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bearing the microspores ; the 

 microsphorophyll (bot.). 

 androsporangium (an'drosporan'jmm) 

 n. [Gk. aner, man ; scores, seed ; 

 anggeion, box.] A sporangium con- 

 taining the androspores (hot.}. 

 androspore (an'drospor') n. [Gk. 

 aner, man ; sporos, seed.] An 

 asexual zoospore which gives rise 

 to a small male dwarf plant 

 (bot.). 



anemophily (an'gmof'ili) n. [Gk. 

 anemos, wind ; philein, to love.] 

 Plant-fertilization by the agency 

 of wind (bot.). 



anemotropism (an'emot'ropizm) n. 

 [Gk. anemos, wind ; trepein, to 

 turn.] Orientation of the body 

 with regard to wind (zool.). 



anenterous (anen'terus) a. [Gk. a, 

 without ; enteron, gut.] Having 

 no alimentary tract (zoo/.). 



anfractuose (anfrak'tuos) a. [L. an- 

 fractus, a bending.] Wavy, sinuous 

 (bot.). 



angienchyma (an'jJeng'kTma) n. [Gk. 

 anggeion, vessel ; engchein, to pour.] 

 Vascular tissue (bot.). 



angioblast (an'jioblast) n. [Gk. 

 anggeion, vessel ; blastos, bud.] 

 One of the cells from which the 

 lining of the blood-vessels is derived 

 (emb.). 



angiocarpous (an'jiokar'pus) a. [Gk. 

 anggeion, vessel ; karpos, fruit.] 

 Having the fruit enclosed in a 

 cavity (bot.}. 



angiology (an'jlol'ojl) n. \G\a.anggeion, 

 vessel ; logos, discourse.] The ana- 

 tomy of the circulatory and lym- 

 phatic systems (anat.). 



angiospermous (an'jiosper'mus) a. 



Sik. anggeion, vessel; sperma, seed.] 

 having seeds in a closed case, the 

 ovary (oof.). 



angiosporous (an'jfospo'rus) a. [Gk. 

 anggeion, vessel ; sporos, seed.] 

 Having spores contained in a theca 

 or spore capsule (bot.}. 



angiostomatous (an'jiostom'atus) a. 

 [Gk. anggeion, vessel ; stoma, 

 mouth.] Narrow - mouthed, appl. 

 a certain order of Molluscs, and 

 to a sub-order of snakes with non- 

 distensible mouths (zool.). 



angular (ang'gular) . [L. angulus, 

 corner.] One of the membrane 



bones of the lower jaw in most 

 vertebrates (zool.}. 



angulo-splenial (ang'gulosple'nial) . 

 [L. angulus, corner ; splenium, a 

 patch.] The bone in Amphibia 

 forming most of the lower and inner 

 part of the mandible (zool.). 



angustifoliate (anggus'tifo'llat) a. 

 [L. angustus, narrow ; folium, a 

 leaf.] With narrow leaves (bot.}. 



angustirostrate (anggus'tlros'trat) a. 

 [L. angustus, narrow ; rostrum, a 

 beak.] With narrow beaks or 

 snouts (zool.). 



animal pole, in many ova the yolk 

 is more or less aggregated at one 

 pole, and as a result the segmenta- 

 tion at that pole is retarded ; at the 

 other pole, which is called the 

 animal pole, the segmentation is 

 more rapid and usually results in 

 some form of overgrowth on the 

 lower, retarded, or vegetable pole 

 (emb.). 



anion (anl'on) n. [Gk. ana, up ; ion, 

 going.] A negatively-charged par- 

 ticle or ion which moves up towards 

 the anode or positive pole (fihys.). 



anisocarpous (anisokar'pus) a. [Gk. 

 a, not ; isos, equal ; karpos, fruit.] 

 Having the number of carpels less 

 than that of the other floral whorls 

 (**} 



anisocercal (amsoser'kal} a. [Gk. a, 

 not ; isos, equal ; kerkos, tail.] 

 With lobes of the tail-fin unequal 

 (zool.}. 



anisohela (amsoke'la) n. [Gk. a, 

 not ; isos, equal ; chele, claw.] A 

 chela with the two parts unequally 

 developed (zool.). 



anisodactylous (anTsodak'tTlus) a. 

 [Gk. a, not ; isos, equal ; daktylos, 

 finger.] Having unequal toes, three 

 toes forward, one backward ; refers 

 to an old classification of birds 

 (zool.}. 



anisogamous (anisog'amus) a. [Gk. 

 a, not ; isos, equal ; gamos, mar- 

 riage.] Appl. a conjugation in 

 which the gametes or conjugating 

 bodies are differentiated in some 

 manner (biol.). 



anisogamy, conjugation between 

 sharply differentiated gametes. 



anisognathous (an'fsogna'thus, an'- 

 isog'nathtis) a. [Gk. a, not ; isos, 



