a. Capable of being acclimated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. acclimation. See Acclimate. ] Acclimatization. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a`rqron joint + &unr_; lid. ] (Zool.) One of the orders of Branchiopoda. See Branchiopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. in Phil. I. ] In the Philippines, a light, two-wheeled, boxlike vehicle usually drawn by a single native pony and used to convey passengers within city limits or for traveling. It is the common public carriage. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ ‖ } n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; + &unr_;, &unr_;, outh. ] (Zool.) An extensive suborder of marine Bryozoa, mostly with calcareous shells. They have a movable lip and a lid to close the aperture of the cells. [ Also written Chillostomata. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Climatic. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Climate + Gr. &unr_; to rule. ] Presiding over, or regulating, climates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems.
Syn. -- family Cryptogrammataceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, comb + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, -&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; mouth. ] (Zool.) A suborder of Bryozoa, usually having a circle of bristles below the tentacles. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖‖/mhw>, n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. ky`klos circle + sto`ma, -atos mouth. ] (Zool.) A division of Bryozoa, in which the cells have circular apertures. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. de`ros skin + &unr_;, &unr_;, hole. ] (Zool.) The tribe of aquatic Amphibia which includes Amphiuma, Menopoma, etc. They have permanent gill openings, but no external gills; -- called also Cryptobranchiata. [ Written also Derotrema. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; an embryo. ] (Zool.) An order of worms parasitic in cephalopods. They are remarkable for the extreme simplicity of their structure. The embryo exists in two forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'echi^nos hedgehog, sea urchin + de`rma, -atos, skin. ] (Zoöl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom. By many writers it was formerly included in the Radiata. [ Written also Echinoderma. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The species usually have an exterior calcareous skeleton, or shell, made of many pieces, and often covered with spines, to which the name. They may be star-shaped, cylindrical, disk-shaped, or more or less spherical. The body consists of several similar parts (spheromeres) repeated symmetrically around a central axis, at one end of which the mouth is situated. They generally have suckers for locomotion. The group includes the following classes: Crinoidea, Asterioidea, Ophiuroidea, Echinoidea, and Holothurioidea. See these words in the Vocabulary, and also Ambulacrum. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + laimo`s the throat. ] (Zool.) An order of Bryozoa, having no epistome. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + 'ofqalmo`s the eye. ] (Zool.) A group of acalephs, including the naked-eyed medusæ; the hydromedusæ. Most of them are known to be the free-swimming progeny (gonophores) of hydroids. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + sw^ma, sw`matos, the body. ] (Zool.) One of the orders of Pteropoda. They have no shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Of American Indian origin. ] (Bot.) The American larch (Larix Americana), a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber. Called also tamarack. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Haema- + Gr. tachy`s swift + -meter. ] (Physiol.) A form of apparatus (somewhat different from the hemadrometer) for measuring the velocity of the blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol.) The measurement of the velocity of the blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Haematachometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "o`los whole + sto`ma, -atos, mouth.] (Zool.) An artificial division of gastropods, including those that have an entire aperture. [1913 Webster]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; to loose + &unr_;, &unr_;, a lid. ] (Zool.) An order of brachiopods, in which the valves of shell are not articulated by a hinge. It includes the Lingula, Discina, and allied forms. [ Written also Lyopoma. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or , prop. n. pl., sing. Matabele. [ Written also Matabili. ] (Ethnol.) A warlike South African Kaffir tribe. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ Sp. ] An old dance with swords and bucklers; a sword dance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutis tricinctus). See Illust. under Loricata. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Sp. matador, prop., a killer, fr. matar to kill, L. mactare to sacrifice, kill. ] 1. The killer; the man appointed to kill the bull in bullfights; a bullfighter; a toreador. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. (Card Playing) In the game of quadrille or omber, the three principal trumps, the ace of spades being the first, the ace of clubs the third, and the second being the deuce of a black trump or the seven of a red one. [ 1913 Webster ]

