Anthozoa

[Gr. anthos, a flower, zoon, an animal.] (Zool.) A name given by Dr. Gray to a cla of animals generally arranged among the Zoöphytes, and embracing those species which are referable to the radiated type of the animal kingdom. The A. are divided into three ord. 1. The hydroid polypes, A. hydroid a, which have the either free or attached, of a fleshy consistence, strengthened with a horny or calcareous axis, enveloped in a gelatinous crust, in which the polypes are immersed. 3. The zoanthoid polypes, A. helianthoidea , which have the polypes single, free, or permanently fixed. fleshy, either naked or incrusted with a calcareous polypidom, the upper surface cro ed with radiating lamellæ. Fig . 146. RENILLA-DANE, (cla Anthozoa ). Alexandria, sought martyrdom amid the persecutions of Anthracit'ic, a . Containing anthracite, or relating the Christians there prevailing, but his life being spared, to it. he returned to the desert, where he died at the age of 105. Anthracotheʼrium, n. [Gr. anthrax , coal; therion , All his conduct indicates a fervent and melancholy imagination. That he used no garments but a shirt made of hair and a sheep's-skin, and never washed his body, is more credible than the strange stories of his contests with devils, and the wonders related in his life by St. A than as i us. Anthony of Padua, St., a learned Francis can monk, B. at Lisbon, 1105. He was one of the most renowned disciples of St. Francis of A isi. Shipwrecked on the coast of Italy in a voyage to Africa, which he had undertaken with a view of becoming a martyr to the Christian faith, he preached with great applause in Bologna and Padua, where he died, June 13, 1231. His legends are full of prodigies; but all agree in extolling his talents as a preacher. He was canonized by Gregory IX., and the Catholic Church honors him as one of its most eminent saints. At Padua, a church containing his sepulchre is consecrated to him, which is a masterpiece of architecture. An'thony, St., a cape on the coast of S. America, Argentine Rep., being the S. extremity of the estuary of the La Plata. Lat. 36° 15′ 19′′ S.; Lon. 56° 37′ W. Anthony, St., in U. States . See SAINT ANTHONY. An'thony's Creek, in Virginia , a village of Green brier co. Anthony's (or St. Anthony's) Nose, in New York , the extremity of a mountain called the "Klips," on the N. bank of the Mohawk, resembling a nose, 300 to 400 ft. long. -In Putnam co., a bold promontory on the E side of the river Hudson, projecting from the S. side of Breakneck Hill, at the N. entrance to the Highlands, 57 m. from New York. An'thony's Shoals, in Georgia, a post-office of Elbert co. Anthophyllite, n . [From Gr. anthos , a flower, and phyllon, a leaf.] ( Min . ) An orthorhombic mineral, occurring in mica slate, in yellow-gray crystals or crystalline fibres, often radiating; fracture uneven, lustre pearly; translucent. Sp. grav. 2-94 to 3-1558. Comp . silica, 55-5, magnesia 27-8, protoxide of iron 16-7-100.