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See Genet, a horse.

A kind of Highland Scotch cap for men, with straight sides and a hollow top sloping to the back, where it is parted and held together by ribbons or strings.

A fish. See Gurnet.

med for food. The name is sometimes applied to the American sea robins. [Written also gournet.] Plyling gurnard. See under Flying.

Relating to heterogenesis; as, heterogenetic transformations.

Tissue-producing; connected with the formation and development of the organic tissues.

Homogenous; -- applied to that class of homologies which arise from similarity of structure, and which are taken as evidences of common ancestry.

terial, and the layers of comb are hung together by columns. The American white- faced hornet (V. maculata) is larger and has similar habits. Hornet fly (Zoöl.), any dipterous insect of the genus Asilus, and allied genera, of which there are numerous species. They are large and fierce flies which capture bees and other…

Of or pertaining to the motions of fluids, or the forces which produce or affect such motions; -- opposed to hydrostatic. Sir W. Thomson.

Of or pertaining to hyperkinesis.

Quality of being impenetrable.

Incapable of being penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodies; not to be entered; impervious; as, an impenetrable shield. Highest woods impenetrable To star or sunlight. Milton.

The quality of being impenetrable; impenetrability.

In an impenetrable manner or state; imperviously. "Impenetrably armed." Milton. "Impenetrably dull." Pope.

To penetrate between or within; to penetrate mutually. It interpenetrates my granite mass. Shelley.

The act of penetrating between or within other substances; mutual penetration. Milman.

Penetrating among or between other substances; penetrating each the other; mutually penetrative.

Between planets; as, interplanetary spaces. Boyle.

See Jaconet.

cotton fabric, between and muslin, used for dresses, neckcloths, etc. [Written also jacconet.]