steno derma

[Pref. steno-, and Gr. derma =skin.] exist. ph = f. IMG:content-0274.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Zool .: Trumpet-animalcule; the type-genus of Stentor ide (q. v.), cosmopolitan, with numerous species, from salt and fresh water, mostly social. Animalcules sedentary or mobile at will; body conical or trumpet-shaped, often brilliantly colored, covered with cilia, anterior portion widened and fringed with a marginal row of longer cilia, with a spiral row extending from the mouth. They are among the largest and most beautiful of the cla , of which they are the earliest known members, the first record of them being by Trembley, who described them under the name of Funnel-like Polypes, in Phil . Trans. (1744). They increase by oblique fi ion, and by germs separating from the band-like endoplast. One species, Stentor niger , is common in ponds in Epping Forest, England. sten-tör-I-an, adv . [Lat. sten tore us; Gr. sten- toreios.] 1. Extremely loud, like the voice of Stentor. "They echo forth in stentorian clamors."- Sir T. Her- IMG:content-0275.png:[blocks in formation] 3. To walk or move gravely, slowly, or reso- lutely. "Home, from his morning task, the swain retreats, His flock before him stepping to the fold." IMG:content-0276.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0277.png:[blocks in formation] "Ventidius lately Buried his father, by whose death he's stepp'd Into a great estate." Shakesp .: Timon , iii. 2. "I am in blood Stept in so far, that should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er." The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-0279.png:[blocks in formation] Spenser: F. Q., I. v. 89.