NEC- 
nectariferous tire tece | a — 
nektar, nectar; L. ferre, to carry.] 
Producing or havinig nectar. pet 
ing structures (doz. 
preere saber (ne — a. [Gk. 
nektar, ne re, to de- 
vo ectar sipping ; agen to 
certain Insects (zool.). 
nectary (nék’tari) 7. [Gk. mektar, 
as A group of sub-epidermal 
cells of no definite position in a 
flower, s ype be ome substance ; 
a nectar glan d 
gape (nék't ks) 7., necto- 
ces (n zi tok iss plu, at A 
sae hg swimming ; 
modified medu csform person adapted 
for swimming purposes found a 
part of a J re gecndlia colony 
(zool.). 
nectocyst (nék’tésist) n. [Gk. nek~os, 
; kystis, SER The 
vity of a ne So pa (zo 
nectophore (nék’té ek ‘nektos, 
swimming ; # a en carry.] A 
nectocalyx ; that portion of the 
mestoves ag Nt. 
wimming ; of SaCCuUs, Sac. 
sautenieat <a (zo 
= Seooee (nekrebabca) [Gk. nekios, 
mming ; soma, body.] The ti 
or F seihints part of a Sipho 
Snes (zool.). 
— his seo st Ce | 
pore mming ; 200m, animal ; 
eidos, * esemiaice | A nectocalyx 
ee ool.). 
gative tropism,—a tendency to 
move away from a source of stimu- 
lus 
nekton “nko n. [Gk. nektos, 
swimming.] The organisms swim- 
ming about te surface of the sea 
(déol.) 
nemathecium (ném’athé'siiim, ném’- 
xthe’shitim) Gk. mema, thread ; 
e, b A pr rotuberance on the 
nemato ak. 
nema, thread blastos, bud.] Sper- 
matocyt 
dicenstecadexc (ném‘Atdka'liks) 2. [Gk. 
205 
NEO- 
nema, thread; alyx, cup.] The 
“ Guard-polyp ” of a rho mpi: 
carrying nematocysts (good. 
ma: oe (ném’‘atdsist) 7. 
ma, thread ; st ac A 
Zool. 
‘Atojen) m (Gk. 
nema, thread ; genos, birth.] Appi. 
the phas of Dic cyema when its 
vermiform embryos escape from 
the eter’ by cemiesiiag the ee 
wall (zo 
Pte Fe epeteiongen A cn oe 
ma, thread ; gonos, 0 
thin-walled propagative har e eos 
tain Mosses 
(0t.). 
_— a phore ee mn  [Gk. 
thread ; pherein, to carry. ] 
ee nematocalys (zoo. 
to 
ema: us (nm at0F rit) a [Gk. 
nema. caitens ; pherei carry.] 
Pert. a nematopho pai , 
Bp 
thread ; zoom, anima 
ct woodland sc oampacn (G00). 
eo- ival of Dar- 
win’s doctrine er, nadia selection 
as we chief factor in evolution, and 
on-transmissibility of acquired 
diate cters 
neogamous (ne Amis) a. ee per, 
young; gamos, matri 
forms of Protozoa exhibiting ad 
cocious association of gametocytes 
(gool.). 
Neo- raga eae i evival of 
Lamarck’s doctrine of evolution, 
nen inherited acquired characters 
rmed the inception of specific 
differe nces. 
Meoltthie (né‘6lithtk) @. [Gk. meos, 
young; /tthos, sional Pert, that 
age following on the _ Palaeo- 
lithic 
neom sith (n éémérf) 2. [Gk. — 
young ; sorphe, fo — As 
tural variation from type (470. rg 
neomo: gage é'émorfoisis) 2. [ Gk. 
neos, young ; gt sas — 
Regeneration. in the case where 
the new rae is unlike pa in 
the body (d7o7. 
neonychium (néonik’itim) n.  [Gk, 
