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To strip or tear off; to remove by stripping, as the skin of an animal, the bark of a tree, etc.

Of or pertaining to the ocean; -- applied especially to animals that live at the surface of the ocean, away from the coast.

active portion of the digestive fluid. It is the active agent in the gastric juice of all animals.

The hard outer covering of hydroids and other marine animals; the perisarc.

The external smooth horny layer of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.

The entire covering of an invertebrate animal, as echinoderm or coelenterate; the integument.

The membrane surrounding the mouth of an invertebrate animal.

, self-conscious being, as distinct from an animal or a thing; a moral agent; a human being; a man, woman, or child. Consider what person stands for; which, I think, is a thinking, intelligent being, that has reason and reflection. Locke.

The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig; as, a pestle of pork.

Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a fondling; a darling; often, a favorite child. The love of cronies, pets, and favorites. Tatler.

The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness.

To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance. A river that petrifies any sort of wood or leaves. Kirwan.

e seen successively, so as to produce the appearance of an object in actual motion, as an animal leaping, etc., in consequence of the persistence of the successive visual impressions of the retina. It is often arranged so that the figures may be projected upon a screen.

Relating to the production of light by the lower animals.

erent points of view on the same level, rough models of the figure or bust of a person or animal may be made with great expedition.

action of light. It was formerly called assimilation, but this is now commonly used as in animal physiology. The details of the process are not yet clearly known. Baeyer's theory is that the carbon dioxide is reduced to carbon monoxide, which, uniting with the hydrogen of the water in the cell, produces formaldehyde, t…

The history of genealogical development; the race history of an animal or vegetable type; the historic exolution of the phylon or tribe, in distinction from ontogeny, or the development of the individual organism, and from biogenesis, or life development generally.

One of the larger divisions of the animal kingdom; a branch; a grand division.

who is versed in the science of physiology; a student of the properties and functions of animal and vegetable organs and tissues.

Feeding on plants or herbage; phytophagous; as, phytivorous animals. Ray.