nempnet (nempne)

t. See neven. nengeta, n. [S. Amer.] A South American teniopterine flycatcher, Tan i opter a nengeta. It is an ashy or cinereous black and white color, about 9 inches long, and inhabits the pampas. See Tænioptera. Also called pepoaza. nenia, nænia (nē'ni-ä), n.; pl. neniæ, nænia (-ē). [ IMG:content-1295.png:[blocks in formation] neoëmbryonic (ne-ō-em-bri-on'ik), a. [ embryo (n-) + -ic.] Pertaining to a neoëmbryo. Neofiber (ne-of'i-ber), n . [NL., νέος , new, + NL. Fiber : see Fiber2 .] A genus of Ameri- can muskrats, of the family Muride and sub- family Arvicolina , resembling Fiber , but having the tail cylindric. N. allen i, lately discovered in Florida, is the only species known. Neogea (ne-o-jē'ä), n. [NL., νέος , new, + yaïa , the earth.] In zoögeog ., the New World or western hemisphere, considered with reference to the geographical distribution of plants and animals: opposed to Palæogæa , Neogæan (ne-ō-je'an), a. [ Neogœa + -an . ] Of or pertaining to Neogæa ; indigenous to or IMG:content-1296.png:[blocks in formation] neogamist (ne-og'a-mist), n. [ v . i . See neologize . one lately married ( νέος , new, + γαμεῖν , marry), ary would be more in accordance with the results of pale- adopted. Also Neogenic. ontological investigations than that at present generally neo-Catholic (nē'ō-kath'ō-lik), a. olic: applied (a) to a party in the Anglican Church which openly sympathizes with the Ro- man communion; (b) to the party of liberals neogrammarian (në"ō-gra-ma'ri-an), n . [ grammarian ; tr. G. jung- neodamode (ne-od'a-mod), n. [ δῆμος (at Sparta), νέος , new, + δάμος, Dorie form of δήμος, the δῆμος, the people, the body of citizens, + εἶδος , form (cf. δημώδης δημώδης , popular).] In ancient Sparta, a person newly admitted to citizenship; a new- ly enfranchised helot. neoëmbryo (nē-ō-em'bri-ō), n. [NL., Gr. νέος , new, + ἔμβρυον , embryo.] The earliest of the ciliated stages of a metazoan embryo, in which it is similar to a planula, a trochosphere, a pilidium, etc. grammatiker.] An adherent of a school of students of comparative Indo-European gram- mar (since about 1875), who insist especially upon the importance and strictne of the laws of phonetic change. neo grammatical (ne"ō-gra-mat'i-kal), a. [ neologian . Gr. νέος , new, + E. grammatical .] Relating to the neogrammarians, or to their tenets. neography (ne-og'ra-fi), n. [F. néographie = Sp. neografía , véos , new, + γράφειν , write.] A new system of writing. Gent. Mag. neohellenism (nē-ō-hel'en-izm), n. [ νέος , new, + E. Hellenism .] A new or revived Hel- lenism; the body of Hellenic ideals as existing in more or le modified form in modern times; the cult of Hellenic letters and the pursuit of Hellenic ideals characterizing the Renai ance, especially in Italy. This scene, which is perhaps a genuine instance of what we may call the neohellenism of the Renai ance, finds its parallel in the "Phœni æ" of Euripi des. IMG:content-1297.png:[blocks in formation] neoid (nēʼoid), n . [Irreg. vέειν , swim, + είδος , form.] A curve which, being the water- line of a ship, gives the least resistance with a given velocity. neo-Kantian (nē-ō-kan′ti-an), a . [ Kantian .] Pertaining to the doc- trines of the followers and succe ors of Kant. neokoros (nē-ok'ō-ros), n. [ νεωκόρος , ναός , a temple, + κορεῖν , sweep.] In Gr. antiq., the guardian of a temple: in some cases merely 2. The invention or introduction of new ideas a janitor or temple-sweeper, in others a priest- ly officer of much dignity, having charge of the treasures dedicated in the temple. Under the Roman imperial dominion the title was accorded by the senate to certain cities regarded as custodians of the cere- monial worship of Rome and of the emperor. neo-Latin (ne-o-lat'in), a. [= F. néo - Latin = Sp. Pg. It. neo latino , νέος , new, + L. Lati- nus , Latin: see Latin .] 1. New Latin: an epi- thet applied to the Romance languages, as hav- ing grown immediately out of the Latin. M. Raynouard declares that he expounds the numerous affinities between the six neo - Latin languages: namely, 1, the language of the Troubadours; 2, Catalonian; 3, Spanish; 4, Portuguese; 5, Italian; 6, French. 2. Latin as written by authors of modern times. neolite (nē'ō-līt), n. [ νέος , new, + λίθος , a stone.] A silicate of aluminium and magne- sium, dark-green in color, owing to the presence of protoxid of iron. The mineral is ma ive or fibrous, the fibers being in stellate groups. Neolithic (ne-ō-lith'ik), a. [ νέος , new, + λίθος , stone (cf. neolite ), + -ic.] Belonging to the period or epoch of highly finished and pol- ished stone implements. The period so noted is a division of the "stone age," and the term is especially ap- plicable to northwestern Europe, where there is, on the whole, a chronological advance from a time when coarser implements were used (the Pal eolithic age) to one in which (the Neolithic). See Pal eolithic . neologian (nē-ō-lō'ji-an), a . and n . [ IMG:content-1298.png:[blocks in formation] neomenia Jhering a cla or phylum ( A mph in eur a ) of worms; and by some writers an order ( Neomenioidea ) of isopleurous gastropods. N. car in at a is a worm-like organism found on the European coast of the North Atlantic, about an inch long, shaped like a pea-pod, of a grayish color with a rosy tint at one end, covered with small spines which give it a velvety appearance, with a retractile pharynx, a many toothed lingual ribbon, and the mouth reduced to a small ring around the anus, inclosing paired gills. Also called So len of us.