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A genus of extinct oölitic fishes, having rounded teeth in several rows adapted for crushing.

An hæmapodous animal. G. Rolleston.

on, or directed toward, the ventral or hemal side, as in vertebrates; -- opposed to neuropodous.

Same as Hemadynamometer.

Same as Hæmadromograph.

Same as Hemadrometer.

Same as Hemadynamics.

Same as Hemadynamics.

ame father or of the same mother, but not of both; as, a brother or sister of the half blood. See Blood, n., 2 and 4.

oceeding from a male and female of different breeds or races; having only one parent of good stock; as, a half-blooded sheep.

A subdivision of the Devonian system of America; -- so named from Hamilton, Madison Co., New York. It includes the Marcellus, Hamilton, and Genesee epochs or groups. See the Chart of Geology.

of mind; bravery; intrepidity; also, audaciousness; impudence. A bound of graceful hardihood. Wordsworth. It is the society of numbers which gives hardihood to iniquity. Buckminster.

The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum.

A judge or umpire in games or combats.

Any bird of the genus Turnix. Various species inhabit Asia, Africa, and Australia.

Hermaphrodism. B. Jonson.

See Hermaphroditism.

he stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the same receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. in Appendix, under Helminths.

Partaking of the characteristics of both sexes; characterized by hermaphroditism. -- Her*maph`ro*dit"ic*al*ly, adv.

The union of the two sexes in the same individual, or the combination of some of their characteristics or organs in one individual.