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Living in the earth; -- applied to the ground beetles.

A geodetic line or curve.

Of or pertaining to geodetic.

One versed in geodesy.

That branch of applied mathematics which determines, by means of observations and measurements, the figures and areas of large portions of the earth's surface, or the general figure and dimenshions of the earth; or that branch of surveying in which the curvature of the earth is taken into account, as in the surveys of…

Of or pertaining to gebdesy; obtained or determined by the operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as, geodetic surveying; geodetic observers. Geodetic line or curve, the shortest line that can be drawn between two points on the elipsoidal surface of the earth; a curve drawn on any given surface so that th…

In a geodetic manner; according to geodesy.

Same as Geodesy.

Producing geodes; containing geodes.

cimeris generosa) of the Pacific coast of North America, highly valued as an article of food.

An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes and many allied fossil forms. They have rhombic, ganoid scales, a heterocercal tail, paired fins without an axis, fulcra on the fins, and a bony skeleton, with the vertebræ convex in front and concave behind, forming a ball and socket joint. See Ganoidel.…

State or time of being a girl.

A metallic mineral having a grayish tin-white color, and containing cobalt and iron, with sulphur and arsenic.

imp. of Glide. Chaucer.

An extinct South American quaternary mammal, allied to the armadillos. It was as large as an ox, was covered with tessellated scales, and had fluted teeth. Owen.

One of a family (glyptodontidæ) of extinct South American edentates, of which Glyptodon is the type. About twenty species are known.

A gnathopodite or maxilliped. See Maxilliped.

Any leglike appendage of a crustacean, when modified wholly, or in part, to serve as a jaw, esp. one of the maxillipeds.

Good. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Having a reverential and loving feeling towards God; religious. A brave good-fearing man. Tennyson.