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A little eye; a minute simple eye found in many invertebrates.

One of the dilatations of the body wall of Bryozoa in which the ova sometimes undegro the first stages of their development. See Illust. of Chilostoma.

A peculiar forcepslike organ which occurs in large numbers upon starfishes and echini. Those of starfishes have two movable jaws, or blades, and are usually nearly, or quite, sessile; those of echini usually have three jaws and a pedicel. See Illustration in Appendix.

Having a pedicel; supported by a pedicel.

A genus of Bryozoa, of the order Entoprocta, having a bell- shaped body supported on a slender pedicel. See Illust. under Entoprocta.

See Pencel.

Surrounding a cell; as, the pericellular lymph spaces surrounding ganglion cells.

One of the filaments on the inner surface of the gastric cavity of certain jellyfishes.

A cell (as one of two electrodes embedded in selenium) which by exposure to light generates an electric current.

Of or pertaining to porcelain; resembling porcelain; as, porcelaneous shells.

Porcelaneous. Ure.

Excellence; superiority. [Obs.] Sheldon.

Excellent; surpassing. [Obs.] Holland.

One of a family of oceanic birds (Procellaridæ) including the petrels, fulmars, and shearwaters. They are often seen in great abundance in stormy weather.

Stormy. [Obs.] Bailey.

Same as Pseudonavicula.

A maid; a virgin. [Written also pucel.] [Obs.] Lady or pucelle, that wears mask or fan. B. Jonson. La Pucelle, the Maid of Orleans, Joan of Arc.

Large ganglion cells forming a layer near the surface of the cerebellum.

Pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid of the oxalic series found in archil (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), and other lichens, and extracted as a white crystalline substance C17H32O4.

A red dyestuff, used as a substitute for cochineal, archil, etc. It consists of the sodium salt of a complex azo derivative of naphtol.