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Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.

umerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca…

Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.

Absence of sexual appetite.

Same as Antaphrodisiac. Dunglison.

Produced without concourse of sexes.

Not apodeictic; undemonstrable. [R.]

s of Articulata in which there are no jointed legs, as the annelids; -- opposed to Arthropoda.

Having no jointed legs; pertaining to Anarthropoda.

Having perfect and staminate flowers on different plants. -- An`dro*di*o"cism, -di*e"cism (#), n.

The positive pole of a voltaic battery.

The state of being an angel; angelic nature. Mrs. Browning.

A group of perching birds which are anisodactylous.

Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds.

division of Crustacea, which, in some its characteristics, is intermediate between Amphipoda and Isopoda.

Curved somewhat in the form of the letter S. Cussans.

The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; -- opposed to cathode.

A genus of fresh-water bivalves, having to teeth at the hinge. [Written also Anodonta.]

Serving to assuage pain; soothing. The anodyne draught of oblivion. Burke.

Anodyne.