Nematopoda 
with a second class Polyplaxipltora, containing 
the chitons : so called from the thready legs of 
barnacles or acorn-shells. The Hematopoda were 
divided into two families, Lepadicea and Balanidea. See 
cuts under Lepadidae and ISalanwt. 
Nematoscolices (uem"a-to-skol'i-sez), n. pi. 
[NL., prop. * Nematoscolece's, < Gr. w;//a (vii^ar-), 
thread, + anufait;, a worm: see scoUx.] A su- 
perordinal division, proposed by Huxley for the 
Nematoidea and their allies, which are as re- 
markable for the general absence of cilia as are 
the Trichoscolices for their presence, and which 
are further distinguished by the nature of their 
ecdysis and by the disposition of their nervous, 
muscular, and water-vascular systems. 
nematoscolicine(nem"a-to-skori-sin), a. Per- 
taining to the Nematoscolices, or having their 
characters. 
nematozodid (nem'a-tp-zo'oid), n. [< Gr. 
vt/fia (vtjftar-), thread, + E. zoo'id.] A stinging- 
tentacle or -filament of a siphonophore regard- 
ed as a zooid. 
Nematura (nem-a-tu'ra), n. [NL., < Gr. vijjia 
(vtifiar-), thread, -I- oiipa", tail.] Inzoo'l., a name 
of various genera, la) In ornah.: (1) A genus of 
sand-grouse : a synonym of Syrrhaptes. Fischer, 1812. (2) 
A genus of Asiatic warblers, containing such as A". </'"- 
nura, N. rufilata, etc. In this sense originally Kemura. 
Hodgson, 1844. (6) In conch., a genus of rissoid gastro- 
pods, subsequently named Stenothyra. Benson, 1836. (c) 
In entam., a genus of pseudoneuropterous insects of the 
family Perlidce. The body is depressed, and the abdomen 
ends in two long filaments ; the labial palpi are short and 
approximate ; and the second tarsal joint is very short. 
The larva are aquatic. The genus is a large one. and the 
speciesare wide-spread. They are known as vrillow-JHes. 
Originally written Nemoura. Latreille, 1796. See cut un- 
der Perla. 
nem. con. An abbreviation of nemine contra- 
dicente. 
Nemeae (ne'me-e), n. pi. [NL. (Fries), < Gr. 
vijua, a thread, '+ -ece.] Cryptogams: so called 
by Fries in allusion to the supposed fact that 
they germinate by means of a protruded thread, 
without indications of cotyledons, a character 
which does not hold good in all. See Crypto- 
qamia. 
Nemean (ne'me-an or ne-me'an), a. [< L. Ne- 
meus or Nemeus, also Nemeaius, incorrectly Ne- 
inwus, < Gr. Nf,Eof, Ne/ioc (neut. pi. Nf,uez, the 
Nemeau games), also Ne//faiof, Ne/ia(of, per- 
taining to Nemea, < Ne^ea (> L. Nemea), a valley 
in Argolis in Greece, appar. ' pasture-land,' < ve- 
/uof , a wooded pasture, < vi/ietv, pasture.] Of or 
pertaining to Nemea, a valley and city situated 
in the northern part of Argolis, Greece, held 
by Argos during almost the whole of the histori- 
cal age of ancient Greece. In the valley was the 
wood in which, according to tradition, Hercules slew the 
Nemean lion, which feat is counted one of his twelve labors. 
My fate cries out> 
And makes each petty artery in this body 
As hardy as the Nemean lion's nerve. 
Shak., Hamle^ i. 4. 83. 
Nemean games, one of the four great national festivals 
of the ancient Greeks(the others being the Olympian, Pyth- 
ian, and Isthmian games). These games were celebrated 
at Nemea in the second and fourth years of each Olympiad, 
near the temple of the Nemean Zeus, some (Doric) columns 
of which are still standing. According to the mythological 
story, the games were instituted in memory of the death of 
the young hero Archemoros or Opheltes by the bite of a 
serpent as the expedition of "the Seven against Thebes" 
was passing through the place. The victor's garland at 
the Nemean games was made of parsley. 
nemelt, An obsolete form of nimble. 
