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equal ; gnathos, jaw.] Having the 

 teeth in the upper and lower jaws 

 unlike (sool.}. 



anisomerous (amsom'erus) a. [Gk. 

 a, not ; t'sos, equal ; meros, part.] 

 Having unequal numbers of parts 

 in the floral whorls (hot.). 



anisopleural (anisoploo'ral) a. [Gk. 

 a, not ; tsos, equal ; pleura, side.] 

 Unsymmetrical bilaterally. 



anisopogonous (anisopog'onus) a. 

 [Gk. a, not ; tsos, equal ; pogon, 

 beard.] Unequally webbed with 

 reference to feathers (zool.). 



anisopterous (anisop'tgrus) a. [Gk. 

 a, not ; tsos, equal ; pteron, wing.] 

 Unequally winged ; appl. seeds 

 (A*). 



anisospore (anisospor') n. [Gk. a, 

 not ; tsos, equal ; sporos, seed.] 

 A dimorphic spore, the sexes 

 differing in size (hot.}. 



anisostemonous (anisostgm'onus) a. 

 [Gk. a, not ; t'sos, equal ; stemon, a 

 spun thread.] Having the number 

 of stamens unequal to the number 

 of parts in the other floral whorls 

 (dot.}. 



anisotropic (anisotrop'ik) a. [Gk. a, 

 not ; tsos, equal ; trepein, to turn.] 

 Appl. eggs with predetermined axis 

 or axes (emb.). 



ankylosis, see anchylosis. 



anlage (anla'ge) n. [Ger. anliegen, 

 to lie on.] The first accumulation 

 of cells in a developing embryo 

 recognizable as the commencement 

 of a structure, organ, or part (smb.). 



annectent (aneVtSnt) a. [L. annectere, 

 to bind together.] Linking, appl. 

 intermediate species or genera 

 (biol.). 



annelid (an'Slid) a. [L. annulus, ring ; 

 Gk. eidos, resemblance.] Con- 

 structed of ring-like segments, as 

 one of the ringed worms (zool.). 



annotinus (annot'iniis) n. [L. annus, 

 year.] A year old (bot., zool.). 



annual (an'ual) a. n. [L. annus, year.] 

 Appl. structures or features that are 

 marked off or completed yearly ; 

 living for a year only (pot.). 



annual ring, one of the rings seen 

 in sections of dicotyledons indicat- 

 ing the secondary growth of a year 

 (bot.}. 

 annular (an'ular) a. [L. annulus, 



ring.] Appl. certain fibrous bands 

 or fascia in connection with the 

 wrist and ankle, etc. (anat.) ; appl. 

 certain vessels in xylem owing to 

 the ring-like thickenings in their 

 interior (bot.}. 



annulate (an'ulat) a. [L. annulus, 

 ring.] Composed of ring-like seg- 

 ments ; having the colour arranged 

 in ring-like bands or annul!, as in 

 earthworm or leech (zool.). 

 annul! (an'ull) plu. of annulus. 

 annulus (an'ulus) n. [L. annulus, 

 ring.] Any of the ring-like struc- 

 tures (anat.) ; the special ring in the 

 fern sporangium, by the action of 

 which the sporangium bursts ; the 

 remains of the veil in mushrooms ; 

 the ring of cells in the moss capsule 

 whose rupture causes the opening 

 of the capsule (bot.) ; a ring of an 

 Annelid (zool.). 



anoestrum (ane'strum) n. [Gk. an, 

 not ; oistros, gad-fly.] The non- 

 breeding period ; the period of 

 absence of sexual desire (biol.). 

 anomaly (anom'all) n. [Gk. a, not ; 

 homalos, even.] Any departure from 

 the type characteristics (biol.). 

 anomophyllous (an'omof'flus) a. [Gk. 

 anomalos, uneven ; phyllon, leaf.] 

 With irregularly placed leaves 

 (bot.). 



anorganology (an'organol'DJl) ;/. [Gk. 

 a, not ; organon, instrument ; logos, 

 discourse.] The study of non-living 

 things (biol.}. 



anosmatic (anosmat'lk) a. [Gk. a, 

 without ; osme, smell.] Having no 

 sense of smell (phys.). 

 antambulacral (ant'ambula'kral) a. 

 [Gk. anti, against ; L. ambulare, to 

 walk.] Not situated on the ambu- 

 lacral area (zool.). 



antebrachium (an'tgbra'kTum) n. [L. 

 ante, before ; brachium, arm.] The 

 fore-arm, or corresponding portion 

 of the fore-limb (zool.). 

 antecubital (an'tgku'bital) a. [L. ante, 

 before ; cubitum, elbow.] Anterior 

 to the elbow (zool.). 

 antedorsal (an'teclor'sal) a. [L. ante, 

 before ; dorsum, back.] Situated 

 in front of the dorsal fin in fishes 

 (zool.). 



antemarginal (an'temar'jinal) a. [L. 

 ante, before ; inargo, an edge.] 



