Gonorhynchidae 
Gonorhynchidae (gon-o-i-ing'ki-de), . j>l. 
[NL., < Gonor1iyiiehun + -/.] A family of 
isospondylous rnalacopterygian fishes, typified 
by the genus Gonorltyiicltux; the sand-eels. 
They are characterized by an elongate form, entirely cov- 
ered with spiny scales ; the margin of the upper jaw en- 
tirely formed IJy the short intermaxillaries, which are con- 
tinued downward as thick lips in front of the maxillarieg ; 
the dorsal tin opposite the ventrals, and short, like the 
anal; and the stomach simple, with few pyloric appen- 
dages. The only known species, Oonorhynehus greyi, is 
a semi-pelagic fish of the western Pacific and Indian 
oceans, and is called eand-eel in New Zealand. 
G-onorhynchuS (gon-6-ring'kus), n. [NL., 
prop. Goniorhynchus, < Gr. yuvia, an angle, + 
pbyrof, a snout.] The typical and only genus 
of fishes of the family Gonorhynchida: : so called 
from the angular produced snout. 
gonorrhea, gonorrhoea (gon-6-re'a), . [LL. 
gonorrhoea, < Gr. yov6ppoia, < yivof, seed, semen, 
+ poia, a flow, < pclv, flow.] In pathol., a spe- 
cific, contagious, muco-purulent inflammation 
of the male urethra or the female vagina and 
urethra. It may also be communicated to the 
conjunctiva! and rectal mucous membranes. 
gonorrheal, gonorrhceal (gou-o-re'al), a. [< 
gonorrhea, gonorrhoea, + -al.~\ Pertaining to, 
of the nature of, or afflicted with gonorrhea. 
gonosomal (gon'o-so-mal), a. [< gonosome + 
-al.~\ Of the nature of or pertaining to a gono- 
some. 
gonosome (gon'o-som), H. [< Gr. -yAvof, genera- 
tion, seed, + au/ui, the body.] In zoo'l., a col- 
lective term for the reproductive zooids of a 
hydrozoan. Alhnan. 
Zooids [in Hydroida] are of two kinds ; . . . the other 
gives origin to the generative elements ova and sper- 
matozoa ; and the entire association of these generative 
zooids is called a ;///.,,,. Paxcoe, Zool. Class., p. 21. 
gonosphserium (gon-o-sfe'ri-um), n. ; pi. gono- 
sphatria (-a). [NL./ < Gr. jovof, generation, 
seed, + afai/ia, sphere: see spliere.] See the 
extract. Also written gonospherium. 
Gonospheria only differ from oogonia In the condensa- 
tion of the protoplasm at the center of the cell, conse- 
quently leaving an empty space between the cell and the 
protoplasm. 
Le Maout and Decaime, Botany (trans.), p. 951. 
gonotheca(gon-o-the'ka),.; f\.gonothecas(-se). 
[NL., < Gr. joVof, generation, seed, + fty/a/, case, 
repository.] The chitinous receptacle within 
which the gonophores of certain hydrozoans 
are produced: same as gonangium. 
The origin of the reproductive capsules or gonolhecre is 
exactly similar ; but their destination is veiy different. 
H'. B. Carpenter, Micros., 520. 
gonothecal (gou-o-the'kal), a. [<gonotheca + 
-a/.] Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a 
gonotheca; gonangial. 
gonozooid (gon-o-zo'oid), n. [< Gr. }oVof, gen- 
eration, + zooid.] One of the reproductive or 
sexual zooids of an ascidian. 
On this outgrowth the forms (gonozooids) which become 
sexually mature are attached while still young buds, and 
after the foster forms are set free these reproductive forms 
gradually attain their complete development, and are 
eventually set free and lose all trace of their connexion 
with the foster forms. Encyc. Brit., XXIII. 615. 
gony (go'ni), .; pi. gonics (-niz). 1. A stupid 
person; a goose. [Prov. Eng. and U. S.] 
Formerly they poked sap-headed goneys into parliament, 
to play dummy. Nature and Human Nature, p. 142. 
