mesodermic (mesodermik)

[ And so form the foundation of the mesodermic investment by which the body cavity of the adult is lined. A. Sedgwick , Micros. Science, XXVII. 499. Mesodesma (mes-ō-des'mä), n . [NL., Gr. Mesodesma glabratumright valve. μέσος, middle, + δέσμα, α band: see desma. ) A genus of wedge-shells of the family Donacida, or made type of a family Meso desmidæ, having a thick solid trigonal shell with two short stout lateral teeth, and the cartilage internal. Species abound in the Australian region. Me so desmidæ (mes-o-des'mi-dē), n. pl. [NL., Mesodesma + -ida .] A family of bivalve mollusks, named from the genus Mesodesma . J. E. Gray , 1840. mesodic (mesod'ik), a. [ M Donacilla chi lens is, one of the Meso desmid a-right valve. mesode + -ic.] In anc. pros., constituting or pertaining to a colon, on, line, or system of a different length or metrical character interposed between two cola, two sets of uniform lines, or two systems of identical metrical form; especially, constituting, pertaining to, or containing a system of different form intervening between a strophe and its antistrophe. See epodic, palinodic, periodic, proödic. mesodont (mes'ō-dont), a. [