genoblastic (jenoblastik)

[ This author [E. Van Beneden] suggests that the peripheral pronucleus is probably partially formed of spermatic substance, that the central pronucleus is female, and that the segmentation nucleus is a compound body resulting from the union of these two, and is probably, therefore, bisexual. This statement includes all the basal facts of the genoblastic theory. A. Hyatt , Amer. Jour. Sci., 3d ser., XXXI. 336. Genoese (jen-ō-ēs' or -ēz'), a. and n. [ Genoa +-ese; cf. F. Géno is , It. Genovese , Genova , Genua , Genoa. The plural was formerly also Genoeses. Cf. Genoway.] I. a. Relating or pertaining to Genoa, a city of northwestern Italy, or to the republic of Genoa constituted by its citizens, existing from the tenth century till 1797, and very powerful in the middle ages. Genoese embroidery, needlework done on fine linen or cotton, with outlines of thin cord and buttonhole stitch, parts of the material being cut away and the openings filled with wheels and other simple patterns. Genoese velvet, a rich fabric of which the pattern is in velvet pile and the background flat and smooth, of silk or silk and gold. The manufacture of this velvet is not peculiar II. n. sing. and pl. An inhabitant or a na to Genoa. Also called Genoa velvet. tive, or the people, of Genoa. Also Genovese .