2. (a) The black-footed albatross, Diomedea ni- 
gripes. (b) The young of the short-tailed alba- 
tross, D. brachyura. (c) Probably, some other 
very large dark pelagic bird, as the giant ful- 
mar, Osslfraga gigantea: a name in use among 
sailors in the northern Pacific. 
rgony. [< L., NL., -gonia, < Gr. -yovia. < -yovof, < 
yeveadai, produce. Cf. -gen, -geny.~\ A terminal 
element in some compounds of Greek origin, 
meaning 'generation,' 'production,' as in cos- 
mogony, theogony, etc. 
gonyalgia (gon-i-al'ji-a), . [< Gr. }oi>t>, = E. 
knee, + aAyof, pain.] In pathol., pain in the 
knee. Also gonalgia. 
gonydeal (go-nid'e-al), a. [< gonys (assumed 
stem gonyd-) + -e-al.] Of or pertaining to 
the gonys or mandibular symphysis of a bird's 
bill ; gonal : as, the gonydeal eminence ; the go- 
nydeal angle. Coues. 
Gonyleptes (gon-i-lep'tez), n. Same as Gony- 
Gonyleptidae (gon-i-lep'ti-de), . pi. [NL., < 
Gonyleptus + -!<?.] A family of arachnids 
with a broad depressed body and spinose palps 
and femora. They resemble Phalangiida, but the body 
is larger and more angular, the legs are less attenuate and 
shorter, the cephalothorax is disproportionally large, and 
the pedipalps are highly developed. The hind legs are 
separate from the other pairs, and the tarsi are not multi- 
articulate. See cut under Phrixia. 
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Gonyleptus (gon-i-lep'tus), n. [NL., also writ- 
ten Bonoleptus, Goiioleptes, and Gonyleptes; < 
Gr. ~;ovi', = E. knee, + /.fnrof, slim, slender.] 
The typical genus of the family (fmiyleptidn: 
G. curvipes is a Chilian harvest-spider or daddy- 
long-legs. 
gonyocele (gon'i-o-sel), . [< Gr. yuvv, = E. 
feM& + Hi/At/, a swelling, tumor.] In pathol., 
white swelling. See swelling. 
gonyoncus (gon-i-ong'kus), n. [NL., < Gr. 
j-ovt), = E. knee, + 67/105-, an angle: see angle 3 .'] 
Swelling or tumor of the knee. Thomas, Med. 
Diet. 
gonys (go'nis), . [NL., first applied to a part 
of a bird's bill by Illiger in 1811 ; appar. a slip 
of the pen or a misprint (simulating Gr. jow = 
E. knee), and doubtless intended by Illiger to 
be genys, < Gr. yeme, the chin, = E. chin. See 
genys, geneial, genial' 2 .'] In orttith., the keel or 
lower outline of the bill as far as the mandib- 
ular rarni are united ; the inferior margin of the 
symphysis of the lower jaw. See first out under 
bill. 
At their point of union there is a prominence, more or 
less marked; . . . this point is gonys proper ; but the term 
is extended to apply to the whole line of union of the raroi, 
from gonys proper to the tip of the under mandible. . . . 
The gonys is to the under mandible what the keel Is to a 
boat ; it is the opposite of the ridge or culmen of the up- 
per mandible. Coues, Key to N. A. Birds, p. 103. 
goober (go'ber), . [Supposed to be of W. Ind. 
or African origin (?).] The peanut, Arachis hy- 
pogaea. Also spelled gouber. [Southern U. S.] 
From the handling of our orchard crops to raking goo- 
bers out of the ground, there is probably no product more 
easily manipulated or readily marketed than cocoa. 
U. S. Com. Rep., No. liv. (1885), p. 382. 
Peanuts, known in the vernacular as goobert. 