When Lady Tricksey played a four,
You took it with a matadore. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. [ Skat ] The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, whether by the player or by his adversaries. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. A certain game of dominoes in which four dominoes (the 4-3, 5-2, 6-1, and double blank), called matadors, may be played at any time in any way. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) A shrike or butcher bird; -- called also mattages. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Sp. matajudío a kind of fish. ] A large squirrel fish (Holocentrus ascensionis) of Florida and the West Indies. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

[ Sp. blanco white. ] A West Indian food fish (Malacanthus plumieri) related to the tilefish. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ Pg. ] (Zool.) The bearded tortoise (Chelys fimbriata) of South American rivers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp., slaughter, fr. matar to kill. ] A place where animals are slaughtered for their hides and tallow. [ Western U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. me`ros thigh + &unr_;, -&unr_;, mouth. ] (Zool.) A class of Arthropoda, allied to the Crustacea. It includes the trilobites, Eurypteroidea, and Limuloidea. All are extinct except the horseshoe crabs (Limulus) of the last group. See Limulus. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + &unr_; hole. ] (Zool.) A subclass of Mammalia, having a cloaca in which the ducts of the urinary, genital, and alimentary systems terminate, as in birds. The female lays eggs like a bird. See Duck mole, under Duck, and Echidna. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. my`zein to suck + sto`ma, -atos, mouth. ] (Zool.) An order of curious parasitic worms found on crinoids. The body is short and disklike, with four pairs of suckers and five pairs of hook-bearing parapodia on the under side. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. no`hma the understanding + ta`chos swiftness + -graph. ] An instrument for determining and registering the duration of more or less complex operations of the mind. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. pachy`dermos thick-skinned; pachy`s thick + de`rma skin. ] (Zool.) A group of hoofed mammals distinguished for the thickness of their skins, including the elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, tapir, horse, and hog; the pachyderms. It is now considered an artificial group. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. pa^s, panto`s, all + sto`ma, sto`matos, mouth. ] (Zool.) One of the divisions of Flagellata, including the monads and allied forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. fyla`ssein to guard + laimo`s the gullet. ] (Zool.) An order of fresh-water Bryozoa in which the tentacles are arranged on a horseshoe-shaped lophophore, and the mouth is covered by an epistome. Called also Lophopoda, and hippocrepians. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Phylactolæma. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Paleon.) Same as Placodermi. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl.; [ NL., fr. Gr. pla`gios slanting + &unr_;, &unr_;, a hole. ] (Zool.) Same as Lepidosauria. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot + &unr_;, &unr_;, mouth. ] (Zool.) An order of Bryozoa of which Rhabdopleura is the type. See Rhabdopleura. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. poly`s many + &unr_;, &unr_;, mouth. ] (Zool.) A division of trematode worms having more two suckers. Called also Polystomea and Polystoma. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a root + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, a mouth. ] (Zool.) A suborder of Medusae which includes very large species without marginal tentacles, but having large mouth lobes closely united at the edges. See Illust. in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) The stony corals; the Madreporaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a hide + &unr_; a skin. ] (Zool.) Same as Holothurioidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a military standard + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, mouth. ] (Zool.) A division of Discophora having large free mouth lobes. It includes Aurelia, and Pelagia. Called also Semeostoma. See Illustr. under Discophora, and Medusa. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Siphon, and Stoma. ] (Zool.) (a) A tribe of parasitic copepod Crustacea including a large number of species that are parasites of fishes, as the lerneans. They have a mouth adapted to suck blood. (b) An artificial division of gastropods including those that have siphonostomatous shells. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. squamatus scaly. ] (Zool.) A division of edentates having the body covered with large, imbricated horny scales. It includes the pangolins. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. stegano`s covered + 'ofqalmo`s the eye. ] (Zool.) The Discophora, or Phanerocarpae. Called also Steganophthalmia. [ 1913 Webster ]