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Acanthocephala
n. pl. · 78% connection
A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orders, nemertina, characterized, presence, peculiar.
Alpha-naphthol test
noun · 78% connection
biochemical indicator of the presence of carbohydrates in a solution; if carbohydrates are present a violet ring is formed by reaction…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orders, nemertina, characterized, presence, peculiar.
Ambulacral
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to ambulacra; avenuelike; as, the ambulacral ossicles, plates, spines, and suckers of echinoderms.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orders, nemertina, characterized, presence, peculiar.
Anopla
n. pl. · 78% connection
One of the two orders of Nemerteans. See Nemertina.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orders, nemertina, characterized, presence, peculiar.
Aplacophora
n. pl. · 78% connection
A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setae, but is without shelly plates.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orders, nemertina, characterized, presence, peculiar.
Bdellomorpha
noun · 78% connection
An order of Nemertina, including the large leechlike worms (Malacobdella) often parasitic in clams.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orders, nemertina, characterized, presence, peculiar.
Cassowary
noun · 78% connection
A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a k…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orders, nemertina, characterized, presence, peculiar.
Cataphracted
adjective · 78% connection
Covered with a cataphract, or armor of plates, scales, etc.; or with that which corresponds to this, as horny or bony plates, hard, ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orders, nemertina, characterized, presence, peculiar.
Chaetopoda
n. pl. · 78% connection
A very extensive order of Annelida, characterized by the presence of lateral setae, or spines, on most or all of the segments. They ar…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orders, nemertina, characterized, presence, peculiar.
Contempt
noun · 78% connection
Disobedience of the rules, orders, or process of a court of justice, or of rules or orders of a legislative body; disorderly, contempt…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orders, nemertina, characterized, presence, peculiar.
Die
noun · 78% connection
A perforated block, commonly of hardened steel used in connection with a punch, for punching holes, as through plates, or blanks from…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orders, nemertina, characterized, presence, peculiar.
Differential
noun · 78% connection
One of two coils of conducting wire so related to one another or to a magnet or armature common to both, that one coil produces polar…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orders, nemertina, characterized, presence, peculiar.
Disarmature
noun · 78% connection
The act of divesting of armature.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orders, nemertina, characterized, presence, peculiar.
Doric
adjective · 78% connection
Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and simplest of the three orders of architecture used by the Greeks, but ranked as second of t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orders, nemertina, characterized, presence, peculiar.
Echinoidea
n. pl. · 78% connection
The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. They have a calcareous, usually more or less spheroidal or disk-shaped, compos…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orders, nemertina, characterized, presence, peculiar.
Electro-bioscopy
noun · 78% connection
A method of determining the presence or absence of life in an animal organism with a current of electricity, by noting the presence or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orders, nemertina, characterized, presence, peculiar.
Eye
noun · 78% connection
The space commanded by the organ of sight; scope of vision; hence, face; front; the presence of an object which is directly opposed or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orders, nemertina, characterized, presence, peculiar.
Face
noun · 78% connection
Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, before the face of, in the immediate presence of; in the face of, before, in, or against th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: orders, nemertina, characterized, presence, peculiar.