Nemertea (ne-mer'te-a), n. pi. [NL., < Ne- 
mertes, q. v.] A class of Termes having a long 
straight alimentary canal, an anus, a protrusile 
proboscis, and usually distinct sexes; the ne- 
mertean or nemertine worms. They were formerly 
classed with the platyhelminths, and known as the rhyn- 
choctelous turbellarians; but they are more nearly related 
to annelids. They have well-developed muscular, blood- 
vascular, and nervous systems. Most of the species are 
dioecious, and some are viviparous. There are commonly 
ciliated pits on the head. The object known as zpilidium 
is the free-swimming larva of a nemertean. These worms 
vary greatly in general outward aspect, in size, and in 
habits. Some are minute, others very long. (See Linei- 
<te.) They live for the most part in the sea, butsome live 
in the mud or on land, and some are parasitic. The Ne- 
mertea are often divided into two orders, called Anopla and 
Enopla according as the proboscis is armed with stylets or 
unarmed. Of the latter order is the family Nemertidtx (or 
Amphiporidce); the Linridce and Cephalothricida; are an- 
oplean. Another division is into Hoplonemertea Schuo- 
nemertea, and Palceonemertea. See Rhyncocoela, and cuts 
under pilidium and proctucha. Also written Nemertoidea. 
nemertean (ne-mer'te-au), a. and n. [< Ne- 
mertea + -an.] I. a. Pertaining to the Netner- 
tea, or having their characters. 
II. . A worm of the class Nemertea. 
Nemertes (ne-mer'tez), n. [NL., < Gr. N^pn/c, 
the name of a Nereid, < vri/teprt/f, unerring, in- 
fallible, < vri- priv. (see we) 4- dfiapraveiv, miss, 
err.] A genus of nemertean worms, to which 
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different limits have been given, (a) The genus 
also called Borlasia. (b) The genus also called Linens. 
nemertian (ue-mer'ti-an), a. and M. [< Nemer- 
tea + -ton.] Same as nemertean. 
nemertidan (ne-mer'ti-dan), a. and n. [< Ne- 
mertea + -I'd 2 + -aw.] Same as nemertean. 
nemertine (ne-m6r'tin), a. and n. [< Nemertes 
+ -twe 1 .] Same as nemertean. 
nemertoid (ne-mer'toid), a. and n. [< Nemer- 
tes + -aid."] I. a. Resembling a nemertean; 
pertaining to the Nemertea, or having their char- 
acters ; nemertean ; nemertine. 
II. . A nemertean. 
Nemesic (ne-mes'ik), a. [< Nemesis + -ic.] 
Having or exhibiting the character of Nemesis ; 
fatal, in the sense of necessary; retributive; 
avenging. 
Nemesis (nem'e-sis), n. [< L. Nemesis, < Gr. 
Ne/teaif, a goddess of justice and divine retri- 
bution, < vkpeiv, deal out, distribute, dispense: 
see nome*, nome 5 , etc.] 1. In Gr. myth., a god- 
dess personifying allotment, or the divine dis- 
tribution to every man of his precise share of 
fortune, good and bad. It was her especial function 
to see that the proper proportion of individual prosperity 
was preserved, and that any one who became too prosper- 
ous or was too much uplifted by his prosperity should be 
reduced or punished ; she thus came to be regarded as the 
goddess of divine retribution. Sometimes Nemesis was 
represented as winged and with the wheel of fortune, or 
borne in a chariot drawn by griffins, and confounded with 
Adrasteia, the goddess of the inevitable. 
Hence 2. Retributive justice. 
Is Talbpt slain, the Frenchmen's only scourge, 
Your kingdom's terror and black Nemesis? 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., iv. 7. 78. 
Against him invokes the terrible Nemesis of wit and 
satire. liushndl, Nature and the Supernal., v. 
3. [NL.] In zool., a genus of crustaceans. 
Boux, 1827. 4. The 128th planetoid, discov- 
ered by Watson in 1872. 
Nemestrlnidae (nem-es-trin'i-de), n. pi. [NL., 
< Nemestrinus + -idte.] A family of dipterous 
insects founded by Macquart in 1834 upon the 
genus Nemestrinus. They are distinguished by the very 
numerous cross-veins of the wings, which thus appear 
almost reticulate. They are medium-sized flies, slightly 
hairy, of dark-brown or black color with lighter bands or 
spots, and most of them have a very long proboscis. It is a 
small family of about 100 known species, of which scarcely 
a dozen inhabit Europe and North America. 
