xenogamy (zenogami)

[ The term Heterogenesis has unfortunately been used in a different sense [than that of the offspring being Altogether and permanently unlike the parent Milne-Edwards has therefore substituted for it Xenogen- esis , which means the generation of something foreign. Huxley , Lay Sermons, 18353. ries of the Lower Mi i ippi. See cut under studfish. guest sis (-et-) +-ic.] Of the nature of or pertain ing to xenogenesis. I have dwelt upon the analogy of pathological modification, which is in favour of the xenogenetic origin of microzynies. Huxley , Lay Sermons (ed. 1871), p. 370. -ic .] Same as xenogenetic . An extensive genus of Ethiopian birds, conven tionally referred to the Timeliidæ, and also call ed Bleda, Pyrrhurus, Bæopogon, and Trichites. Fifteen species are described; they differ much from one another. Some have often been put in such genera as Pycnonotus, Criniger, or Trichophorus, and all are called by the name bulbul, in common with other birds more or le nearly related. X. icteria is the yellow-browed bulbul; -X. flavicollis, the yellow-throated; X. tephrolæma, the ashy-throated; X. simplex, Marche's; X. flavistriata, Barratt's; X. serin a, the red-billed; X. syndactyl a (the type of genus, from Sene gambia to Gaboon), the chestnut tailed; X. scandens, the pale; X. alb i gular is, U her's; X. indicator, the honey-guide; X. leuco pleura, the white bellied; X. not at a, the yellow-marked; X. can i cap ill a, the gray-headed. Xenocratean (zē-nok-rā-tē'an), a. [ He is known to have been a voluminous and methodical writer, adhering pretty closely to his master's teachings, but inclined to the doctrines of the Pythagoreans. He held that the ideas were numbers, and that all numbers were produced from 1 and 2. Xenocratic (zen-ō-krat'ik), a. Same as Xenoc rate an. related to fibrolite, found at Petershoff, Fin land. xenomenia (zen-ō-mēʼni-ä), n. [NL., Gr. ξένος, strange, + μηνιαῖα, menses.] A lo of blood occurring at the time of the menstrual flow elsewhere than from the uterus, and taking the place of the regular flow; vicarious menstruation. Compare stigma1, 4. Xenomi (ze-no'mi), n. pl. [NL., xenomorphic (zen-ō-môr'fik), a. [ Xenomi . They have no supraorbital or postorbital bone, have a coronoid bone, premaxillary teeth, and gastrosteges, and have no rudiments of hind limbs. Xenopicus