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stamens unequal in number to the 

 divisions of the corolla: anisos- 

 tomous, a., an'-is-os'tom-us (Gr. 

 sfoma, a mouth), having unequal 

 divisions of a calyx or corolla. 



Annelida, n. plu., dn'nel'id'd or 

 an-nel'td-d, also annelids, n. plu. , 

 dn'nel-tdz (L. annellus, a little 

 ring; Gr. eidos, resemblance), 

 those creatures that have their 

 bodies formed of a great number 

 of small rings, as the earth-worm, 

 forming one of the divisions of 

 the Anarthropoda. 



annotinus, n., dn-nM-in-us (L. 

 annotmus, a year old from annus, 

 a year), a year old ; that produces 

 seed and dies within the same 

 year in which it germinated: also 

 annual, a., and annualis, in same 

 sense: annotinous, a,, tin-not' m- 

 us, showing last year's shoot by 

 a visible point of junction. 



annulus, n., an' nul-us(L. annulus, 

 a ring), in bot., applied to the 

 elastic rim surrounding the 

 sporangia of some ferns; the 

 cellular rim on the stalk of the 

 mushroom, being the remains of 

 the veil; any circular opening 

 resembling a ring : annulate, a. , 

 dn'-nul-dt, also annulated, a., an' 

 nul-dt-ed, composed of asuccession 

 of rings : Annularia, n. plu. , an' 

 nul'dr'-i-d, a genus of fossil herb- 

 aceous plants, having whorls on 

 the same plane with their stems : 

 Annuloida, n. plu., dn'nul-oyd'd 

 (Gr. eidos, resemblance), the sub- 

 kingdom comprising Echinoderm- 

 ata and Scolicida: Annulosa, n. 

 plu. , dn'nul'Oz'd, the sub-kingdom 

 comprising the Anarthropoda and 

 the Arthropoda or Articulata ; in 

 all, the body is more or less com- 

 posed of a succession of rings : 

 annulus ovalis, &vdl'ie(L. ovdlis, 

 oval), inanat., the prominent oval 

 margin of the foramen ovale. 



anodyne, n., dn'-od-ln (Gr. an, 

 without ; odune, pain), any medic- 

 ine which relieves pain. 



Anomoura, n. plu., an' dm- or' d, 



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also anomura, n. plu., an'om-6r'-& 

 (Gr. anomos, irregular; oura, a 

 tail), a family of crustaceans 

 characterized by their irregular 

 tails, of which the 'hermit crab' 

 is the type. 



Anonacese, n. plu., dn'on-d'se-e 

 (from anona or menona, its native 

 Banda name), the custard apple 

 family, an Order of ornamental 

 trees and shrubs : Anona, n., 

 an- on' a, a genus of trees, com- 

 prising for the most part fruit- 

 bearing plants : Anona muricata, 

 mur-tk-dt'ti (L. muricdtus, shaped 

 like the murex shell, pointed); 

 A. squamosa, skwdwm-oz'd (L. 

 squdrnosus, scaly from squama, 

 a scale) ; and A. reticulata, re- 

 tik'ul-dtf'd (L. reticuldtus;, net- 

 like, reticulated from rete, a 

 net), are the species which furnish 

 the custard apples^ the sweet 

 sops, and the sour sops of the East 

 and West Indies : A. cherimolia, 

 ker'i-mol'i'd (Sp. chirimoya, a 

 custard apple), furnishes the 

 cherimoyer, a well-known Peruv- 

 ian fruit. 



Anoplura, n. pla.,an'd-pl6r'd (Gr. 

 anoplos, unarmed; oura, a tail), 

 an Order of apterous insects. 



anorexia, n., dn'o-reks'i-d (Gr. 

 an, without; orexis, a longing 

 for, eager desire), want of appetite . 

 also anorexy, n., dn'o-reks-i. 



Anoura, n., dn-6r'd (Gr. a, with- 

 out; oura, a tail), the order of 

 Amphibia, comprising frogs and 

 toads, in which the adult is destit- 

 ute of a tail; also called Bat- 

 rachia: anourous, a., an-dr'us, 

 tailless. 



antacid, n., ant-as'id (Gr. anti, 

 against ; L. acidus, sour), any 

 medicines, as the alkalies and 

 alkaline earths, which counteract 

 the formation of acids in the 

 system. 



antenna, n., tin-ten' na, antennae, 

 plu., dn-ten'ne (L. antenna, a 

 sail-yard), the jointed feelers or 

 horns upon the heads of insects 