Nemestrinus (nem-es-tri'nus), n. [NL.] A 
genus of dipterous insects founded by Latreille 
in 1802, formerly placed in Tabanidce, now made 
typical of Nemestrinidai. 
Nemichtbyidse (nem-ik-thi'i-de), n. pi. [NL., 
< Nemichthys + -idee.'] A family of deep-sea 
apodal or rnuwenoid fishes, typified by the genus 
Nemichthys. The body is much elongated, and scale- 
less; the head is long with greatly prolonged jaws, like 
beaks, armed with teeth of various kinds ; the branchial 
apertures are lateral ; the anus is near the breast; and the 
tail is thread-like. The family is composed of 8 or 9 spe- 
cies, represented by 4 genera. All inhabit the deep sea, 
and with one exception are extremely rare. Some are 
known as snipe-fishes. 
nemicbtbyoid (ne-mik'thi-oid), a. and n. [< 
Nemichthys + -oid.] I. a. Of or having the 
characteristics of the Nemichthyidw. 
II. n. A fish of the family Nemichihyidee. 
Nemicbthys (ne-mik'this), n. [NL. , < Gr. vjjfia, 
thread, + iffivt;, fish.] A genus of apodal fishes 
having a thread-like tail, typical of the fam- 
ily Nemichthyidce. N. scolopaceus is a deep-sea 
form known as snipe-fish. Richardson, 1848. 
nemine contradicente (nem'i-ne kon"tra-di- 
sen'te). [L. : nemine, abl. of nemo, nobody; 
contradicente, ppr. abl. of contradicere, contra- 
.dict.] No one contradicting or dissenting; 
unanimously. Abbreviated nem. con. 
nemlyt, dc. An obsolete variant of namely. 
nemnet, . t. See neven. 
Nemocera (ne-mos'e-ra), n. pi. [NL., < Gr. vy/M, 
a thread, + Kepaf, horn.] In Latreille's system, 
the first family of dipterous insects, represent- 
ed by the genera Tipula and Culex of Linnseus, or 
the crane-flies, midges, gnats, etc. It is equiva- 
lent to the modern suborder Nematocera. 
nemoceran (ne-mos'e-ran), a. and n. I. o. 
Same as nemocerous. 
II. n. A dipterous insect of the suborder Ne- 
mocera. 
nemocerous (ne-mos'e-rus), a. [< NL. *nemoce- 
rus, < Gr. vij/m, a thread, + /cepaf , a horn.] Per- 
taining to the Nemocera, or having their char- 
acters; having filamentous antennae; nema- 
tocerous. 
nemocyst (nem'o-sist), /. Same as nemato- 
cyst. (iegenbaurl 
Nemoglossata (nem'-'o-glo-sa'tii), n. pi. [NL., 
< Gr. vij/ia, a thread, + y/.oao-a, Attic yAairra, 
the tongue.] A tribe of hymenopterous in- 
Army-worm Tachina-fly {Ntntoraa lettca- 
fit'tf). (Line shows natural size.) 
nenia 
sects, including those bees which have a long 
filiform tongue. Also Nematoglossata. 
nemoglossate (nem-o-glos'at), a. [< Gr. vii/ia, 
a thread, + yAuoca, tongue.] Having a thready 
or filamentous tongue, as a bee. 
Nemopantb.es (nem-o-pan'thez), n. [NL. (Kafi- 
nesque, 1819), so called in allusion to the 
thread-like flower-stalk or "foot-stalk" ; irregX 
Gr. vrjfjta, a thread, -I- irovf , = E. foot, + avffof, flow- 
er.] A genus of shrubs of the dicotyledonous 
order Ittcincai, known by its one-flowered pedi- 
cels ; the mountain holly. The single species is com- 
mon in damp shade in the northern United States and Can- 
ada. It hears small greenish Mowers with distinct linear 
petals, oblong alternate leaves, and red berry-like drupes. 
