Gym no branch i at a (jimnobrangkiata)

pl. [NL., neut. pl. of gym no branch i at us: see gym no branchiate.] An order of opisthobranch i ate gastropods with the gills exposed or contractible into a cavity on the surface of the mantle. They are shell-le in the adult state, but the young have shells and deciduous cephalic fins. Also called Nudibranch i at a. Schweiger, 1820. gym no branchiate (jim-no-brang ki-at), a. and n. [NL. gym no branch i at us, IMG:content-2834.jpg:[blocks in formation] gymnocyta (jim-nos'i-tä), n . [NL., vós , naked, + κύτος , a hollow (a cell).] A uni- cellular organ- ism which is na- ked or not cor- ticate, and cor- responds some- what to species of Gymnomуха : distinguished from lepocyta . IMG:content-2835.jpg:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors] sent i ally unicellu- lar; in the lowest forms they may consist of a naked cell (gymnocyta), or in the higher they may po e a cell- Stand. Nat . Hist ., I. 26. [ Gymnocerata (jim-no-sera-tä), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. of gymnoceratus : see gymnoceratous .] A gymnocyta. A series of heteropterous insects, including gym no cytode (jim-no-sī tōd), n. are known, many of which are especially marked by the pres- ence of a yellow or silvery powder covering the under sur- face of the frond, on account of which they are called gold- or silver-ferns. gymnogynous (jim-noj'i- nus), a . [ γυμνός , na- ked, + γυνή , female (in mod. bot. an ovary).] In bot . , having a naked IMG:content-2836.png:[blocks in formation] those which are chiefly terrestrial and aërial, and have the antennæ prominent, whence the Haeckel . name: equivalent to the Geocorisæ of Latreille: contrasted with Cryptocerata . Gymnochila (jim-nō-kilä), n. son, 1844), γυμνός , naked, + χείλος , lip.] A genus of clavicorn beetles, of the family Tro- gositidæ . There are about a dozen species, all African, having the eyes divided in both sexes, and the superior Gym no chi line (jim no-ki-line), n . pl . [NL. (Lacordaire, 1854, as Gym no chili des), the South American fruit-crows: so called from the nakedne of the throat of some species. The group includes the notable genera Querula, Pyro- der us, Gymnoderus, Gymnocephalus, Cephalopterus , and Chasmorhynchus , or the averanos, arapungas, bell-birds, umbrella-birds, etc. Also called Coracine and Querulina. Gymnoderus (jim-nod'e-rus), n. γυμνός , naked, + δέρη , neck.] A genus of fruit- crows of South America, the type of the sub usually merged in Melolonthida . Bur meister, family Gym no der inæ. The only species is the gymnode, G. fœtid us or nudicollis. Geoffroy, Gymnomera (jim-nō-mēʻra), n . pl . [NL., neut. 1809. Also called Coronis , and formerly Cora- pl. of gymnomerus: see gymnomerous boudivi IMG:content-2837.jpg:[blocks in formation] of κίσσα , a chat- A notable ge- cal genus of Gymnodontes . gymnodont (jim'no-dont), a . and n. [As Gym- the Gymnodontida. II. n. A gymnodont fish; one of the Gymno- dontida. Gymnodontes (jim-nō-don'tēz), n. pl. [NL., pl. of Gymnodon, q. v.] A group of plecto- gnath fishes, variously rated. (a) In Cuvier's system of cla ification, the first family of plectognaths, having jaws which are furnished, instead of teeth, with an ivory- like substance internally laminated, resembling the beak of a parrot, and consisting of true teeth united and suc- ceeding each other as fast as they are (b) In Günther's system, also, a family of plectognath fishes whose jaws are modified into a beak. (c) In Gill's system, a suborder of Plectognath i having no spinous dorsal fin, a body more or le sacciform, scales typically spiniform (archetypically rhomboid) and with root-like insertions, jaws enveloped in an enamel-like covering. themselves up into a more or le globular or spherical form by swallowing air, whence they have many popular names, as balloon - fish , bellows - fish , bottle - fish , box- fish , fish , globe - fish , swell - fish or swell - toad , etc. (See globe - fish .) Some are covered with spines or prickles, whence such names as bur - fish , porcupine - fish , etc.; and the peculiarity of the teeth gives some of them the names rabbit - fish and parrot - fish . Gymnodontidæ (jim-nō-don'ti-dē), n . pl . [NL., gymnogen (jim'nō-jen), n. [ γυμνός , naked, + -γενης , producing: see- gen .] Same as gym no- sperm . IMG:content-2838.png:[blocks in formation] Gymnomyxa (jim-nō-mik'sa), n. pl . [NL., γυμνός , naked, + μύξα , slime, mucus, also grade or series of Protozoa , including those pro- equiv. to the nose: seems the lower tozoans which are naked or not corticate, and consequently of no determinate form. They may protrude filose or lobose pseudopodia, or exude plasmo- dia, and ingest food at any place in their bodies; many of them construct hard shells of great beauty and complex- ity; and they may also become encysted. An amœba is a type of the whole series, which includes the mycetozoans, amœbæ, labyrinthulines, heliozoans, foraminifers, and ra- diolarians. gymnomyxine (jim-nō-mik's in), a . [As Gymno- myxa + -ine1 .] Consisting of naked protoplasm or animal slime; specifically, having the char- acters of the Gymnomyxa . gymnomyxon (jim-nō-mik's on), n. A member of the Gymnomyxa . Gym no not i (jim-nō-nō'tī), n. pl. [NL., pl. of Gym no not us .] An order or suborder of fishes, containing the electric eels. They are anguilliform, with a tapering tail; have no dorsal or ventral fins, but a very extensive anal fin, the vent being consequently at the throat, and the anal fin extending thence to the end of the tail; the body naked or provided with small scales; the mouth small; and the gill-slits narrow. The group contains a single family, Gymnonotidæ , or, according to others, two families, Electro pho ridæ and Sternopygida , IMG:content-2839.jpg:[graphic] Gym no not us (jim-nō-not us), n. called with ref. to the absence of dorsal fins; γυμνός , naked, + νῶτος , back.] Same as Gym not us , of which it is the uncontracted form. Gymnopædes (jim-nō-pēdēz), n. pl . [NL., γυμνός , naked, + παῖς (παιδ-), child.] In or- nith ., same as Psilopades . gymnopædia Leto, in commemoration of the victory of 100 Spartan over 100 Argive champions at Thyrea. gymnopædic (jim-nō-pē'dik), a. [ παιδικός, of a boy).] 1. Of or pertaining to naked boys: applied by the ancient Greeks to dances and gymnastic exer cises performed, as at public festivals, by boys or youths unclothed. In the time of Thaletas, Sacadas, . (01. 40-50), the gymnopædic, hyp orc hematic, and other kinds of orchestics were already cultivated in a highly artistic manner. C. O. Müller, Manual of Archæol. (trans.), § 77. 2. In ornith., same as psilopædic. Gym no phi on a (jim-no-fi'ō-nä), n. pl. [NL. (Müller, 1832),