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One who is fond of forest or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods. [R.]

Fondness for forest scenery; love of the woods. [R.]

Having a separate and simple tendon to flex the first toe, or hallux, as do passerine birds.

Eating raw flesh; using uncooked meat as food; as, omophagic feasts, rites.

The shoulder blade, or scapula.

A division of holothurians having an internal gill, or respiratory tree.

Any ground squirrel of the genus Spermophilus; gopher. See Illust. under Gopher.

A spermatophore.

Plants which produce seed; phænogamia. These plants constitute the highest grand division of the vegetable kingdom.

Any plant which produces true seeds; -- a term recently proposed to replace phænogam.

Capable of producing seeds; phænogamic.

The protoplasm of the sperm cell. Haeckel.

An electrical instrument for determining by the ear the rhythm of the pulse of a person at a distance.

Same as Foraminifera.

Heat-loving; -- applied esp. to certain bacteria.

A portable form of telethermometer, using a telephone in connection with a differential thermometer.

An apparatus for conveying heat, as a case containing material which retains its heat for a considerable period.

An instrument of extreme sensibility, used to determine slight differences and degrees of heat. It is composed of alternate bars of antimony and bismuth, or any two metals having different capacities for the conduction of heat, connected with an astatic galvanometer, which is very sensibly affected by the electric curr…

A genus of transparent marine annelids which swim actively at the surface of the sea. They have deeply divided or forked finlike organs (parapodia). This genus is the type of the order, or suborder, Gymnocopa.

A colorless crystalline substance prepared by the reaction of carbolic acid with bromine.