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A genus of fishes. See Saury.

A genus formerly including the Virginia creeper.

The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals.

That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals.

A microörganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction. Sternberg.

Poisoning caused by a virus that originates and develops in the organism itself.

A bar of cartilage at the base of the embryonic fins of some fishes. It develops into the metapterygium. -- Ba*sip`ter*yg"i*al (, a.

Swollen; inflated; distended; puffed up, as cattle when gorged with green food which develops gas.

A small protuberance on certain low forms of animals and vegetables which develops into a new organism, either free or attached. See Hydra. Bud moth (Zoöl.), a lepidopterous insect of several species, which destroys the buds of fruit trees; esp. Tmetocera ocellana and Eccopsis malana on the apple tree.…

An embryonic cell which develops into a pigment cell.

A marine European fish (Crenilabrus melops); also, the related American cunner. See Cunner.

attribute can not at the same time be affirmed and and denied of the same subject. It develops itself in three specific forms which have been called the "Three Logical Axioms." First. "A is A." Second, "A is not Not-A" Third, "Everything is either A or Not-A."

rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia).

The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops the embryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it.

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or give forth; as, to develop theories; a motor that develops 100 horse power. These serve to develop its tenets. Milner. The 20th was spent in strengthening our position and de…

One who, or that which, develops.

oduction of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development, as when the seed develops the root and the stem, the initial stem develops the leaf, branches, and flower buds; or in animal life, when the germ evolves the digestive and other organs and members, or when the animals as they advance in organization a…

ntegument or the like; to surround entirely; as, to envelop goods or a letter; the fog envelops a ship. Nocturnal shades this world envelop. J. Philips.

That which envelops, wraps up, encases, or surrounds; a wrapper; an inclosing cover; esp., the cover or wrapper of a document, as of a letter.

That which envelops or surrounds; an envelop.