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n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of Protozoa, allied to the Rhizopoda, and parasitic in other animals, as in the earthworm, lobster, etc. When adult, they hav…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primeval, larval, double-walled, according, hypothesis.
Acephalocyst
noun · 78% connection
A larval entozoon in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primeval, larval, double-walled, according, hypothesis.
Botfly
noun · 78% connection
A dipterous insect of the family (Estridae, of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primeval, larval, double-walled, according, hypothesis.
Caterpillar
noun · 78% connection
The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primeval, larval, double-walled, according, hypothesis.
Cilia
n. pl. · 78% connection
Small, generally microscopic, vibrating appendages lining certain organs, as the air passages of the higher animals, and in the lower…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primeval, larval, double-walled, according, hypothesis.
Circumnutate
verb · 78% connection
To pass through the stages of circumnutation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primeval, larval, double-walled, according, hypothesis.
Colorado beetle
noun · 78% connection
black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primeval, larval, double-walled, according, hypothesis.
Deciduous
adjective · 78% connection
Falling off, or subject to fall or be shed, at a certain season, or a certain stage or interval of growth, as leaves (except of evergr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primeval, larval, double-walled, according, hypothesis.
Dioecious
adjective · 78% connection
Having the sexes in two separate individuals; -- applied to plants in which the female flowers occur on one individual and the male fl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primeval, larval, double-walled, according, hypothesis.
Dysteleology
noun · 78% connection
The doctrine of purposelessness; a term applied by Haeckel to that branch of physiology which treats of rudimentary organs, in view of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primeval, larval, double-walled, according, hypothesis.
Embryo
noun · 78% connection
an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primeval, larval, double-walled, according, hypothesis.
Emergent evolution
noun · 78% connection
the appearance of entirely new properties at certain critical stages in the course of evolution
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primeval, larval, double-walled, according, hypothesis.
Evolutionism
noun · 78% connection
The theory of, or belief in, evolution. See Evolution, 6 and 7.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primeval, larval, double-walled, according, hypothesis.
Evolve
verb · 78% connection
To become open, disclosed, or developed; to pass through a process of evolution.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primeval, larval, double-walled, according, hypothesis.
Fetus
noun · 78% connection
The young or embryo of an animal in the womb, or in the egg; often restricted to the later stages in the development of viviparous and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primeval, larval, double-walled, according, hypothesis.
Gastrula
noun · 78% connection
An embryonic form having its origin in the invagination or pushing in of the wall of the planula or blastula (the blastosphere) on one…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primeval, larval, double-walled, according, hypothesis.
Gemmule
noun · 78% connection
One of the imaginary granules or atoms which, according to Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis, are continually being thrown off from ev…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primeval, larval, double-walled, according, hypothesis.
Handsel
noun · 78% connection
A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and r…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: primeval, larval, double-walled, according, hypothesis.
