishes including the ordinary fishes (Teleostei) and the ganoids.

The division of a tendon, or the act of dividing a tendon.

A division of Ctenophora including those which have two long tentacles.

A division of a perianth. [R.]

A division of Hymenoptera including those which have an ovipositor adapted for perforating plants. It includes the sawflies.

A division of annelids including the common earthworms and allied species.

A division of Crinoidea including numerous fossil species in which the body is covered with tessellated plates.

stinct revelations of God's purposes toward man; a covenant; also, one of the two general divisions of the canonical books of the sacred Scriptures, in which the covenants are respectively revealed; as, the Old Testament; the New Testament; -- often limited, in colloquial language, to the latter. He is the mediator of…

A division of brachiopods including those which have a calcareous shell furnished with a hinge and hinge teeth. Terebratula and Spirifer are examples.

A division of Tunicata including the common attached ascidians, both simple and compound. Called also Tethioidea.