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index finger, the forefinger or digit 

 next to the thumb. 



indifferent (indif'e're'nt) a. [L. in, 

 not ; dis, apart ; ferre, to carry.] 

 Undifferentiated. 



indigenous (indfj'enus) a. [L. in, in ; 

 gignere, to beget.] Belonging to 

 the locality ; not imported (biol.). 



indirect (In'dlrgkt) a. [L. in, not ; 

 directus, straightened.] Not by a 

 simple method ; complicated ; appl. 

 development, mitosis, selection, em- 

 bryogeny (biol.). 



individual (in'divid'ual) a. [L. in, 

 not ; dividuus, divisible.] Pert, a 

 single example or unit, as indi- 

 vidual variations of colour (biol.) ; 

 n. a person or zooid of distinctive 

 function of a hydrozoan colony 

 (zool.). 



individualism (m'divTd'ualizm) n. [L. ' 

 in, not ; dividuus, divisible.] Sym- 

 biosis in which the two parties 

 together form what appears to be 

 a single organism (biol.). 



indlviduation (in'divTdua'shiin), de- 

 velopment of interdependent func- 

 tional units, as in colony formation 

 (biol.). 



induced movement, movement dic- 

 tated and influenced by external 

 stimulus, as plant curvature (bot.). 



inductive stimulus, an external 

 stimulus which influences the 

 growth or behaviour of any organ- 

 ism (biol.). 



indumentum (In'dumen'tum) n. [L. 

 indumentum, covering.] The plum- 

 age of birds ; a hairy covering 

 (zool.). 



induplicate (indu'plikat) a. [L. in, 

 in ; duplex, double.] In vernation 

 having bud-leaves bent or rolled 

 without overlapping ; in aestivation 

 having bud sepals or petals folded 

 inwards at points of contact (bot.). 



induplicative (indu'plikatTv) a. [L. 

 in, in ; duplex, double.] Appl. 

 vernation or aestivation with in- 

 duplicate foliage or floral leaves 

 respectively (hot.}. 



indusial (indu'zlal) a. [L. induere, to 

 put on.] Containing larval insect 

 cases, as certain limestones (pal.) ; 

 pert, the indusium (bot.). 



indusiate (indu'zfat) a. [L. indriere, 

 to put on.] Having an enveloping 



case, appl. insect larvae (zool.) ; 

 having an indusium (bot.). 



indusiform (mdu'ziform) a. [L. in- 

 duere, to put on ; forma, shape.] 

 Resembling an indusium (bot.). 



indusium (indu'zium) n. [L. induere, 

 to put on.] An insect larva case 

 (zool.) ; an outgrowth of plant epi- 

 derm covering and protecting a 

 sorus (bot.) ; the supracallosal gyrus 

 of the olfactory lobe of the cere- 

 brum, the indusium griseum 

 (anat.). 



induviae (indu'vie) n.plu. [L. induere, 

 to put on.] Scale-leaves, or those 

 which remain attached to stem 

 after withering (bot.). 



induviate (indu'viat) a. [L. induere, 

 to put on.] Covered with scale- 

 leaves or induviae (bot.). 



inequilateral (Ine'k'wllat'e'ral) a. [L. 

 in, not ; aequus, equal ; latus, side.] 

 Having two sides unequal ; having 

 unequal portions on either side of 

 a line drawn from umbo to gape of 

 a bivalve shell (zool.). 



inequilobate (ingk'wllo'bat) a. [L. in, 

 not ; aequus, equal ; Gk. lobos, 

 lobe.] With lobes of unequal size 

 (biol.). 



inequivalve (Tngk'wivalv) a. [L. in, 

 not ; aequus, equal ; -ualvae, folding 

 doors.] Having the two valves or 

 halves of the shell unequal ; appl. 

 Mollusca (zool.}. 



inerm (ine"rm') a. [L. in, not ; arma, 

 arms.] Unarmed ; without means 

 of defence and offence (biol.). 



inermous (ineYmus) ., inerm. 



inferior (mfe'rlor) a. [L. inferior, 

 lower.] Appl. the lower placed of 

 two, the farther down the axis ; 

 growing or arising below another 

 organ (bot.). 



inferoanterior (tn'fgroante'rior) a. [L. 

 inferus, beneath; anterior, anterior.] 

 Below and in front (biol.). 



inf erobranchiate (in'f grobrang'klat) a. 

 [L. inferus, beneath ; Gk. brangchia, 

 gills.] With gills under the margin 

 of the mantle, as in certain Mollusca 

 (zool.). 



inferolateral (In'fe'rolat'e'ral) a. [L. 

 inferus, beneath ; latus, side.] 

 Below and at or towards the side 

 (zool.). 



inferomedian (in'fe"r6me'dlan) a. [L. 



