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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. [NL., fem. sing.] A spurious genus of mites, the six-legged larval form of acarines of the family Trombidiidæ, retained as a distinctive name of this stage.
- n. [NL., neut. pl.] In Cuvier's system of classification, a general name for those acalephs or medusæ which have no central mouth, no ramifications of the peduncle, and no cavities for the ovaries.
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“The ` bird's beak '(No. 12) may have been a markedly aquiline nose; No. 13 was a case of astoma; and Nos. 14 and 15 were instances of stenosis or atresia of the anterior nares.”
“The 'bird's beak' (No. 12) may have been a markedly aquiline nose; No. 13 was a case of astoma; and Nos. 14 and 15 were instances of stenosis or atresia of the anterior nares.”
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