. The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world ... d with an endo-plast and a contractile vacuole, but devoid of a mouth,the characteristic knobbed radiating processes make , the cilia vanish, and tlie animal passes intothe Acinita state. Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 94. acinetan (as-i-netan),«. One of the Acinctec;a suctorial tentaculiferous infusorian. Acinetidae (as-i-neti-de), n. pi. [NL., < Acineta+ -ida.] A constituting the order Aci-nittc. The leading genus is Acineta. acinetif


. The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world ... d with an endo-plast and a contractile vacuole, but devoid of a mouth,the characteristic knobbed radiating processes make , the cilia vanish, and tlie animal passes intothe Acinita state. Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 94. acinetan (as-i-netan),«. One of the Acinctec;a suctorial tentaculiferous infusorian. Acinetidae (as-i-neti-de), n. pi. [NL., < Acineta+ -ida.] A constituting the order Aci-nittc. The leading genus is Acineta. acinetiform (as-i-neti-f6rm), a. and n. [< -h L. -forniis, < forma, shape.] I. the form of Acineta; resemliling an aci-netan in form. Italbiani . . asserts that the acinetiform embryos oh-serveil not only in Paraniojcium, but in . . otherciliated Infusoria, are not embryos at all, but panudticAcineta!. Huxley, Aluit. Invert., p. ICH). II. K. An infusorian animalcule resemblingan acinetan, whether an ^ stage ofsome ciliate infusorian or a nlembcr of theorder Acineta:. Also written Skull of Sturgeon {.Acipenser), top and side , the cartilaginous cranium, shaded, is supposed to be seenthrough the unshaded cranial figure : a, ridge formed by spinous processes of vertebni?;b. b. lateral wing-like processes; c, rostrum: -•/». site of auditoryorgan; , of nasal sacs: Or, of orbit. The membrane bones of theupper surface are; A, analogue of supraoccipital; B, B, of the epi-otics; E, of ethmoid; G. G, of the postfronlals: //. //. of the pre-frontals ; C. C. of the parietals: D. D are the frontals, and F. F thesquamosals; A, anterior dermal scute; /./,/.,Z, dennal ossificationsconnecting the pectoral arch with the skull. Lower figure : it, ros-trum : b, nasal chamber; c, auditory region ; d, coalesced anteriorvertebra;; e, ribs; /, ^. h, suspensorium ; *, palatomaxillary ; .!/«, mandible ; (^r, orbi


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