Andrea Ferrara 
teemed in Scotland toward the end of the six- 
teenth century and later. The blades are commonly 
marked ANDREA on one side and FARARA or FERARA 
on the other, with other devices. The swords known hy 
this name among the Scotch Highlanders were basket- 
hilted broadswords. See claymore. It is now asserted by 
Italian writers that these were made at Belluno in Venctia 
by Cosmo, Andrea, and Gianantonio Ferara, and that the 
surname is not geographical, but derived from the occupa- 
tion. [Compare It. fen-am, a cutler, an ironmonger, = E. 
farrier, < L. ferrarins, a blacksmith : see farrier.} Some- 
times called Andrew. 
Andrena (an-dre'na), . [NL.: see Anthre- 
nus.] A genus of solitary bees, typical of the 
family Andrenidce (which see). It is of large ex- 
tent, including nearly 200 European species. Its members 
burrow in the ground to the depth of several inches, and 
are among the earliest insects abroad in the spring. A. 
vicina is a characteristic example. Melitta is a synonym. 
Andrenetae (an-dren'e-te), n. pi. [NL., as 
Andrena + -et-a;.] In Latreille's classification 
of bees, the first section of Mellifera, or Antho- 
]>hila, corresponding to the modern family An- 
drenidte: opposed to Apiarite. 
andrenid (an'dre-nid), n. A solitary bee, of the 
family AndrenidfE. 
Andrenidae (an-dren'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < An- 
drena + -idee.'] A family of aculeate melliferous 
hymenopterous insects; the solitary bees. The 
n ir n t n i LI urchin is elongate and the tongue short, the labium 
and terminal maxillary lobes not being lengthened into a 
proboscis. The labium is either hastate or cordate, on 
which account some authors divide the family into two 
groups, Acutilingues and Obtusilinyues. These bees con- 
sist of only males and females : the latter collect pollen, 
the trochanters and femora of the hind legs being usually 
adapted for this purpose. All the species are solitary, and 
most of them burrow in the ground, though some five in 
the interstices of walls. The cells are provisioned with 
pollen or honey, in the midst of which the female deposits 
her eggs. The genera and species of the family are nu- 
merous. 
Andrenoides (an-dre-noi'dez), n. pi. [NL., < 
Andrena + -aides.'] In Latreille's system of 
classification, a division of Apiarice ; a group 
of solitary bees, including the carpenter-bees 
of the genus Xylocopa, and corresponding to a 
portion of the modern family Aviate. 
andreolite (an'dre-6-lit), n. [< Andreas (= E. 
Andrew), a mining locality in the Harz moun- 
tains, + -lite, < Gr. /U0of, a stone.] A name of 
the mineral commonly called harmotome or 
cross-stone. See harmotome. 
Andrew (an'dro), . [< Andrew, a common 
personal name, < ME. Andreu = Bret. Andrew, 
Andrea, < OF. Andreu, mod. P. Andrieu, Andre 
= Pi.Andriou, Andre = Sp. Andres =:Pg. Andre 
= It. Andrea = D. G. Dan. Andreas = Sw. Dan. 
Anders, < LL. Andreas, < Gr. 'Avfipeac,, a personal 
name, equiv. to avipelof, manly, strong, cou- 
rageous, < avijp (dvdp-), a man. The name An- 
drew is thus nearly equiv. in meaning to 
Charles.] A broadsword : an English equiva- 
lent of Andrea Ferrara (which see). St. An- 
drew's cross. See cross. St. Andrew's day. See day. 
-andria. See -androus. 
andro-. [L., etc., andro-, before a vowel andr-, 
< Gr. avopo-, avip-, combining form of dvf/p 
(avep-, "avp-, avip-), a man, L. fir, as opposed 
to a woman, to a youth, or to a god (sometimes, 
esp. in later usage, equiv. to, but usually distin- 
guished from, avSpimoc,, L. homo, a man, a hu- 
man being, a person) ; specifically, a husband, 
sometimes merely a male.] An element in 
many compound words of Greek origin, mean- 
ing man, and hence masculine, male ; espe- 
cially, in bot. (also terminally, -androus, -ander, 
-andria), with reference to the male organs or 
stamens of a flower. See -androus. 
androcephalous (an-dro-sef'a-lus), a. [< Gr. 
avfip (avdp-), a man, + Ke<t>a'Af/j head.] Having 
a human head : said of a monster such as a 
sphinx, an Assyrian bull, etc. 
Upon a Gaulish coin, an androcephalou* horse. 
Jour. Archceol. An., V. 21. 
androctonid (an-drok'to-nid), n. A scorpion 
of the family Androctonidce. 
Androctonidae (an-drok-ton'i-de), n. pi. [NL., 
< Androctonus + -idee.] A family of scorpions, 
of the order Scorpioidea, typified by the genus 
Androctomts, and characterized by the triangu- 
lar shape of the sternum. 
