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appl. structures in a cell or to a 

 type of cells (biol.}. 



erythrophyll (erith'rofil) n. [Gk. 

 erythros, red ; phyllon, leaf.] A red 

 colouring matter found in some 

 leaves (bot.}. 



erythrozym (erith'rozlm) n. [Gk. 

 erythros, red ; zyme, leaven.] One 

 of the enzymes capable of acting 

 upon the glucosides (bot.}. 



erythrozyme (grith'rozlm) n. [Gk. 

 erythros, red ; zyme, leaven.] An 

 enzyme capable of decomposing 

 ruberythric acid (phys.}. 



escape (6skap') n. [M.E. escapen.] 

 A plant originally cultivated, now 

 found wild (bot.}. 



esculent (es'kulent) a. [L. esculentus, 

 edible.] Suitable for food. 



escutcheon (esktich'un) n. [O.F. 

 escuchon, shield.] The area on the 

 rump of many quadrupeds which is 

 either variously coloured or has the 

 hair specially arranged ; the meso- 

 scutellum of certain insects ; the 

 ligamental area of certain bivalves 

 (xool.}. 



eseptate (esep'tat) a. [L. ex, without ; 

 septum, division.] Not supplied 

 with septa (biol.}. 



esophagus (esof'agus), see oeso- 

 phagus. 



esoteric (es'oter'fk) a. [Gk. esoterikos, 

 arising within.] Arising within the 

 organism (phys.}. 



espathate (espa'that) a. [L. ex, with- 

 out ; spatha, sheath.] Having no 

 spathe (hot.). 



esquamate (eskwa'mat) a. [L. ex, 

 without ; squama, scale.] Having 

 no scale (bot.}. 



estipulate (estip'ulat) a. [L. ex, with- 

 out ; stipula, stem.] Having no 

 stipules (bot.}. 



estivation (gs'tiva'shun), see aesti- 

 vation (bot., zool.}. 



estuarine (es'tuarin) a. [L. aestus, 

 swell of the sea.] Pert, or found 

 in an estuary ; appl. plants and 

 animals (biol.}. 



etaerio (ete'rlo) n. [Gk. efairia, an 

 association.] A fruit composed of 

 achenes or drupelets carried on an 

 enlarged receptacle (bot.}. 



etheogenesis (6th'eoj5n'esTs) n. [Gk. 

 etheos, youth ; gignesthai, to pro- 

 duce.] A kind of parthenogenesis 



producing males, said to exist in 

 some Protozoa (zool.\ 



Ethiopian (e'thto'pTan) n. [Gk. at- 

 thiops, burned face.] A zoogeo- 

 graphical region including Africa 

 south of the Sahara and southern 

 Arabia (zool.}. 



ethmoid (eth'moid) a. [Gk. ethmos, 

 sieve ; eidos, shape.] Pert, bones 

 which form a considerable part of 

 the walls of the nasal cavity (anat.\ 



ethmoidal (ethmoi'dal) a. [Gk. 

 ethmos, sieve ; et'dos, shape.] Pert. 

 region of the ethmoids (anat.}. 



ethmoidal notch, a quadrilateral 

 space separating the two orbital 

 parts of the frontal (anat.}. 



ethmolysian (eth'molis'ian) a. [Gk. 

 ethmos, sieve ; lyein, to loosen.] 

 Pert, an apical system in which 

 the madreporite extends backwards 

 till it separates the two postero- 

 lateral genitals (zool.}. 



ethmopalatine (eth'mopal'atin) a. 

 [Gk. ethnics, sieve ; L. palatus, 

 palate.] Found in the ethmo- 

 palatine region, or stretching from 

 the ethmoid to the palatine (zool.}. 



ethmophract (eth'mofrakt) a. [Gk. 

 ethmos, sieve ; phrassetn, to fence 

 in.] Pert, a simple, compact, apical 

 system with the pores occurring 

 only in the right anterior corner 

 (zool.}. 



ethmoturbinals (eth'motur'binalz) . 

 plu. [Gk. ethmos, sieve ; L. turbo, 

 whorl.J Cartilages or bones in the 

 cavity of the nostril which are folded 

 so as to increase the olfactory area 

 (zool.}. 



ethmovomerine (eth'movo'merin) a. 

 [Gk. ethmos, sieve ; L. votner, 

 ploughshare.] Pert, the ethmoid 

 and vomer regions (zool.}. 



ethmovomerine cartilage, the plate 

 of cartilage which forms the septum 

 of the nose in the early stages of 

 the embryo (emb.}. 



ethnology (ethnol'dji) . [Gk. ethnos, 

 nation \logos, discourse.] Thescience 

 which deals with the different races 

 of mankind, their distribution, rela- 

 tionship, and peculiarities (biol.}. 



ethology (ethol'qjl) . [Gk. ethos, 

 custom ; logos, discourse.] Bio- 

 nomics. 



etiolation (e'tiola'shun) n. [F. etioler, 



