phytomer (fitomer)

[ portions, since they are produced from and in time may produce similar parts. Also called phyton, phytomera. Phytomyia (fi-to-mi'i-ä), n. [NL. (Haliday, 1833), emended from Plytomyza (Fallen, 1810), rambycide, Spondylidæ, and Bruchidæ are also included. See also cuts under Cerambyx, Chrysomela, and Bruchus. (b) A division of terebrant hymenopterous insects represented by the families Tenth red i nidæ the Securifera of Latreille: contrasted with En tomophaga and Gallicola. (c) [Used as a singular.] A genus of dipterous insects of the family Tipulidæ. Rondani, 1840.-2. In ichth., a group of cyprinoid fishes.-3. In mammal.: (a) One of two primary groups into which the Edentata or Bruta have been divided, the other being Entomophaga. The Phytophaga are the vegetable-feeders. The Phytophaga are divisible into two groups, one existing, and the other extinct. The former consists of the sloths, or Tardigrada;... [the latter are] the Grav i grad a. Huxley , Anat. Vert., p. 333. (b) One of two prime divisions of placental mammals, including ding the pachyderms, herbivorous cetaceans ( Sirenia ), rodents, and ruminants of Cuvier on the one hand, and the edentates of Cuvier (minus the monotremes) on the other hand, together forming two orders, Dip lodontia and Aplodontia , collectively contrasted with Zoöphaga . phytophagan (fi-tof'; tophag -ous +-an. IMG:content-0109.jpg:[blocks in formation] II. n . A member of the Phytophthiria ; a plant louse. Also phytophthire. Phytophthora (fi-tof thō-ra), n. [NL. (De Bary, Bry. 1876). Gr. φυ Bary, 1876),