The Century, XXXVI. 770. 
good (gud), a. and . ; compar. better, superl. 
best. [I. a. Sc. guid, gude; < ME. good, god, 
< AS. god = OS. god = OFries. god, guod, 
gued, gud = MD. god, D. goed = MLG. got, 
gut = OHG. got, guot, cot, kuot, MHG. guot, 
G. gut = Icel. godhr = Sw. Dan. god = Goth. 
gods, good. II. . (a) < ME. good, god, < AS. 
god = OS. god = D. goed (het goede) = MLG. 
got, gut = OHG. guot, got, cot, kuot, MHG. 
guot, G. gutes (das gute) Icel. godhr = Dan. 
gode (et gode) = Sw. goda, n., good (that which 
is good as opposed to that which is bad) ; (fc) < 
ME. good, god, pi. goodes, godcs,<. AS. god, pi., = 
OS. god = OFries. god, gud, gued = D. goed = 
MLG. got, gut = OHG. guot, G. gut, neut. sing., 
= Icel. godhs, goz = Sw. Dan. gods (orig. gen. 
sing.), property, goods ; neut. of the adj. (cf. L. 
bonum, good, pi. bona, goods, property) ; (c) cf . 
OS. godi = OHG. guoti, kuoti, MHG. giiete, G. 
giite= Goth, godei, I., goodness; from the adj. 
The adj., which is common Teut., prob. meant 
orig. 'fit, suitable,' from a root meaning 'fit, 
suit,' appearing also in gather, together, gad- 
ling 1 , and their cognates : see gather, ete. Cf. 
OBulg. godu, fit, time, Russ. godno, suitably, 
godn uii, suitable. Not related to god 1 , q. v., nor 
to Gr. aya86f, good.] I. a. 1. Serving as a 
means to a desired end or a purpose ; suited to 
need or requirement; fit; suitable; service- 
able; advantageous; beneficial; profitable. 
Goode it were yow to a-raye in soche maner that we were 
not surprised ne blamed. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), III. 582. 
It is not good that the man should be alone. Gen. ii. IS. 
What were girls good for but to undertake this sort of 
thing, and set more Important persons free ? 
Mrs. OKphant, Poor Gentleman, xxvii. 
2. Satisfactory in kind, quantity, quality, or 
degree, (a) Of a kind to give satisfaction or pleasure ; 
possessing valuable or desirable qualities; gratifying to 
the mind or the senses : as, a good book ; pood looks ; 
good food ; to have a good time ; a good deliverance. 
Every good tree briugeth forth good fruit. Mat. vii. 17. 
If it be true that "good wine needs no bush," 'tis true 
that a ."""' play needs no epilogue. 
Mutt., As you Like It, Epil. 
The good things of life are things which give pleasure, 
whether sensual or emotional : either directly, as good 
food, good wines, good poems, pictures, music ; or indi- 
rectly, as good instruments of all kinds. 
H. Sidgwick, Methods of Ethics, p. 96. 
(6) Adequate ; sufficient ; without shortcoming or defect ; 
thorough: as, to give good security ; to take good heed. 
Give, and it shall be given unto yon ; good measure, 
pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, 
shall men give into your bosom. Luke vi. 38. 
3. Suitable in state or condition; sufficient 
in character or capacity; competent; qualified; 
fit : as, he is good, or his credit is good, for the 
sum required ; a horse good for five years' ser- 
good 
My meaning in saying he is a good man is, to have you 
understand me that he is sufficient ; yet his means arc in 
supposition. S/ia/t. , M. of V. , i. x. 
4. Of full measure or amount; reckoned to the 
utmost limit; without abatement; full; com- 
plete : as, a good bushel ; it is a good day's jour- 
ney from here. 
This place is four good hours beyond Jebilee. 
Mmindrell, Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 17. 
"He (the horse] may drink well," said the stranger, 
speaking with a Moorish accent ; "it is a gaud year since 
he had his last draught. " Irving, Alhambra, p. 389. 
5. Considerable; more than a little; rather 
large, great, long, or the like: as, a good way 
off; a good deal. 
Sir Tho. Wentworth hath been a good while Lord Presi- 
dent of York. llomll, Letters, I. v. 32. 
