phyllođac tylus

[Pref. phyllo-, and Lat. dactylus a finger or toe.] Zool .: A genus of Gecko tide, with eight species, widely scattered in tropical America, California, Madagascar, and Queensland. The digits are webbed, like those of a tree-frog. phỹl-lōde, phyl-lō-di-ăm, phyl-lō-di-a, 8. [Gr. phyllodes =like leaves.] Bot.: A petiole so much developed that it a umes the appearance of a leaf, and discharges all the functions of one in a leafle plant. Example, many Acacias. phyl-lô-der-mą, subst. [Pref. phyllo-, and Gr. derma=skin.] There is but one species, Phyllo derma stenops, from the Brazilian sub-region. (Dobson.) -ineous .] phỹ1-18-din-e-ous, a . [Eng. phyllod (e); suff. Bot .: ( of a branch , .): Resembling a leaf. phyl-lô-din-i-ā-tion, subst . [Eng. phyllodin ( eous ); -ation .] Bot . The act or state of becoming phyllo dine ous, resemblance to a leaf. ( Brown . ) phyl-lō-di-um, s . (PHYLLODE.] phyl-lòd-b-çē, subst. [Lat., the name of a seanymph, daughter of Nereus and Doris. ( Virg.: Georg. iv. 336.)] 1. Bot .: A genus of Heaths, family Andro med ide. Small shrubs with scaly buds; evergreen, scattered leaves; five sepals; an urceolate or campanulate corolla; ten stamens, and a five-celled, many seeded fruit. 2. Zool .: The typical genus of the family Phyllo do cide (q. v.). Phyllodoce virid is is the palolo (q. v.). phyl-lo-doç'-i-dæ, subst. pl. [ Lat.phyllo doc ( e ); fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ.] Zool .: Leaf-bearing Worms; a family of Errant Annelids. The body is furnished with a series of foliaceous lamellæ, somewhat resembling elytra, on each side.