phytotomy

[Pref. phyto-, and Gr. tome a cutting.] Vegetable anatomy. pl. of zoon an animal.] *phy-to-zō-a, s . pl . [Pref. phyto- , and Gr. zõa , Zool .: A division of the animal kingdom, including the Rotifer a, Infusoria, and Rotator i a. phy-to-zō-är-I-a, s. pl. [PHYTOZOA.] 3110 strings; the virginal soon followed, which was an oblong instrument with an improved for n of jack containing the quill; this was soon followed by the spinet, of similar construction but generally triangular in shape; then came the harpsichord, a vast improvement on its predece ors, having a more extended compa and often two manuals. The earliest form of pianoforte, early in the eighteenth century, was perhaps, in some respects, inferior to a fine harpsichord, but it po e ed the elements of expansion, as now exhibited in a modern grand trichord pianoforte of more than seven octaves compa , with every gradation of sound, from piani imo to a splendid forti imo, and the most sensitive and delicate mechanism between the Phytozoa (q. v.). pi-a-ça-ba s. [PIASSAVA.]