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A name applied by Dujardin in 1835 to the gelatinous material forming the bodies of the lowest animals; protoplasm.

A fleshy covering of a seed, lying between the external and internal integuments.

Of or pertaining to sarcode.

A seedlip. [Prov. Eng.]

Any one of a group of lizards of the Gecko tribe, having the toes broad, and furnished with a groove in which the claws can be concealed.

Of or pertaining to the thecodonts.

A group of fossil saurians having biconcave vertebræ and the teeth implanted in sockets.

A small edible American fish (Microgadus tomcod) of the Codfish family, very abundant in autumn on the Atlantic coast of the Northen United States; -- called also frostfish. See Illust. under Frostfish.

The positive electrode of an electrolytic cell; anode. [R.] Miller.

Below in rank; next to in order. Shak. Codrus after PhDryden.

Same as Cacodylic acid.

A spontaneously inflammable liquid, having a repulsive odor, and consisting of cacodyl and its oxidation products; -- called also Cadel's fuming liquid.

A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal notches. Besides the common species of the southern United States, there are allied species in Sout…

Having the ability to live both on land and in water, as frogs, crocodiles, beavers, and some plants.

A group of teleostean fishes destitute of spiny fin-rays, as the cod.

Skelton. Such as give some proof of animosity, audacity, and execution, those she [the crocodile] loveth. Holland.

join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to. "He annexed a codicil to a will." Johnson.

A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland. Grabb. J. Q. Adams.

An arctic fish (Gadus luscus), allied to the cod; -- called also pout and whiting pout.

An English fish, allied to the cod; the coalfish. [Written also billet and billit.]