There was good part of the Churcft remaining, with sev- 
eral pieces of painting entire. 
Maundrell, Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 86. 
6. Not a counterfeit or imitation ; real ; genu- 
ine ; hence, actual ; serious : as, a good dollar ; 
iu good earnest. 
All his men were easily entreated to cast downe their 
Armes, little dreaming any durst in that manner haue 
vsed their King : who then to escape himselfe bestowed 
his presents in flood sadnesse. 
Quoted in Capt. John Smith's Works, I. 215. 
If they speak in Jest, he takes it in good earnest, 
Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 237. 
7. Competent; skilful; dexterous; handy; clev- 
er; apt: as, a good lawyer; a good, workman; 
a good oarsman ; to be good at riming. 
You were ever good at sudden commendations, 
Bishop of Winchester. Shak., Hen. VIII., T. 2. 
I did not see many Operas, not being so good a French- 
Man as to understand them when sung. 
Lister, Journey to Paris, p. 170. 
Those who have been long good advocates are not after- 
wards on that account the better judges. 
Descartet, Discourse on Method (tr. by Veitch), p. 67. 
8. Possessing or characterized by moral excel- 
lence ; free from evil or wickedness ; virtuous ; 
righteous ; pure : applied to persons, or to their 
nature, conduct, thoughts, etc. : as, a good man ; 
good conduct ; good thoughts. 
Why callest thou me good ? there is none good but one, 
that is, God. Mat. xix. 17. 
I have ever perceived that where the mind was capa- 
cious, the affections were good. Goldsmith, Vicar, xv. 
Allston was a good man, with a soul refined by purity, 
exalted by religion, softened by love. 
Sumner, Orations, 1. 164. 
One must be good in order to do good ; but it is a case 
where the fountain is deepened by the outflow of its wa- 
ters. G. P. Fiiher, Begin, of Christianity, p. 167. 
Always, then, acU are called good or bad, according as 
they are well or ill adjusted to ends ; and whatever In- 
consistency there is in our uses of the words arises from 
i nconsistency of the ends. H. Spencer, Data of Ethics, 8. 
9. Kind; friendly; gracious; hence, humane; 
merciful ; benevolent : as, a good old soul ; to 
do one a good turn ; good nature. 
The men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, 
neither missed we any thing. 1 Sam. xxv. 15. 
Sneer can't even give the public a good word ! 
Sheridan, The Critic, L 1. 
The door opened, and a half-dressed ewe-milker, who 
had done that good office, shut it in their faces. 
Scott, Guy Manuering, xxiii. 
10. Fair; untarnished; honorable; becoming 
a virtuous person: as, a good nature. 
A good name is better than precious ointment 
Eccl. viL 1. 
1 1 . Worthy : used in complimentary speech or 
address, as in 1700^ sir, good madam, my good 
man, etc. 
Sparkles this stone as it was wont? or is 't not 
Too dull for your good wearing? 
Shale., Cymbeline, 1L 4. 
Accord, good sir, the light 
Of your experience to dispel this gloom. 
Wordsworth, Excursion, v. 
A good conscience. See conscience. A good deal. See 
deal^, 2. A good fellow. See fellow, 5. A good few. 
See/fw. As good as. (a) Equal or conformable to ; not 
inferior to in value, quality, or action : as, his word is a* 
good as his bond. 
The stranger he said, " This must be repaid, 
I'll give you as good as you bring." 
Robin Hood and Little John (Child's Ballads, V. 219). 
Hassan Abou Cuffi was as good a* his word in one re- 
spect. Bruce, Source of the Nile, I. 78. 
(b) Practically the same as ; on the verge of being or be- 
coming, or in an equivalent state to being. 
Therefore sprang there even of one, and him att good as 
dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude. 
Heb. xi. 12. 
You are a married man or a good as & married man. 
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, xxiii. 
(c) In effect ; by clear implication ; practically : as, he as 
good ai promised it to me. [Colloq.] During good be- 
havior. See behavior. Era of good feeling. See era. 
Good bond, cheap t , consideration. See the nouns. 
