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The union of the two sexes in the same individual, or the combination of some of their characteristics or organs in one individual.

One of a party among the Jews, composed of partisans of Herod of Galilee. They joined with the Pharisees against Christ.

A division of wading birds, including the herons, storks, and allied forms. Called also Herodii. -- He*ro`di*o"nine, a.

Heterodactylous. -- n.

A group of birds including the trogons.

Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons.

Any animal with heterodont dentition.

opinions, doctrines, books, etc., esp. upon theological subjects. Raw and indigested, heterodox, preaching. Strype.

Not orthodox. Howell.

An opinion or doctrine, or a system of doctrines, contrary to some established standard of faith, as the Scriptures, the creed or standards of a church, etc.; heresy. Bp. Bull.

Having spirals of changing direction. Gray.

ived from, the dynamical action of water of a liquid; of or pertaining to water power. Hydrodynamic friction, friction produced by the viscosity of a liquid in motion.

That branch of the science of mechanics which relates to fluids, or, as usually limited, which treats of the laws of motion and action of nonelastic fluids, whether as investigated mathematically, or by observation and experiment; the principles of dynamics, as applied to water and other fluids.

An instrument to measure the velocity of a liquid current by the force of its impact.

A form of hygrometer having wet and dry bulb thermometers, with an adjustable index showing directly the percentage of moisture in the air, etc.

Incapable of being corroded, consumed, or eaten away.

To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.

Introduction. [Obs.]

One who, or that which, introduces.

To introduce. [Obs.]