Nemopbila (ne-mof'i-la), . [NL. (Nuttall), 
fern, of *nemophilus:8eeneiophilou$.] A genus 
of ornamental plants of the gamopetalous order 
Hydrophyllacea; and the tribe Hydrophyllea?, 
known by the included stamens and the calyx 
with appendages; the grove-love. There are 7 or 
8 species, natives of North America, chiefly of California ; 
they are tender hairy annuals with dissected leaves and 
hlue, white, or spotted bell-shaped flowers. They form 
beautiful garden-plants, sometimes called Caltfomian blue- 
bell. Among the species is N, insiynis, with a pure-blue 
corolla an inch broad. 
nemophilous (ne-mof'i-lus), a. [NL. *nemo- 
philus, <. Gr. vi/foi;, a wooded pasture, + <t>&o(, 
loving.] Fond of woods and groves; inhabit- 
ing woodland, as a bird or an insect. 
Nemoraea (uem-o-re'a), n. [NL. (E. Desvoidy, 
1830), prob. < Li HMMH (nemor-), a grove.] A 
genus of para- 
sitic tacnina- 
flies of medi- 
um or large 
size, quite 
bristly and 
blackish or 
gray, some- 
times with the 
tip of the abdo- 
men reddish- 
yellow. Their 
flight is remark- 
ably swift. N. 
leucanite is an important insect, being the commonest 
parasite of the destructive army -worm, Leucania unipunc- 
to, and often so abundant that scarcely one of these worms 
can be found unparasitized. 
nemoral (nem'o-ral), a. [_ OF. nemoral, F. 
n^moral = Sp. tiemoral, < L. nemoralis, woody, 
sylvan, < nemus (nemor-), a wood, grove, prop. 
a wooded pasture, < Gr. vc/iof, a pasture, a 
wooded pasture, < vt/ieiv, pasture : see nome^. 
nome 5 .] Of or pertaining to a wood or grove. 
Nemorbaedinae (nem"o-re-di'ne), n. pi. [NL., 
< Nemorhcedus + -inw.] A group, conventionally 
regarded as a subfamily, of antelopes, composed 
of the genera Nemorhwdus and Haplocerus (or 
Aploceros) ; the goat-antelopes. The former is Asi- 
atic. The common Indian goral, N. goral, and the cam- 
hing-utan of Sumatra, If. smnatrensis, are representative 
species. The Rocky Mountain goat, Haplocerus montanus, 
is the corresponding American animal. Also Nem&rhe- 
dirue. See cuts under goral and Haplocerus. 
iieinqrhsedine (nem-6-re'din), a. Of or per- 
taining to the Neinorlia?dince. 
Nemorhnedus (nem-o-re'dus), n. [NL., < L. ne- 
mm (nemor-), a grove, 4- haidus, a kid.] A genus 
of Asiatic goat-antelopes, typical of the sub- 
family Nemorha'dina; ; 'the gorals. The common 
species is N. poral of the Himalayas. The cainbing-utan 
of Sumatra, N. sumatrensis, is placed in this genus or 
separated under Capricornis. Also Nemorhedus. See cut 
under goral. 
nemoricole (ne-mor'i-kol), a. [< L. nemus, a 
grove, + colere, inhabit.] Inhabiting groves. 
nemoricoline (nem-o-rik'o-lin), a. [As 'nemor- 
icole + -t'wel.] Same as nemoricole. 
nemorose (uem'o-ros), a. [< L. nemorosun, 
woody, abounding in woods, also bushy, < ne- 
mus, a grove: see nemoral.] In bot., growing 
in groves or woodland. 
nemorous (nem'6-rus), a. [= OF. nemoreux = 
Pg. nemoroso, < L. nemorosm: see nemorose.] 
Woody ; pertaining to a wood. 
Paradise itself was but a kind of nemorous temple, or 
sacred grove. Evelyn, Sylva, iv. 
Nemours blue. See Mm: 
nempnet (nemp'ne), v. t. See neren. 
nengeta, . [S. Amer.] A South American ta> 
niopterine flycatcher, Ta'iiiopterti iieiii/fta. It is 
of an ashy or cinereous black and white color, about 9 
inches long, and inhabits the pampas. See Tcenioptera. 
Also called pcpoaza. 
nenia, naenia (ne'ni-a), .: pi. nenia?, memo? (-e). 
[< L. in nia, n/i'nia, a dirge, a song of lamenta- 
tion ; according to Cicero (Leg. 2, 24), a Or. 
word: but it is found only in LGr. virviu, which 
is appar. < L.] A funeral song; an elegy. 
