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- English Word Gymnodont Definition One of a group of plectognath fishes (Gymnodontes), having the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates, on each jaw, as the diodonts and tetradonts. See Bur fish, Globefish, Diodon.
- English Word Gymnogen Definition One of a class of plants, so called by Lindley, because the ovules are fertilized by direct contact of the pollen. Same as Gymnosperm.
- English Word Gymnoglossa Definition A division of gastropods in which the odontophore is without teeth.
- English Word Gymnolaema Definition Alt. of Gymnolaemata
- English Word Gymnolaemata Definition An order of Bryozoa, having no epistome.
- English Word Gymnonoti Definition The order of fishes which includes the Gymnotus or electrical eel. The dorsal fin is wanting.
- English Word Gymnopaedic Definition Having young that are naked when hatched; psilopaedic; -- said of certain birds.
- English Word Gymnophiona Definition An order of Amphibia, having a long, annulated, snakelike body. See Ophiomorpha.
- English Word Gymnophthalmata Definition A group of acalephs, including the naked-eyed medusae; the hydromedusae. Most of them are known to be the free-swimming progeny (gonophores) of hydroids.
- English Word Gymnoplast Definition A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, as a white blood corpuscle.
- English Word Gymnorhinal Definition Having unfeathered nostrils, as certain birds.
- English Word Gymnosomata Definition One of the orders of Pteropoda. They have no shell.
- English Word Gymnosophist Definition One of a sect of philosophers, said to have been found in India by Alexander the Great, who went almost naked, denied themselves the use of flesh, renounced bodily pleasures, and employed themselves in the contemplation of nature.
- English Word Gymnosophy Definition The doctrines of the Gymnosophists.
- English Word Gymnosperm Definition A plant that bears naked seeds (i. e., seeds not inclosed in an ovary), as the common pine and hemlock. Cf. Angiosperm.
- English Word Gymnospermous Definition Having naked seeds, or seeds not inclosed in a capsule or other vessel.
- English Word Gymnospermous Definition Belonging to the class of plants consisting of gymnosperms.
- English Word Gymnotoka Definition The Athecata.
- English Word Gymnotus Definition A genus of South American fresh-water fishes, including the Gymnotus electricus, or electric eel. It has a greenish, eel-like body, and is possessed of electric power.
- English Word Gyn Definition To begin [Obs.] See Gin.