Androctonus (an-drok'to-nus), . [NL., < Gr. 
dvdpoKTovof, man-slaying, < dvf/p (avdp-), man, + 
KTeivciv, slay.] A genus of scorpions, typical of 
the family Androctonidae. Prionurus is synony- 
mous. 
androdioecious (an'dro-di-e'shius), a. [< Gr. 
avr/p (avdp-), male, + dioicious.] In hot., having 
hermaphrodite flowers only upon one plant and 
male only upon another of the same species, 
but no corresponding form with only female 
flowers. Darwin. 
206 
androecium (an-dre'shi-um), . ; pi. andrcecia 
(-a). [NL., < Gr. dvf/p (avdp-), a man, male, + 
oi/tof, a house, = L. ricus, > E. tricfr, a village.] 
In bot., the male organs of a flower ; the assem- 
blage of stamens. 
androgynal (an-droj'i-nal), a. Same as - 
droi/ynous. 
androgynally (an-droj'i-nal-i), adv. With the 
sexual organs of both sexes ; as a hermaphro- 
dite. [Rare.] 
No reall or new transexion, but were andngynatty borne. 
Sir T. Bromte, Vulg. Err., iii. 17. 
androgyne (an'dro-jiu), . [= F. androgyne,< L. 
nndrogynus, masc., aii<lr<>r/i/>ir, f em. , < Gr. dvdp6- 
jwof, a man-woman, a hermaphrodite, an ef- 
feminate man: see androgynous.] 1. A her- 
maphrodite. 
Plato . . . tells a story how that at first there were 
three kinds of men, that is, male, female, and a third mixt 
species of the other two, called, for that reason, andro- 
yynti. Chilmead. 
2. An effeminate man. [Rare.] 
What shall I say of these vile and stinking androgynes, 
that is to say, these men-women, with their curled locks, 
their crisped and frizzled hair? Harmar, tr. of Beza, p. 173. 
3. An androgynous plant. 4. A eunuch. 
[Rare.] 
androgyneity (an'dro-gi-ne'i-ti), n. [As andro- 
gynous + -e-ity.] Androgyny ; bisexuality ; her- 
maphroditism. 
androgynia (an-dro-jin'i-a), n. [NL. : see an-- 
drogyny.] Same as androgyny. 
androgynism (an-droj'i-nizm), . [As andro- 
gynous + -ism.] In bot., a monoecious condi- 
tion in a plant normally dioecious. 
androgynes (an-droj'i-nos), . Repr. Gr. av- 
6p6)wof : see androgyne.] A hermaphrodite ; 
an androgyne. 
An androgynos was born at Antiochia ad Mieandrum, 
when Antipater was archon at Athens. 
Amfr. Jour. Phttol., VI. 2. 
andro- 
female, 
common to man and woman, < dvf/p (dvdp-), a 
man, + iwf/, a woman, akin to E. queen, quean, 
q. v.] 1. Having two sexes ; being both male 
Andropogon 
A genus of plants, natural order Ericaceae. The 
species are hardy shrubs, natives of Europe, Asia, and 
North America. They are more or less narcotic, and sev- 
androgynous (an-droj'i-nus), a. [< L. 
gynus, < Gr. dvdpoywos, both male and f 
and female ; of the nature of a hermaphrodite ; 
hermaphroditical. 
On the opposite side of the vase is an androgynou* fig- 
ure. Cat. of Vote* in Brit. Museum, II. 148. 
(a) In bot. : (1) Having male and female flowers in the 
same inflorescence, as in some species of Carex. (2) In 
mosses, having autheridia and archegonia in the same in- 
volucre. (6) In zoiil., uniting the characters of both sexes ; 
having the parts of both sexes ; being of both sexes ; her- 
maphrodite. The androgynous condition is a very com- 
mon one in invertebrate animals. The two sexes may 
coexist at the same time in one individual, which impreg- 
nates itself, as a snail ; or two such individuals may im- 
pregnate each other, as earthworms; or one individual 
may In- male and female at different times, developing 
first the product of the one sex and then that of the other. 
2. Having or partaking of the mental charac- 
teristics of both sexes. 
The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous. 
Coleridge. 
Also androgynal. 
androgyny (an-droj'i-ni), n. [Erroneously 
written androgeny (Pascoe) ; < NL. androgynia, 
< L. androgynus : see androgynous.] The state 
of being androgynous; union of sexes in one 
individual; hermaphroditism. 
Instances of androgyny . . . depend upon an excessive 
development of this structure. 
Todd'i Cyc. of Anat. and Phys., IV. 1426. (..V. E. D.) 
android, androides (an'droid, an-droi'dez), n. 
[< Gr. dvdpoeidf/f, like a man, < dvf/p (dvdp-), a 
man, + eldoc,, form.] An automaton resembling 
a human being in shape and motions. 
If the human figure and actions be represented, the au- 
tomaton has sometimes been called specially an androi- 
des. Encyc. Brit., III. 142. 
andromania (an-dro-ma'ni-a), n. [NL., < Gr. 
dvdpopavia, < dvf/p (avdp-), man, -f* [tavia, mad- 
ness.] Nymphomania (which see). 
andromed (an'dro-med), n. [< Andromeda.] A 
meteor which proceeds, or a system of meteors 
which appears to radiate, from a point in the 
constellation Andromeda. 
