hes peris

[Lat. hesperis; Gr. hesperis =as adj., western; as subst., the night-scented gillyflower.] IMG:content-1144.jpg:[graphic] A. As adj .: Of or belonging to He e in Germany. B. As substantive: Palæont . & Ichthy .: A term introduced by Aga iz to describe fishes having the two lobes of the tails unequal in size. The spinal column is prolonged Saddlery : A peculiar kind of jointed bit for through the upper lobe, but the lower one is the He ian-boot, s. A kind of top-boot. IMG:content-1145.png:[blocks in formation] larger. This pattern of tail, an antique one, was universal through nearly the whole palæozoic period, the modern or homocercal tail not appear ing till the Magnesian Limestone of the Middle Permian. [HOMOCERCAL.) But the older type did not then become extinct; it has lingered on till now, existing in the sturgeon, . Entom.: A family of tetramerous beetles. The antennæ are short, and have eleven joints, the two basal ones large, the remainder forming an obso. letely serrated ma ; the head elongated, inserted the eyes in the thorax, body depre ed. They inhabit the muddy banks of rivers or the sands of the ocean, in which they burrow by means of their fo orial legs. hět-er-öç-er-ŭs, s. [Pref. hetero- , and Gr. keras =a horn.] Entom.: The typical genus of the family Hetero- hět-er-o-cline, s. [Pref. hetero- , and Gr. kline = a bed.] Min.: A variety of Braunite. It is found at St. Marcel in Piedmont. Called also Marcel line (q. v.). hět-er-o-clit-al, a. [Eng. hetero clit (e); -al.] The same as HETEROCLITIC (q. v.). hět-er-o-clite, s. & a. [Lat. hetero clit us , from Gr. heteroklitos = otherwise (that is, irregularly), inflected: heteros = different, other, and klino to IMG:content-1146.png:[blocks in formation] "Sins hetero clit i cal , and such as want either name or precedent."-Browne: Vuiger Errors, bk. vii., ch. xix. *hět-er-oc-lit-ous, a . [Lat. hetero clit us .] The same as HETEROCLITIC (q. v.). IMG:content-1147.png:[blocks in formation] "An old French hood And other pieces hetero gene enough." The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia heterogeneity