[ Gr. &unr_; to split, cleave. ] A combining form denoting division or cleavage; as, schizogenesis, reproduction by fission or cell division. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Schizo- + Gr. &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) A dry fruit which splits at maturity into several closed one-seeded portions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Schizo- + Gr. &unr_; hollow. ] (Anat.) See Enterocoele. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a schizocoele. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Schizo- + genesis. ] (Biol.) Reproduction by fission. Haeckel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Schizognathous. ] (Zool.) Any bird with a schizognathous palate. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) The schizognathous birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The condition of having a schizognathous palate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Schizo- + Gr. &unr_; the jaw. ] (Zool.) Having the maxillo-palatine bones separate from each other and from the vomer, which is pointed in front, as in the gulls, snipes, grouse, and many other birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl., [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; to split + &unr_;, -&unr_;, a fungus. ] (Biol.) An order of Schizophyta, including the so-called fission fungi, or bacteria. See Schizophyta, in the Supplement. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Schizo-, and Nemertes. ] (Zool.) A group of nemerteans comprising those having a deep slit along each side of the head. See Illust. in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, p.pr., cleaving. ] (Zool.) In certain Sporozoa, a cell formed by the growth of a sporozoite or merozoite (in a cell or corpuscle of the host) which segment by superficial cleavage, without encystment or conjugation, into merozoites. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Schizo- + Gr. pe`lma the sole of the foot. ] (Zool.) Having the two flexor tendons of the toes entirely separate, and the flexor hallucis going to the first toe only. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Schizo- + Gr. &unr_; a plant. ] (Biol.) One of a class of vegetable organisms, in the classification of Cohn, which includes all of the inferior forms that multiply by fission, whether they contain chlorophyll or not. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) one of the Schizopoda. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl., [ NL. See Schizo-, and -poda. ] (Zool.) A division of shrimplike Thoracostraca in which each of the thoracic legs has a long fringed upper branch (exopodite) for swimming. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to a schizopod, or the Schizopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Schizo- + rhinal. ] 1. (Anat.) Having the nasal bones separate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having the anterior nostrils prolonged backward in the form of a slit. [ 1913 Webster ]