deutotergite (dutoterjit)

[ He [Carus] makes what he calls proto-, deuto- , and tri to. vertebræ ; the first (ribs) enveloping the body and its vis. cera in relation with vegetative life; the second (vertebræ) protecting the nervous system; and the third (limbs) becoming the o eous framework which sustains the muscular and locomotive organs. S. Kneel and, Jr. , Amer. Cус., ХІІІ. 424. deutovertebral (dū-to-ver'tē-bral), a . [ deuto vertebra +-al.] Having the character or quality of a deutovertebra; vertebral in an ordinary sense. Same as metovum . deutovum (dū-tō'vum), n.; pl. deutova (-vä). [NL., Later in the earth's history are the deutoxides , tritoxides, peroxides, etc.; which two, three, four, or more atomoren are united with metal or other element. H. Spencer, Universal Progre , p. 40. Deutzia (doit'si-ä), n. [NL., named after Deutz, a botanist of Amsterdam.] A saxifragaceous genus of handsome flowering shrubs of China and Japan, frequent in cultivation, bearing numerous panicles of white flowers. There are six or seven species, the common cultivated ones being D. crenata and the smaller species D. gracilis, of which there are several varieties.