ascidioida

pl. [Mod. Lat. ascidi (um), and Gr. εἶδος ( eidos ) = appearance.] Profe or Huxley's name for the cla called by some others Ascidia or Ascidiæ. He cla es it under his great division Molluscoid a. ǎs-çid-i-ŭm (pl. as-çid-i-a), s. [Gr. ἀσκίδιον (as kid i on), dim in. of ἀσκός ( askos ) = a leathern bottle of goatskin or similar material.] 1. Zool. The typical genus of the Tunicated Mollusca, belonging to the family Ascidiadæ and the order Ascidia. The species vary in length from an inch to five or six inches. Nineteen occur in Britain. Example, the Eea-squirt ( A. hyalinum ). The Ascidian genus, A B ASCIDIUM (SEA SQUIRT). A. Ascidium mentula. B. Ascidia echinatum. family, and order have recently acquired greatly-increased interest from the fact that Darwin has taken this part of the animal kingdom as his point of departure in tracing the proce of development which he believes to have ultimately resulted in the production of man. 2. Botany: The pitcher in such plants as Sarracenia and Nepenthes. ( Lindley .) ǎs-çig'-er-oŭs, a [(1) Gr. ἀσκοὶ (askoi), pl. of ἀσκός (Asct); (2) Lat. gero to wear, to carry about. Having asci. (Loudon: Cyclop . of Plants; Glo .) As-çi-tse ( Lat .), As-çi-tans (Eng.), s. [From Gr. ἀσκός ( askos ) = a leathern bottle.] Ch. Hist.: A sect of Mon tanists who arose in the second century. Their name was de The same as ASCLEPIAD EAN (q. V.).