n. [ Gr. 'a`kros summit + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth. ] (Zool.) One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge. -- a. Of or pertaining to the acrodonts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; invisible + &unr_; a bell. ] (Zool.) Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; -- opposed to phanerocodonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aëro- + Gr. &unr_; shaken, &unr_; to shake. ] (Aëronautics) The science of gliding and soaring flight. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a genus of snakes comprising the copperheads.
Syn. -- genus Agkistrodon, Ancistrodon, genus Ancistrodon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having no jointed legs; pertaining to Anarthropoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; toothless; 'an priv. + &unr_;, &unr_;, a tooth. ] (Zool.) A genus of fresh-water bivalves, having no teeth at the hinge. [ Written also Anodonta. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of thin-shelled freshwater mussels.
Syn. -- genus Anodonta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Med.) Efficacious in curing toothache. -- n. A remedy for toothache. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 the type genus of the family Aplodontiidae, comprising the mountain beavers.
Syn. -- genus Aplodontia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a family of mammals comprising the mountain beavers.
Syn. -- family Aplodontiidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to give back; &unr_; from, back again + &unr_; to give. ] (Gram.) The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clause which expresses a condition. Thus, in the sentence, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him, ” the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Some grammarians extend the terms protasis and apodosis to the introductory clause and the concluding clause, even when the sentence is not conditional. [ 1913 Webster ]

#), a. (Zool.) Apodal; apod. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Corrupt. fr. bois d'arc. ] The Osage orange. [ Southwestern U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. pl. [ NL. bunodonta, fr. Gr. &unr_; hill, heap + &unr_;, &unr_;, a tooth. ] (Zool.) A division of the herbivorous mammals including the hogs and hippopotami; -- so called because the teeth are tuberculated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Heretical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; perverted opinion; kako`s bad + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; opinion. ] Erroneous doctrine; heresy; heterodoxy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Heterodoxy, or what Luther calls cacodoxy. R. Turnbull. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of sharks including man-eating sharks, such as the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.
Syn. -- genus Carcharodon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ n. Also . [ Cathode + -graph. ] (Physics) A picture produced by the Roentgen rays; a radiograph. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } a. (Zool.) Belonging to, or resembling, the cephalopods. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. chai`th hair + &unr_;, &unr_;, tooth. ] (Zool.) A marine fish of the family Chætodontidæ. The chætodonts have broad, compressed bodies, and usually bright colors. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Chætodonts or the family Chætodontidæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family comprising the butterfly fishes.
Syn. -- family Chaetodontidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. kli`nein to incline + E. dome. ] (Crystallog.) See under Dome. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Molecular biology) a sequence of three nucleotides in a genome or a DNA or messenger RNA molecule, which specifies the incorporation of one amino acid or is a stop signal, during the biosynthesis of proteins. Codons occur within the protein-coding segments of the DNA or RNA genome of living organisms. The amino acid sequence of proteins synthesized on ribosomes is thus determined by the sequence of the nucleotides in the genome. [ PJC ]

☞ Outside of coding regions, there is no direct correspondence of the nucleotide sequence with protein sequence, and certain signalling functions of nucleic acids are not specified by three-nucleotide codons. Certain types of polypeptide synthesized in living organisms are not synthesized on ribosomes, and the sequences of these polypeptides do not have a corresponding nucleotide sequence in the genome. [ PJC ]

a. [ Gr. koi^los hollow + &unr_;, &unr_;, tooth. ] (Zool.) Having hollow teeth; -- said of a group lizards. -- n. One of a group of lizards having hollow teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. a corruption of commander, or Sp. comendador a knight of a military order who holds a commandery; also a superior of a monastery, fr. LL. commendare to command. Cf. Commend, Command, Commander. ] 1. (U. S. Navy) An officer who ranks next above a captain; sometimes, by courtesy, the senior captain of a squadron. The rank of commodore corresponds with that of brigadier general in the army. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (British Navy) A captain commanding a squadron, or a division of a fleet, or having the temporary rank of rear admiral. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A title given by courtesy to the senior captain of a line of merchant vessels, and also to the chief officer of a yachting or rowing club. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A familiar for the flagship, or for the principal vessel of a squadron or fleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kw^nos cone + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth. ] (Zool.) A peculiar toothlike fossil of many forms, found especially in carboniferous rocks. Such fossils are supposed by some to be the teeth of marsipobranch fishes, but they are probably the jaws of annelids. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an extinct order of primitive vertebrates; the precise taxonomy is not clear; in some classifications it is considered a separate phylum.
Syn. -- order Conodonta, Conodontophorida, order Conodontophorida. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Gr. koryfh` head, peak + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth. ] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct mammals from the eocene tertiary of Europe and America. Its species varied in size between the tapir and rhinoceros, and were allied to those animals, but had short, plantigrade, five-toed feet, like the elephant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Paleon.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Coryphodon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of creeping perennial grasses of tropical and southern Africa.
Syn. -- genus Cynodon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. any member of the Cynodontia, a group of small carnivorous reptiles. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a division of Triassic Therapsida comprising small carnivorous reptiles often with mammallike teeth.
Syn. -- division Cynodontia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; kind of carp + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, a tooth. ] (Zool.) One of the Cyprinodontidae, a family of fishes including the killifishes or minnows. See Minnow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies.
Syn. -- family Cyprinodontidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. (Zool.) Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet; ten-footed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A deodorizer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of depriving of odor, especially of offensive odors resulting from impurities. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive of odor, especially of such as results from impurities. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. He who, or that which, deodorizes; esp., an agent that destroys offensive odors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. desmo`s bond + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth. ] (Zool.) A member of a group of South American blood-sucking bats, of the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family comprisng the true vampire bats.
Syn. -- family Desmodontidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; dog + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth. ] (Paleon.) One of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws armed with a horny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus Dicynodon, supporting also a pair of powerful tusks. Their remains are found in triassic strata of South Africa and India. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem., Med.) a chemical substance consisting of tyrosine with two hydrogen atoms on the benzene ring replaced by iodine atoms. The isomer 3, 5-diiodotyrosine is an inhibitor of thyroid function. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. di- = di`s- twice + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth: cf. F. diodon. ] 1. (Zool.) A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or water, and, hence, are called globefishes, swellfishes, etc. Called also porcupine fishes, and sea hedgehogs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A genus of whales. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the genus Diodon. -- n. A fish of the genus Diodon, or an allied genus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; double (di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; to produce) + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth. ] (Anat.) Having two successive sets of teeth (deciduous and permanent), one succeeding the other; as, a diphyodont mammal; diphyodont dentition; -- opposed to monophyodont. -- n. An animal having two successive sets of teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of rodents of the family Heteromyidae, comprising the genus of kangaroo rats which live in arid regions of Mexico and the western U. S. An Australian rodent of the genus Notomys is also referred to as a kangaroo rat, as is the potoroo. See kangaroo rat
Syn. -- genus Dipodomys. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖n. [ Gr. di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; first + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth. ] (Paleon.) An extinct Quaternary marsupial from Australia, about as large as the hippopotamus; -- so named because of its two large front teeth. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]