. The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world ... tid or encystedstage of Ticnia echinococctis. See Tccnia. acephalocystic (a-sef a-16-sistik), a. Pertain-ing to aeephaloeysts; having the character ofan acephalocyst. acephalogaster (a-sefa-16-gas-t6r), n. [NL., < Gr. aniifa/.oi;, -without a head, + yaaHip, belly.]In teratol., a monster destitute of head, chest,and superior parts of the belly. acephalogasteria (a-sefa-16-gas-teri-a), n.[NL., < arcphaloriaslcr.] In tcratol., absenceof the heail and supe
. The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world ... tid or encystedstage of Ticnia echinococctis. See Tccnia. acephalocystic (a-sef a-16-sistik), a. Pertain-ing to aeephaloeysts; having the character ofan acephalocyst. acephalogaster (a-sefa-16-gas-t6r), n. [NL., < Gr. aniifa/.oi;, -without a head, + yaaHip, belly.]In teratol., a monster destitute of head, chest,and superior parts of the belly. acephalogasteria (a-sefa-16-gas-teri-a), n.[NL., < arcphaloriaslcr.] In tcratol., absenceof the heail and superior parts of the trunk. Acephalophora (a-sef-a-lof o-rii), n. pi. [NL.,<Gr. (i-priv. -I- KrdaAi/, head, + -por, ;i^£/)E(i = E. bcarK] A name proposed by DoBlainvillo, 1814, for the acephalous moUusks of canal for irrigation. Irrigating canals or acequias conduct the water of theGila over all this cultivated district. Miiwry, Arizona and Sonera, p. 188. Acer (astr), «. [ a maple-tree, prob. socalled from its pointed leaves, < •/ *«<-, be sharporpointed, appearing in acerb, acetic, acid, acute,. SueM-Maple l^crrsaccharjniim). rt. flowering branch ; A. sterileflower; c, stamen ; rf. fruit wUh one carpel cut open to show the seed.(FromGrays Genera of the Plants of the U. S.) etc.] A genus of discifloral polypetalous treesand shrubs, commonly known as maples, of thenatural order Sapindacece, suborder Acerinea:, priv. + Kcpac(KepaT-), horn, + -ijidpoi;<.<pepcivzE. ftcarl.] Not bearing horns ; hornless: as,an aceratophoroUS ruminant. [Little used.]acerb (a-serb), a. [=F. acerfte = Sp. Pg. , < L. accrbus, bitter, sour, < aeer, sharp,bitter: see acrid.] Sour, bitter, and harsh tothe taste; sour, -nnth astringency or roughness;hence, figuratively, sharp, harsh, etc. We have a foible for Ritsoii with his oddities of spelling,his acerb humor, . . and his obstinate disbelief in Doc-tor Percys folio manuscript. Lowell, Study Windows, p. 369.
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