Andromeda (an-drom'e-da), n. [L., < Gr. 'Av- 
dpo/ifdy, in myth, daughter of Cepneus, king of 
Ethiopia, bound to a rock in order to be de- 
stroyed by a sea-monster, but rescued by Per- 
seus ; after death placed as a constellation in 
the heavens.] 1. A northern constellation, 
surrounded by Pegasus, Cassiopeia, Perseus, 
Pisces, Aries, etc., supposed to represent the 
figure of a woman chained. The constellation 
contains three stars of the second magnitude, 
of which the brightest is Alpheratz. 2. [NL.] 
The Constellation Andromeda, including its stars down to 5th magni- 
tude, according to Heis; the figure from Ptolemy's description. 
eral are known to be poisonous to sheep and goats, as A. 
Mariana (the stagger-bush of America), A. polijfulia, and A. 
ovalifolia. A. floribunda and others are sometimes culti- 
vated for ornament. 
andromoncecious (an'dro-mo-ne'shius), a. [< 
Gr. avfjp (avSp-), male, + moncecious, q. v.] In 
hot., having hermaphrodite and male flowers 
upon the same plant, but with no female flow- 
ers. Darwin. 
andromorphous (an-dro-mdr'ftis), a. [< Gr. 
avipouoptyos, of man's form or figure, < avf/p 
(avdp-), a man, + uopity, form.] Shaped like a 
man; of masculine form or aspect: as, an an- 
dromorphous woman. 
andron (an'dron), n. [L., < Gr. av6pn>, < avfip 
(avip-), a man.] Same as andronitis. 
andronitis (an-dro-ni'tis), n. [Gr. avipuvtTic,, 
also avSpuv, < avfip (avip-), man. Cf. gyixeceum.] 
In Gr. antiq., the portion of a house appropri- 
ated especially to males, including dining-room, 
library, sitting-rooms, etc. 
andropetalous (an-dro-pet'a-lus), a. [< Gr. 
avfip (avip-), a man, in mod. 'bot. a stamen, + 
ntTOMw, a leaf, in mod. bot. a petal.] In bot., 
an epithet applied to double flowers produced 
by the conversion of stamens into petals, as in 
the garden ranunculus. 
androphagi, n. Plural of androphagus. 
androphagOUS (an-drof 'a-gus), a. [< Gr. avipo- 
^aj'Of, man-eating. < avfip ( av ^P~), a man, + <f>a- 
yeiv, eat. Cf. anthropophagous.] Man-eating; 
pertaining to or addicted to cannibalism ; an- 
thropophagous. [Rare.] 
andropnagus (an-drof 'a-gus), n. ; pi. andropha- 
ff* (-ji)- [NL., < Gr. avSpoQayor,: see andropha- 
gous.] A man-eater; a cannibal. [Rare.] 
androphonomania (an*dro-fon-o-ma'ni-a), > n. 
[NL., < Gr. dv6po<t>6vot, man-slaying (<f avf/p 
(avip-), man, + *j>evetv, kill, slay), + fiavia, mad- 
ness.] A mania for committing murder ; homi- 
cidal insanity. 
androphore (an'dro-for), n. [< Gr. avrip (avip-), 
a man, a male, in mod. bot. a stamen, + -^opor, 
< <t>ipciv = E. bear*.] 1. In bot., a stamineal col- 
umn, usually formed by a union of the filaments, 
as in the Malva- 
cece and in many 
genera of Legu- 
minosoe. 2. In 
sool., the branch 
of a gonoblas- 
tidium of a hy- 
drozoan which 
bears male gono- 
phores ; a gen- 
erative bud or 
medusiform zo- 
. . . i_ T_ .T_ 
Old in WJllCh the 
male elements 
only are developed, as distinguished from a 
gynophore or female gonophore. See gyno- 
phore, and cut under gonoblastidium. 
androphorous (an-drof'o-rus), a. [< Gr. avf/p 
(avip-), a man, + -</>6pof, < </>epetv = E. bearl.] In 
Hydrozoa, bearing male elements, as an andro- 
phore ; being male, as a medusiform zobid. 
Andropogon (an-dro-po'gon), n. [NL., < Gr. 
avfip (avip-), a man, + mjyuv, beard, the male 
flowers often having plumose beards : see po- 
gon.] A large genus of grasses, mostly natives 
of warm countries. Several species are extensively 
cultivated in India, especially in Ceylon and Singapore, 
for their essential oils, which form the grass-oils of com- 
merce. A. Nardus yields the citronella-oil ; the lemon- 
grass, A. citratug, yields the lemon-grass oil, also known 
as oil of verbena or Indian melissa-oil. A. Scliueiianthus of 
nlar Amlropnore and section of 
flower of Mtl-va sylvtstris. 
