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Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.

The rythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.

A Christian sect without a leader.

Without antennæ, as some insects.

The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.

One of a sect of visionaries, who, professing to imitate the state of Adam, discarded the use of dress in their assemblies.

Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands.

One of a sect which maintained that Christ was the Son of God not by nature but by adoption.

A small insectivorous mammal (Solenodon paradoxus), allied to the moles, found only in Hayti.

of the air tubes of the lungs; the air sac of birds; a dilatation of the air vessels in insects.

A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pump, engine, etc. For the latter, see Air chamber. The air vessels of insects are called tracheæ, of plants spiral vessels.

One of a sect of freethinkers among the Mohammedans.

Of or pertaining to wings; also, wing-shaped. The alary system of insects. Wollaston.

A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th centuries.

Any of numerous neuropterous insects of the genus Sialis or allied genera. They have aquatic larvæ, which are used for bait.

The segment of the body of an insect to which the wings are attached; the thorax. Kirby.

A compound cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving its name from the kermes insect, its principal ingredient.

One of an ancient sect who rejected St. John's Gospel and the Apocalypse, which speak of Christ as the Logos. Shipley.

A group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis. [Written also Ametabolia.]

Of or pertaining to insects that do undergo any metamorphosis.