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Having male sexual organs while young, and female organs later in life. -- Pro*tan"trism, n.

coloring (Zoöl.), coloring which serves for the concealment and preservation of a living organism. Cf. Mimicry. Wallace. -- Protective tariff (Polit. Econ.), a tariff designed to secure protection (see Protection, 4.), as distinguished from a tariff designed to raise revenue. See Tariff, and Protection, 4.…

re present in nearly all animal fluids and make up the greater part of animal tissues and organs. They are also important constituents of vegetable tissues. See 2d Note under Food. -- Pro"te*id, a.

rimary growth from the spore of ferns and other Pteridophyta, which bears the true sexual organs; the oöphoric generation of ferns, etc.

A provisional group in which are placed a number of low microscopic organisms of doubtful nature. Some are probably plants, others animals.

protomartyr, the first martyr; protomorphic, primitive in form; protoplast, a primordial organism; prototype, protozoan.

Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an organic acid which is obtained as a white crystalline substance from catechin, asafetida, oil of cloves, etc., and by distillation itself yields pyrocatechin.

An organism whose nature is so difficult to determine that it might be referred to either the animal or the vegetable kingdom.

A first-formed organized body; the first individual, or pair of individuals, of a species. A species is a class of individuals, each of which is hypothetically considered to be the descendant of the same protoplast, or of the same pair of protoplasts. Latham.

A muscle which extends an organ or part; -- opposed to retractor.

eling or sense perception such as occurs in hypochondriasis, or such as is referred to an organ that has been removed, as an amputated foot.

Microscopic organic particles, molecular granules, powdered inorganic substances, etc., which in form, size, and grouping resemble bacteria.

Any protoplasmic filament or irregular process projecting from any unicellular organism, or from any animal or plant call.

The organ in which pseudova are produced; -- called also pseudovarium.

ing beings, the difference in their actions being due to the difference of the individual organizations. Fleming.

the mind; especially, a functional mental disorder, that is, one unattended with evident organic changes.

n which the anterior lobes of the foot are developed in the form of broad, thin, winglike organs, with which they swim at near the surface of the sea.

ally modified part of the ventral fin in male elasmobranchs, which serves as a copulatory organ, or clasper.

A corporation, such as a railroad company, lighting company, water company, etc., organized or chartered to follow a public calling or to render services more or less essential to the general public convenience or safety.

The external organs of generation.