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An"da*rac (&?;), n. [A corruption of sandarac.] Red orpiment. Coxe.

An*de"an, a. Pertaining to the Andes.

An"des*ine (&?;), n. (Min.) A kind of triclinic feldspar found in the Andes.

An"des*ite (&?;), n. (Min.) An eruptive rock allied to trachyte, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, or hypersthene.

An"dine (&?;), a. Andean; as, Andine flora.

And"i`ron (&?;), n. [OE. anderne, aunderne, aundyre, OF. andier, F. landier, fr. LL. andena, andela, anderia, of unknown origin. The Eng. was prob. confused with brand-iron, AS. brand- sen.] A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side; a firedog; as, a pair of andirons.

An`dra*nat"o*my (&?;), n. [Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + &?;: cf. F. andranatomie. See Anatomy, Androtomy.] The dissection of a human body, especially of a male; androtomy. Coxe.

||An*drœ"ci*um (&?;), n. [NL., from Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + &?; house.] (bot.) The stamens of a flower taken collectively.

An"dro*gyne (&?;), n. 1. An hermaphrodite.

2. (Bot.) An androgynous plant. Whewell.

{ An*drog"y*nous (&?;), An*drog"y*nal (&?;), } a. [L. androgynus, Gr. &?;; 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + gynh` woman: cf. F. androgyne.] 1. Uniting both sexes in one, or having the characteristics of both; being in nature both male and female; hermaphroditic. Owen.

The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous. Coleridge.

2. (Bot.) Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster.

{ An*drog"y*ny (&?;), An*drog"y*nism (&?;), } n. Union of both sexes in one individual; hermaphroditism.

{ An"droid (n"droid), ||An*droi"des (n*droi"dz), } n. [Gr. 'androeidh`s of man's form; 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + e'i^dos form.] A machine or automaton in the form of a human being.

An"droid, a. Resembling a man.

An*drom"e*da (&?;), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia. When bound to a rock and exposed to a sea monster, she was delivered by Perseus.] 1. (Astron.) A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda.

2. (bot.) A genus of ericaceous flowering plants of northern climates, of which the original species was found growing on a rock surrounded by water.

||An"dron (&?;), n. [L. andron, Gr. &?;, fr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man.] (Gr. & Rom. Arch.) The apartment appropriated for the males. This was in the lower part of the house.

An`dro*pet"al*ous (&?;), a. [Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + &?; leaf.] (Bot.) Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus. Brande.

||An*droph"a*gi (&?;), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;; 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + &?; to eat.] Cannibals; man-eaters; anthropophagi. [R.]

An*droph"a*gous (&?;), a. Anthropophagous.

An"dro*phore (&?;), n. [Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + &?; to bear.] 1. (Bot.) A support or column on which stamens are raised. Gray.

2. (Zoöl.) The part which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores.

An"dro*sphinx (&?;), n. [Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + &?; sphinx.] (Egypt. Art.) A man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion.

An"dro*spore (&?;), n. [Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, a man + &?; a seed.] (Bot.) A spore of some algæ, which has male functions.

An*drot"o*mous (&?;), a. (Bot.) Having the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts.

An*drot"o*my (&?;), n. [Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + &?; a cutting. Cf. Anatomy.] Dissection of the human body, as distinguished from zoötomy; anthropotomy. [R.]