No to branch i at a (notobrangkiata)

pl. [NL.: see no to branchiate.] 1. The errant marine annelids, an order of worms having gills along the back. Also called Dors i branch i at a. 2. In conch., a group of nudibranchiate gastropods having the gills on the back. These organs are diversiform, and according to their form or arrangement the no to branchia tes have been divided into Cerato branch i at a, Cladobranchiata, and Pygobranchiata. no to branchiate (no-to-brang'ki-at), a. and n. [ comprising the Austrocolumbian, Austral asian, and Novo-Zelanian regions: opposed to Arcto- gaa . It corresponds to the Neo tropical and Australian regions of Sclater. Huxley . Notogæal (no-to-jē'al), a . [ Notogwa + -al.] Same as Notogæan . notochord (nōtō-kôrd), n. [ νῶτος , the back, + χορδή , a string.] The chorda dorsal is or primi- Of or pertaining to Notogæa. no to graph (no'to-graf), n. Same as melograph . Notonecta (no-to-nek'ta), n. pl . [NL., νῶτος , the back, + νήκτης , a swimmer, νήχειν , swim.] The typical genus of No to nec tid a, founded by Linnæus in 1748. The membrane is distinctly marked, the body is broad, the scutellum is about as wide as the pronotum, and the front is narrow and curved without swelling or prolongation. These in- sects are all aquatic and predaceous, and swim about on their backs, whence the names Notonecta and also back- swimmer and water - boatman . The genus is wide-spread, being represented almost everywhere. N. undulata is the commonest species in the United States; it is half an inch long, and varies in color from an ivory-white to a dusky hue. N. mexican a is the handsomest one, being brightly colored with red and yellow. See cut at water - boatman . notonectal (nō-to-nek'tal), a. [ Notonecta + -al.] In zoöl . , swimming on the back, as cer- tain insects; belonging or related to the Noto- No to nec tidæ (nō-to-nek'ti-dē), n. pl . [NL., Notonecta + -ida.] A family of aquatic bugs of the group Hydro cores and suborder Heterop- tera , typified by the genus Notonecta , founded by Stephens in 1829; the boat-flies or water- boatmen. They are deeper-bodied than related bugs, and their convexity is above, so that they swim on their four-jointed; the tarsi are three-jointed; the hind legs are longest and fitted for rowing the body like oars, being thickly fringed with silky hairs; and the venter is keeled and hairy. All the No to nec tidæ are aquatic and preda- No to pod a (no-top'ō-da), n . pl . [NL., Gr. vῶ- τος, the back, + πούς (ποδ-) = Ε. foot .] 1. In Latreille's system, a tribe or section of brachy- urous decapod crustaceans, containing crabs of the genera Homola , Dorippe , Dromia , Dynomene, and Ranina -that is, most of the anomurous decapods. By recent writers they are referred to four different families. The group is sometimes retained in a modified sense, as including transitional forms between the brachyurous and the macrurous decapods, as Dromi- ide, Litho didæ , and Por cell a nide . One or two pairs of legs are articulated higher up than the rest, whence the name. 2. In entom . , a name of the elaters, or skip- jacks. See Elaterid a . no to podal (nō-top'o-dal), a. [As No to pod a + -al.] Of or pertaining to the No to pod a , as a crab. no to podial (nō-to-pō'di-al), a. [As no to podia + -al.] Of or pertaining to the no to podia of a worm. See cuts under Polynoë , præstomium , and pygidium . The lateral fins are formed from no to podial elements. Jour. Roy. Micros. Soc., 2d ser., VI. 41. no to podium (no-to-põʻdi-um), n.; pl. no to podia (-a). [NL., Gr. foot .] One of the series of dorsal divisions of the parapodia of an annelid; a dorsal oar. The double foot-stumps in a double row along the sides of many worms are the parapodia; and these are divided into an upper or no to podial and a lower or neuropodial series, also called the dorsal and ventral oars respectively. See parapodium . no topo do us (nō-top'ō-dus), a. [As No to pod a + -ous .] ] Of or or pertaining to the No to pod a. No to pod a . no to psyche (nō-top-sī kē), n. [ νῶτος , the back,+ ψυχή , soul.] The sp spinal cord. Haeckel . See Psyche . Notopteridæ (nō-top-ter'i-dē), n. pl . [NL., Not opter us + -ida .] A family of malacoptery- gian fishes, typified by the genus Not opter us . The head and body are scaly, the margin of the upper jaw is formed by the in term axillaries mesially and by the max illaries laterally, the opercular apparatus is incomplete, the tail is long, the dorsal fin is short and far back, and the notoriet, a. See notory. notoriety (nō-to-ri'e-ti), n.; pl. notorieties (-tiz). [ notoriedad = Pg. notorie- dade It. notorietà , not or i eta (t-) s , the con- dition of being well-known, not or i us , mak- ing known, ML. also well-known: see notorious .] 1. The state or character of being notorious; the character of being publicly or generally, and especially unfavorably, known; notorious- ne : as, the notoriety of a crime. They were not subjects in their own nature so exposed to notoriety. Add is on, Def. of Christian Religion. One celebrated measure of Henry VIII.'s reign, the Statute of Uses, was pa ed in order to restore the ancient simplicity and notoriety of titles to land. F. Pollock , Land Laws, p. 2. nõtori us , making known, ML. well-known, pub- lic, not or , one who knows, noscere , pp. no- tus , know: see notel .] Publicly Publicly or generally known and spoken of; manifest to the world: in this sense generally used predicatively: when used attributively, the word now com- monly implies some circumstance of disadvan- tage tage or discredit; hence, notable in a bad sense; widely or well but not favorably known. Rutilus is now notorious grown, And proves the common Theme of all the Town. Congreve, tr. of Juvenal's Satires, xi. It is notorious that Machi a vell i was through life a zeal- ous republican. Macaulay , Machi a vell i. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 105. Fool, there was never man so notoriously abused. Shak ., T. N., iv. 2. 94. The imagination is notoriously most active when the ex- ternal world is shut out. Macaulay , John Dryden. notoriousne (nō-to'ri-us-nes), n. The state of being notorious; the state of being open or known; notoriety. Atwene whom [the French and English] were dayly skyrmy hes & small bykerynges without any notarye [read notorye] batayll. Fabyan , Chron., an. 1369. No to then i a (nō-to-the'ni-ä), n. [NL., -θεν , adv. suffix, from.] The typi- cal genus of Nototheniida , species of which in- habit southern seas, whence the name. Rich- ards on, 1844. mastoid cavity leading into the interior. The ova fall the abdominal cavity before they are extruded. notopteroid (no-top'te-roid), a. and n. I. a. Pertaining to the Notopterida , or having their characters. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary Nototheniidæ terrupted or continued high up on the tail. About 20 species are known, from antarctic and southern seas, where they replace to some extent the codfish of northern seas, some of them being of economical importance.