Entozoa (entozoa), (entozoa)

pl. [NL., pl. of ento zoön, q. v.] In zool.: (a) In Cuvier's system, the second cla of Radiata, containing the intestinal worms, divided into two orders, Nema toidea and Parenchymata. These divisions corre spond to some extent with the general groups of the round worms and the flat worms, but are not coincident with any modern orders. (b) Now, a general name, of no cla ificatory significance, of internal parasites, such as intestinal worms: opposed to Ectozoa, the ectoparasites. It applies to all entoparasites, the effect of the former usage of the word making it still specially applicable to the entoparasitic nematoids, trematoids, and cestoids. Also Enterozoa. (c) [Used as a singular.] A genus of arachnids. (d) [l.c.] Plural of entozoön. entozoal (en-to-zō'al), a. Same as entozoic. entozoan (en-to-zō'an), a. and n. [ 1954 entrailed (en-trāld'), p. a. [ O Julius Cæsar, thou art mighty yet! = Thy spirit walks abroad, and turns our swords In our own proper entrails . Shak ., J. C., v. 3. Hence-2. The internal parts of anything. Within the ma y entrails of the earth. Marlowe, Faustus, i. 1. IMG:content-0557.png:[blocks in formation] They were meant for accusations, but are most pitiful failings, entrammeled with fictions and ignorance. Bp . Hacket , Abp. Williams, p. 104. 2. To make into ringlets; curl; frizzle. Pa e- fillons, small earlocks...; hence, any frizzled locks or entramelled tufts of hair. Cotgrave. ent rancel (en'trans), n. [Early mod. E. also entreat Entrance examination. See examination. - The Great Entrance, in the Gr. Ch., the solemn proce ion in which elements through the body of the church, into the bema. This entrance is the most impre ive ceremony in the ritual of the Greek Church, and the proce ion is often long and magnificent. The Little Entrance, in the Gr. Ch., the solemn proce ion in which the book of the Gospels is carried through the church and taken into the bema. =Syn. 1 and 2. Ingre , entry, admittance. - 3. Inlet, avenue, portal. entrance2 (en-trans'), v. t.; pret. and pp. en tranced, ppr. entrancing. [Formerly also in trance; With which throng the lady Clara meeting, Fainted, and there fell down, not bru is'd, I hope, But frighted and entranc'd . Middle ton ( and Rowley ), Spanish Gypsy, iii. 2. Him, still entranced and in a litter laid, They bore from field and to the bed conveyed. Dryden, Pal. and Arc., iii. There is no doubt that many persons charged with witchcraft became insane or entranced , and that while entranced or insane they did see images or imps, confe ed accordingly, and were very logically-hanged therefor. G. M. Beard, Psychol, of Salem Witchcraft, p. 11. Now, except when attacked at the vulnerable point, there is no reason why previously hypnotised persons should be more liable to be entranced than any one else. E. Gurney, Mind, XII. 227. 2. To put into an ecstasy; ravish with delight or wonder; enrapture. And I so ravish'd with her heavenly note, I stood entranc'd , and had no room for thought, But, all o'erpower'd with ecstasy of bli , Was in a pleasing dream of paradise. Dryden, Flower and Leaf, 1. 119. I sank In cool soft turf upon the bank, Entranced with that place and time, So worthy of the golden prime Of good Haroun Alraschid.. Tennyson, Arabian Nights. site. entozoarian (en to-zō-ā'ri-an), a. and n. [ II. n. Same as entozoan . This had been described by Rathke in 1841 as an Ento zoarian, but has since been proved by its transformation to be a Cirripede, and was named Pel to gaster. Encyc. Brit., VI. 647.